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Ball appointment could net ITV £500m

Investment bank Citigroup has pledged to underwrite £500m (€593m) fundraising by British commercial broadcaster ITV…

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Premiere looking to triple sub base

German pay-TV operator Premiere is aiming to triple its subscriber base, according to local reports…

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BSkyB and ESPN favourites to take Setanta’s EPL packages

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB and Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN are favourites to secure the two…

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TechniSat launches Freesat STB

CPE vendor TechniSat has a launched an advanced HD set-top box for Freesat, the UK’s…

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Jazztel board authorises capital increase

The board of Spanish triple-play provider Jazztel has authorised a share rights issue of €82m….

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Orange plans online TV site

Orange is reportedly planning to launch a new online video-on-demand site where it will make…

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WISI acquires A2B Electronics

German cable technology specialist WISI has acquired Swedish headend specialist A2B Electronics. A2B is strong…

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Teracom chooses Net Insight for media network

Swedish transmission services provider Teracom has chosen Net Insight’s Nimbra platform for the expansion of…

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Premiere to launch €100m Sky promotional campaign

German pay-TV operator Premiere will spend €100m on advertising for its newly-branded Sky Deutschland service,…

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UPC to offer public broadcaster HD channels

Cable operator UPC Netherlands will add public broadcast channels Nederland 1, 2 and 3…

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Romania begins switchover process

Romania’s government has given the Ministry of Communications permission to start the digital switchover process….

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Canal Plus launching weekend-only pay TV package

French pay-TV operator Canal Plus is launching a weekend-only pay-TV service that will cost subscribers…

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Canal Plus Polska acquires equestrian rights

Pay-TV provider Canal Plus Polska has acquired the rights to broadcast the FEI World Cup…

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One in ten consumers download video illegally

Nearly one in ten consumers across the UK, France, Germany and the US admit to…

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Canal Plus and Triax to deliver TNTSat Collectif

French pay-TV group Canal Plus has teamed up with antenna provider Triax to deliver its…

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Agora tuning up Tuba

Polish media group Agora will launch a music channel in the Polish market later this…

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Cablecom upgrades million households

Swiss cable operator Cablecom, owned by UPC, has upgraded one million homes on its network…

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Freecaster.tv chooses Akamai

Belgium-based online video portal Freecaster.tv, which delivers live and on-demand broadcasts of extreme sports events,…

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Spacecom’s Amos-3 broadcasts Nat Geo Wild

Satellite operator Spacecom has announced that Nat Geo has launched its latest channel National Geographic…

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Astrium signs Eutelsat capacity deal

Satellite manufacturer and services provider Astrium has signed a five-year deal to take 36MHz of…

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Baltkom concedes defeat on DTT

Latvian cable operator Baltkom has said it will discontinue its trial transmission of digital-terrestrial TV…

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Stofa adds TV 2 Sputnik to digital

Danish cable operator Stofa has added domestic channel TV 2 Sputnik to its digital package….

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Multimedia Polska reduces investment but eyes acquisitions

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is to spend PLN40m to 50m (€9m to €11m) less…

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Prisa appeals against pay-DTT plans

Spanish media group Prisa is to appeal against the government’s decision to allow all DTT…

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Ziggo to carry Dutch public broadcaster’s HD services

The Netherlands’ public broadcaster will launch HD versions of Nederland 1, 2 and 3 on…

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M6 to sue Duroux

French broadcaster M6 is set to take Axel Duroux, the new general director of rival…

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MAXtv adds news channel

Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has added Croatian news channel 24sata TV to its MAXtv IPTV…

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TDF names suppliers for DTT VOD delivery

French transmission services provider TDF has chosen conditional access provider Viaccess, content push technology specialist…

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KT takes SES capacity for Africa and Middle East coverage

Korea Telecom (KT) has signed an agreement with satellite operator SES to take up to…

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Ziggo inks SVOD deal with Sony



Dutch cable operator Ziggo has struck a deal with Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Television that…