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CBS Studios signs Chello deal

CBS Studios has signed a join venture programming deal with Chellomedia, the producer and distributor of…

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GlobeCast makes €2m upgrade for extended UEFA deal

Broadcast services provider GlobeCast has expanded its deal with football body UEFA to provide HD…

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Nickelodeon launches branded block in Hungary

MTV Networks International’s Emerging Markets group has launched a Nickelodeon branded programme block on Hungarian…

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ADB wins Neovision and Altibox contracts

Set-top provider ADB has been chosen by Polish pay-TV operator ITI Neovision to provide its…

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Conax launches new low-cost service

Conditional access company Conax has launched a new low-cost content security hosting service to enable…

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NDS to provide CI Plus to KDG

Conditional access and interactive TV technology provider NDS is to provide CI Plus-based security to…

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Red Bee delivers VOD and metadata service for Virgin Media

Red Bee Media has won the contract from Virgin Media to deliver video and metadata…

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Cyfrowy Polsat offers Disney channels for free

Polish pay-TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat is offering Disney Channel and Disney XD in the clear…

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BBC considers Worldwide options

UK public broadcaster the BBC is considering partially spinning off its commercial arm BBC Worldwide….

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UK to lift product placement ban

The UK government is this week expected to lift the ban on product placement on…

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Lagardere wants channels to breakeven

French media company Lagardere Active wants its digital-terrestrial channels Gulli and Virgin 17 to break…

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Telefonica takes Intelsat capacity

Spain’s Telefonica has taken capacity on the Intelsat-905 satellite at 24.5 degrees West to deliver…

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SES to provide broadband for Africa

Satellite operator SES Astra is to expand the reach of its Astra2Connect satellite-delivered broadband service…

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History expands in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Following its launch with UPC in the Czech Republic, the History channel will launch History…

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SFR chooses Wyplay for TV decoders

French telco SFR has teamed up with technology company Wyplay to develop software for its…

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Pace extends Viaccess partnership

UK set-top supplier Pace has teamed up with conditional access supplier Viaccess to to supply…

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SES provides capacity for new African pay-TV service

SES New Skies has inked a multi-transponder deal wioth Pathfinder Communications, which is launching 45-channel…

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Kudelski markets CI Plus CAM for Canal Plus

Swiss TV technology company Kudelski’s conditional -access module subsidiary SmarDTV has announced the availability of…

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Turkish Radio-Television takes stake in Euronews

Turkish broadcaster Turkish Radio-Television (TRT) has taken a 15.7% stake in pan-European news channel Euronews….

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SES World Skies completes global OU platform

SES World Skies, the new division of satellite operator SES that incorporates the former SES…

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SFR and Numericable take new Canal Plus services

French telco SFR and cable operator Numericable are to carry Canal Plus’s new low-cost offers….

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Ono launches Gol Bar for commercial premises

Spanish cable operator Ono has begun marketing Gol Bar, a new service from commercial…

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Swisscom teams up with Lausanne utility for fibre network

Swisscom has tamed up with utility company Lausanne Industrial Services to construct a pilot fibre-to-the-home…

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BBC Trust chairman says excess licence fee should be given back



Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, which governs the operations of the UK public…

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Intelsat signs Televisa capacity deal

Satellite operator Intelsat has signed a deal with Mexican broadcaster Televisa for international distribution of…

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PT chooses Appear TV for headends

Portugal Telecom (PT) has selected Appear TV’s DC1000 headend as part of its next generation…

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Microsoft Mediaroom nears four million

Microsoft expects the number of households using its IPTV platform Microsoft Mediaroom to surpass four…

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TV Puls gets ok to become general entertainment



Polish free-to-air broadcaster TV Puls has reportedly been given the green light to change its…

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CCTV signs pan-European GlobeCast deal

GlobeCast has launched four additional channels for Chinese broadcaster CCTV on its platform on Eutelsat’s…

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Numericable to renegotiate debt

French pay-TV operator Numericable will attempt to renegotiate its debt in order to attract new…