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France 24’s new Spanish-language channel to launch on Intelsat
France 24’s new Spanish-language HD news channel is to launch on Intelsat’s prime Latin American…
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Croatian Telecom: TV is key to convergence
Convergence is happening in central and eastern Europe and consumption of content on mobile phones…
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Eleven Sports agrees Polish Bundesliga deal with Nc+
Eleven Sports has agreed to exclusively sublicense selected Bundesliga matches to Nc+ in Poland, after…
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Viasat World launching OTT TV movie service and new drama channel
Viasat World is launching a direct-to-consumer movie service aimed at the Russian expatriate market, which will…
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Netflix having significant impact in CEE, says IHS Markit
Netflix is having a significant impact on subscription TV in Central and Eastern Europe, even…
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Sky boosted by Game of Thrones in strong Q1
Sky recorded record entertainment audiences in its fiscal first quarter and grew its customer numbers…
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Iflix launches in Nepal with Ncell
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has launched in Nepal in partnership with mobile operator Ncell….
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SVOD players ‘need to drop prices’ to succeed in CEE
In order to succeed in Central and Eastern Europe, SVOD operators need to reduce the…
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CEE telcos ‘can benefit from OTT TV’ in challenging market for Netflix
The small size of markets and the low-cost of triple-play make the CEE region challenging…
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CMA details scope of Fox-Sky investigation in issues statement
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an issues statement outlining the scope of…
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ITV buys majority stake in Italy’s Cattleya
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
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Ampere Analysis: media debt to fuel growth is mostly manageable
The high levels of debt being incurred by big international media companies such as Amazon,…
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TiVo COO joins Amazon as VP of Alexa Voice Services
TiVo’s chief operating officer, Pete Thompson, has left the company to join Amazon as vice-president…
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Sky adds ‘enhanced voice control’ to Sky Q
Sky is due to introduce new features to its Sky Q service this month, including…
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Mediaset and Vivendi reportedly taking steps to a possible deal
Lawyers for Italy’s Mediaset and France’s Vivendi are holding talks to find a solution to…
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KPN targets businesses with internet and TV
Dutch telco KPN has launched a set of internet and TV packages aimed at small…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police search Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Liberty Global opens Telenet Innovation Centre
Liberty Global has opened a “knowledge and excellence hub” in Brussels to create and test…
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Canal+ strikes deal with collecting society after long dispute
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has struck an agreement with rights collecting agency SACEM, which…
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SFR to disappear from stock market on October 9
Altice-owned French service provider SFR will be withdrawn from the Paris stock exchange on October…
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Iflix appoints Indonesian boss
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has appointed the former CEO of ad agency Y&R Group…
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TV5Monde launches VodafoneZiggo app
French broadcaster TV5Monde has launched an app via Dutch cable operator VodafoneZiggo to help viewers…
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PŸUR launches new flexible internet offers
German cable operator PŸUR, formerly known as Tele Columbus, has launched what it says are…
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Ampere study highlights shifting online video pattern
YouTube remains the most watched video service overall across 14 major markets, but Facebook now…
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Deutsche Telekom launches UHD TV box
Deutsche Telekom has launched its next-generation UHD TV and Netflix-enabled set-top box for its Entertain…
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Blend Media appoints former Google exec Matt Chaplin
London-based 360˚ video specialist, Blend Media, has appointed former Google executive Matt Chaplin to the…
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Blue Ant makes host of EMEA hires
Blue Ant Media has made a host of hires for its newly launched kids and…
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New channel Eurosport Gold launches on Rostelecom
Russian service provider Rostelecom has launched new sports channel Eurosport Gold as part of its…
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Iskon taps ThinkAnalytics for content recommendation
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom’s youth-skewing internet service provider Iskon has tapped ThinkAnalytics to provide content…
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Zone TV taps AI for self-scheduling digital channels
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of…