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Kabel BW enters mobile market with O2 deal

German cable operator Kabel BW is set to offer triple-play packages after signing a network…

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KidsCo launches in South Africa

Kids channel KidsCo has launched on South African pay-TV service DStv. The broadcaster signed…

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Aster acquires business telco

Polish cable operator Aster has acquired a 100% stake in telco Mediatel 4B from Mediatel…

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Freesat adds channels

Freesat, the UK free-to-air digital satellite TV service, is has added True Entertainment and Showcase…

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French TV ads up 17%

Cumulative ad revenues from French commercial broadcasters reached €3.8bn in the first six months of…

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Channel 4 to sell UKTV ads

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has struck an agreement with digital channel operator UKTV and…

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Nigeria’s Silverbird inks Nickelodeon deal

Nigerian broadcaster Silverbird TV (STV) is to launch a Nickelodeon kids block after striking a…

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Virgin Media launches senior notes exchange offer

Virgin Media has commenced an offer to exchange any and all of the US$1bn (€797m)…

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UK digital dividend announcement due

UK communications minister Ed Vaizey is set to announce plans for the sale of the…

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Sky Ireland to follow UK sports channels lead

Sky Ireland, the Irish arm of the News Corp-backed satellite pay-TV operator, is set to…

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BBCWW Channels contributes to £1bn sales

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has reported sales of £1.074bn (€1.3bn) for…

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Orbit to leave Bahrain base

Middle Eastern broadcaster Orbit Showtime Network plans to move its headquarters out of Bahrain and…

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DaringTV launches in Europe

Adult video distributor Sapphire Media has entered into a licensing and cross-promotion agreement with a…

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ITN signs Iliffe for online video content

UK commercial news network ITN has signed up media group Iliffe News & Media to…

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NextRadioTV and NRJ to launch HD channels

French media groups NextRadioTV and NRJ are to launch two new high definition digital terrestrial…

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Ono partners with TiVo

Ono has signed a strategic partnership with DVR specialist TiVo. Ono will become the exclusive…

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KabelBW offers free flights to new customers

German cable operator Kabel BW is offering new customers signing up to a CleverKabel package…

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Nilesat-201 arrives at launch site

Arianespace has announced that Nilesat’s latest satellite has arrived at the launch site in French…

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French broadcaster grant given go-ahead

The French government’s decision to give public broadcasters a grant has been given the green…

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Lagardere seeks IPO for Canal Plus stake

French conglomerate Lagardere has failed to agree a price for its stake in Canal Plus…

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UPC Austria sees half a million movie requests

UPC Austria had over 500,000 million requests for movies from its on-demand service during the…

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Volia launches My Planet

Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added new channel My Planet to its line-up. My…

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Freesat awards ITV1 HD with special honour

Freesat has announced the winners of the annual Freesat Awards for 2010, which celebrates the…

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Eurosport records 20m web hits in May

Eurosport’s global network of 10 language websites received a record 20 million unique visitors in…

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BT launches low-cost sports but Sky ups the price

UK telco BT has launched its new low-cost Sky Sports package, just as pay-TV rival…

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Mediaset answers Sky Italia with price cut

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has responded to a cut in the price of rival Sky Italia’s…

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Denmark’s TV2 in Premier League channels launch

Danish broadcaster TV2 Sport is set to launch two new channels to air English Premier…

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Canvas confirmed for 2011, Talk Talk plans bundled offering

Project Canvas chief technology officer Anthony Rose has confirmed that the UK connected TV service…

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Voddler open to all

Swedish broadband video-on-demand service Voddler has opened the platform up to all 3.5 million broadband…

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DNA completes Welho acquisition, plans new services

Finnish mobile telco DNA has completed the acquisition of cable operator Welho following approval from…