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UPC Slovakia expands digital TV to new towns

Cable operator UPC Slovakia has launched its digital TV service in a further two towns….

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SBS upgrades Dutch playout facility for HD

The Dutch division of the SBS/ProSiebenSat.1 Group is upgrading its content playout platform to handle…

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ONO and Sogecable slam DTT pay-TV plan

Spanish pay-TV providers ONO and Sogecable have condemned as illegal government plans to permit pay-TV…

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UPC Direct switches to Telenor

UPC Direct is to begin broadcasting from 1º West next year after signing a deal…

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Dori raises £1.6 million through share issue

Dori Media has raised £1.58m (€1.85m) from a secondary share issue. The UK-listed telenovela producer…

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Sky Deutschland terminates T-Entertain contract

Sky Deutschland has terminated its contract with Deutsche Telekom to distribute content on the telco’s…

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Baltkom increases turnover and profit despite downturn

Latvian cable operator Baltkom posted revenues of LVL8m (€11.5m) for the first six months of…

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BT ramps up fibre rollout

UK telco BT will offer its super-fast fibre broadband service to 1.5 million households by…

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French Senate passes three-strikes law

The French Senate has passed the country’s so-called Hadopi bill, which would allow a government…

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NBC Universal Global Networks makes UK changes

NBC Universal Global Networks (NBCU) has realigned its UK programming and marketing departments in a…

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Reding says recession should speed switchover

European Union countries should speed up the switch from analogue to digital TV in light…

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Fastweb launches new kids channels

Italian service provider Fastweb has added two new boy-focused kids channels to its on-demand TV…

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Tech companies win EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification

Trade body Cable Europe’s technical arm Cable Europe Labs has granted EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification to…

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Mail newspapers hire ITN On to supply websites

UK newspaper group The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday has signed up ITN On,…

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DEV introduces new multiplexers

German equipment manufacturer DEV Systemtechnik has introduced a new series of L-band multiplexers and demultiplexers…

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Mediaset signs up AS Bari for DTT offer

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has signed a deal with newly promoted Serie A football club AS…

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RTE confirms digital delay

Irish public broadcaster RTE has admitted that its launch of digital-terrestrial TV will be delayed,…

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Nat Geo claims first Arabic factual channel launch

National Geographic Channels International and Abu Dhabi Media Company launched what they claim will be…

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France’s Viapass chooses Microsoft Mediaroom

French telecom provider Viapass, which foxuses on the business-to-business market, has chosen Microsoft Mediaroom as…

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Report proposes two options for French mobile TV

A report compiled for the French government by TV executive Cyril Viguier on the future…

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Digital cable overtakes satellite

Digital cable overtook DTH as the leading platform for pay-TV globally in 2008, according to…

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Numericable signs up low-income households

French cable operator Numericable has signed up 20,000 households to its new offer for low-income…

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Cyfrowy Polsat launches new HD decoder from Echosta

Polish pay-TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has begun offering Echostar’s DSB 7200 HD set-top to its…

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ESPN to launch UK channel on August 3

Sports broadcaster ESPN will launch its new UK channel, simply called ESPN, on August…

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Sudan to launch DTH platform via Arabsat

Satellite operator Arabsat and the Sudanese Radio & Television corporation have signed a deal to…

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13 Rue and Paris Premiere most watched French channels

TV channels 13 Rue and Paris Premiere were the most watched on French cable and…

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E-vision launches HDTV in UAE

Pay-TV operator E-vision, a division of telco Etisalat, has launched a high definition TV…

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UK young adults “show greater trust” in entertainment industry

UK adults aged 18-34 have greater trust in the entertainment industry than those in the…

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Akamai supports VBR streaming on iPhone

Video streaming bandwidth provider Akamai Technologies has begun offering variable bit rate streaming support for…

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E! cuts mobile TV deal for Belgium, France, Switzerland

Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has inked a deal with mobile content provider Ace Entertainment…