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IPTV reduces Deutsche Telekom fixed-line losses

Deutsche Telekom had over one million subscribers to its domestic Entertain IPTV service at the…

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Channels help offset programming losses at Dori Media

Dori Media generated more income from its TV channels and less from its TV programming…

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Five strikes online TV deal with CBS

UK broadcaster Five has signed a deal with US broadcaster CBS to make its content…

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Virgin Media to offer 100Mbps by end of year

UK cable operator Virgin Media will launch 100Mbps broadband services by the end of the…

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Orange sees strong growth in premium TV services

France Télécom recorded a 53% increase in its TV customer base last year, taking its…

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Telecom Italia believed to be Amino’s Intel box customer

The western Tier 1 telecom operator that recently ordered Amino’s new Intel-based Freedom DVB-T hybrid…

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Telekom Austria renews NDS deal

Telekom Austria has extended its deal with NDS for the latter to secure its…

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Sky Deutschland steadies losses

Sky Deutschland managed to steady its losses during the fourth quarter. It posted a loss…

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Italian officials issue arrest warrant for Fastweb co-founder Scaglia

Italian justice officials have issued arrest warrants for Silvio Scaglia, the billionaire co-founder of broadband…

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Jazztel increases ADSL subs by 55%

Spanish ISP and IPTV operator Jazztel increased its ADSL sub base by 55% in 2009,…

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Telekom Austria to merge fixed and mobile units

Telekom Austria is to merge its mobile and fixed operations Mobilkom Austria and Telekom Austria….

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CME suffers as ad recession bites

Central and Eastern Europe-focused broadcast group CME has registered a sharp decline in annual revenues…

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KPN to add Sport1 to line-up

Dutch telco KPN plans to add sports service Sport1 to its TV line-up in April,…

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ONO adds business channel to line-up

Spanish cable operator ONO has added economics and business channel Intereconomía Business to its programming…

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Lattelecom chooses Agama for set-top monitoring

Latvian telecom operator Lattelecom has selected Agama Technologies embedded monitoring technology to monitor its IPTV…

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Penthouse launches HD channel on KabelKiosk

Adult content specialist Penthouse is launching its high-definition channel on Eutelsat’s KabelKiosk service. NOA Productions…

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Arabsat contribution network capacity expanded

The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), satellite operator Arabsat and technology provider Newtec have signed…

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Brightcove launches in Spain

Brightcove, a company that enables third parties to publish and distribute video services, has launched…

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UPC Netherlands to boost HD and VOD line-up

Cable operator UPC Netherlands will add RTL 4 HD and RTL 5 HD to its…

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Egyptian channels join Arabsat platform

The channels will form the basis of a new bouquet of Egyptian channels on the…

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KDG confirms IPO plan

German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed that it will launch an IPO on…

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UPC Netherlands launches Ajax on-demand

UPC Netherlands has launched an on-demand portal dedicated to Amsterdam football club Ajax. UPC…

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NBC rebrands Sci Fi UK

NBC Universal’s channels division, Universal Networks International, is rebranding its UK science fiction channel Sci…

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Google acquires video compression specialist

Google has acquired video compression technology company On2 Technologies for US$106m (€78m). The deal is…

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S&T provides MHEG engine for Freeview HD box

Interactive TV specialist Strategy & Technology’s RedKey 2 MHEG engine is powering the text and…

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News Corp to take stake in Rotana

Saudi media group Rotana has agreed to sell a 9.09% stake to News Corp for…

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Prisa delays debt repayment

Spanish media group Prisa, owner of pay-TV company Sogecable, has struck an agreement with its…

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UPC consolidates DTH activities

Liberty Global-backed pay-TV operator UPC has consolidated its European DTH activities. The DTH services in…

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iPlayer hits weekly record requests in January

The BBC’s iPlayer recorded a weekly record of 23.8 million requests for TV programmes during…

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Universal Channel launches on Turksat

The Universal Channel has launched on Turkish pay-TV platform Turksat Cable TV. The channel made…