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Telecom Italia adds raft of movies to VOD service
Telecom Italia (TIM) has struck a deal with Notorious Pictures to bring 71 Italian and…
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Nickelodeon launches Nella app for pre-school kids
Viacom-owned kids channel Nickelodeon has launched a new app based on its Nella the Princess…
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Deutsche Telekom passes three million TV customers
Deutsche Telekom had 3.024 million TV customers in Germany at the end of June, up…
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NBCU expands Donati’s role into kids, lifestyle
Comcast’s NBCUniversal International has appointed Duccio Donati to take on the newly created role of…
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Report: Sky plans high-speed Italian broadband service
Sky is reportedly planning to offer a high-speed broadband service in Italy in a bid…
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Italian government calls for probe into Vivendi’s control of Telecom Italia
The Italian government has called for a probe into Vivendi’s increasing control over Telecom Italia…
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Switzerland’s Sunrise agrees sports deal with Sky
Swiss service provider Sunrise has partnered with Sky to offer its customers sports content via…
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HbbTV Association releases updated test suite
The HbbTV Association has released version 9.2 of its test suite, to support HbbTV certification…
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Eleven secures five-year deal with English Football League
Sports network Eleven Sports has secured a new live exclusive rights agreement with the English…
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Amazon beats Sky to secure ATP tennis rights for UK
Amazon has beaten Sky to secure the UK rights to men’s ATP World Tour tennis,…
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RTL takes 15% stake in VR firm Inception
RTL Group has taken a 15% minority stake in virtual reality firm Inception, after leading…
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Parrot Analytics: Ozark leaps into top place for in-demand UK digital originals
New Missouri-set Netflix crime drama Ozark was far and away the most ‘in-demand’ show in…
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YouTube to take further steps against hate speech, extremism
YouTube will soon start to apply “tougher treatment” to videos that aren’t illegal but do…
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TDG: Two thirds of Hulu users would pick SVOD over pay TV
Two-thirds of Hulu users who also subscribe to a traditional pay TV service said that…
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Broadcasters in Spain and UK facing advertising uncertainty
Weak advertising growth in Spain and the UK could have an adverse impact on commercial…
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Telenet hails success of quad-play offering
Liberty Global-owned Flemish region cable operator Telenet managed to add to its new all-in-one converged…
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Vivendi chief confirms Telecom Italia-Canal+ JV plan
Plans to create a pay TV joint venture between Canal+ and Telecom Italia (TIM) are…
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Netflix ‘not causing major shift’ for Telefónica TV
The arrival of Netflix and other OTT TV players is not causing “a major shift…
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BBCWW inks first children’s deal with Amazon
BBC Worldwide has acquired its first multi-year children’s licensing deal with SVOD service Amazon Prime…
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Vodafone Spain launches sports-based service for bars
Vodafone Spain has launched a new offering for bars and restaurants called Vodafone TV Bares,…
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Dave and Home launch on Freesat in the UK
UKTV-owned channels Dave and Home have launched on the Freesat platform in the UK. Dave,…
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TF1 pulls services from SFR in major escalation of retrans dispute
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded…
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Orange will not compete in premium sports, says Richard
Orange will not compete in premium sports by launching a new sports channel and will…
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BT offers to bring 10Mbps broadband to 99% of the UK
BT has offered to invest up to £600 million (€670 million) to deliver internet speeds…
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Freeview Play now on over half of smart HD TV sales
TVs with Freeview Play now account for over half of all smart HD TV sales…
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Euskaltel turns in solid subscriber gains
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, which last week completed the acquisition of Zegona Communications-owned Asturias…
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Canal+ secures top-tier Turkish football for African channel
French pay TV operator Canal+’s international arm has secured the exclusive rights to distribute coverage…
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French watchdog mulls new DTT multiplex for UHD TV services
France’s media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the…
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BT TV additions slow to a crawl
BT added just 8,000 TV customers in its financial first quarter, compared with net adds…
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Amazon to up content spend in Q3
Amazon plans to up its investment in video content in the current quarter, despite reporting…