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Telekom Austria to rebrand all its operations under A1 marque
Telekom Austria is to use its domestic market A1 brand across all its operations in…
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Telekom Austria customers become first HEVC pay TV players in Europe
Telekom Austria has completed the upgrade of its white-label DTH satellite platform to the HEVC/H.265…
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Italy edging closer to ‘golden power’ as CONSOB says Vivendi controls TIM
The Italian government is edging closer towards activating its ‘golden power’ to intervene in industries…
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Ownzones names chief security officer and SVP, operations
OTT entertainment and technology provider Ownzones has named Rob Hopps as its chief security officer…
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France 24 launches HD services in Middle East
French international news channel France 24 has launched two HD channels, France 24 HD in…
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Intelsat ups Middle East EpicNG distribution with Etisalat
Intelsat is working with with Middle East and African telco, Etisalat, to expand the distribution…
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Argentinian operators tap Conax for security
Argentinian pay TV service providers CableVideo and Cosecor have turned to Kudelski Group-owned Conax to…
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Wind Hellas secures Nova Sports channels deal with Forthnet
Greek telecom operator Wind Hellas has signed an agreement with pay TV operator Forthnet SA…
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TF1 secures Formula 1 rights
French broadcaster TF1 Group has secured a multi-year deal to include Formula 1 in its…
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Tivù unveils first HbbTV 2.0.1 app
Italian DTT platform Tivù has teamed up with Samsung and Yotta Media Labs to unveil…
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Liberty to launch cloud DVR recordings next year
Liberty Global is planning to launch cloud DVR recording across its footprint in February, in…
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Irdeto completes Cartesian review for Cloaked CA
Content security specialist Irdeto’s Cloaked CA solution has completed a review by Cartesian against the…
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Cable Bahamas taps joint Zodiac-ActiveVideo tech for installed boxes
Zodiac Interactive and ActiveVideo have partnered on a joint solution that will enable pay TV…
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Confirmed: Sky deal referred to regulator for six-month review
The UK government has confirmed that 21st Century Fox’s planned £18.5 billion (€20.5 billion) takeover…
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Turner teams up with Canal+ to launch Warner TV
Turner Broadcast has teamed up with Canal+ Group to launch a new channel that will…
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Viacom ups Italian ambitions with FTA push
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired an Italian digital free-to-air (FTA) frequency in order…
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France Télévisions faces call to make more savings
France Télévisions and France’s other public broadcaster organisations could be forced to find significant cost…
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Amazon adds PBS, Stingray to UK channel line-up
Amazon has added PBS America On Demand and Stingray Classica to its Amazon Channels line-up…
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Bradley minded to refer Sky deal over broadcasting standards
Karen Bradley has said she is “minded” to refer the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox…
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Netflix CFO defends US$6bn content spend
Netflix financial chief David Wells has claimed Netflix’s multi-billion dollar content spend is the key…
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Iflix hires Sky M&A chief as CFO
Emerging markets subscription video-on-demand service Iflix has named Sky M&A executive Anil Jhingan as its…
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CEO brushes off Comcast concerns
NBCUniversal (NBCU) parent Comcast is in rude health despite a recent stock price drop, according…
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Altice USA aims to double in size in five years
Cable and telecom provider Altice Group’s US division aims to double in size over the…
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Berenberg highlights Sky risks
Analysts at Berenberg have cut their earnings-per-share estimates for Sky and have highlighted concerns about…
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BBC Earth launching in Greece
BBC Worldwide is launching its BBC Earth channel in Greece on OTE Group-owned pay TV…
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Viasat Ukraine signs deal with SES
Pay TV outfit Viasat Ukraine has signed a deal with satellite operator SES to broadcast…
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Q&A: Simon Trudelle, NAGRA
Simon Trudelle, senior director, product marketing at NAGRA, talks about the opportunities and threats to…
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Nagra launches OpenTV Signature Edition
Kudelski Group-owned Nagra has launched OpenTV Signature Edition, a new cloud-based and multi-tenant solution for…
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Whitepaper | Saving CDN costs with quality-based rate control
CDN costs are an important parameter of any OTT TV deployment. They always represent a…
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Report: Amazon working on new 4K, HDR Fire TV devices
Amazon is reportedly working on two new models of Fire TV streaming device that will…