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Telefónica launches Movistar eSports
Telefónica’s Movistar+ pay TV service has launched its previously announced eSports service following the deal…
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Euskaltel-Telecable talks reportedly stall on control issue
Talks between Spanish regional cable operators Euskaltel and Telecable have stalled for the time being…
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Q&A: Vincent Roger, CEO, Mobibase
Mobibase CEO Vincent Roger talks about the market for OTT TV services for ethnic groups…
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Interview: Harald Rösch, Melita
Ahead of next month’s Cable Congress, Harald Rösch, CEO of Malta’s Melita, talks to DTVE’s…
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MobiTV secures additional funding
IP video specialist MobiTV has closed US$21 million (€20 million) in funding from Oak Investment…
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Amazon to launch new Fire TV Stick in UK and Germany
Amazon is set to launch its new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote in…
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Portugal’s Meo adds Machinima SVOD to offering
Altice-owned Portuguese telco Portugal Telecom/Meo is to make a local TV version of gaming-focused YouTube…
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UPC chief calls for further consolidation in Poland
Consolidation of Polish cable is vital to provide a serious competitor to Orange, according to…
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Telefónica agrees sale of stake in infrastructure unit
Telefónica has agreed a deal with investment firm KKR Group for a sale of up…
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UK rights bodies team up with search engines in copyright fight
Various UK rights associations have partnered with search engines Google and Bing in a government-backed…
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Liberty Global targets UK with plan to build 800k new homes in ‘17
Liberty Global will spend about US$1 billion on capital expenditure this year, with nine tenths…
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SFR launches joint €19.99 offering with BeIN Sports
French service provider SFR has begun offering a joint sports package with BeIN Sports for…
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Colors launches in HD on Sky
India’s Viacom18 has partnered with BT Media and Broadcast to launch its Hindi general entertainment…
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Iran’s MTN-Irancell launches TV offering
Iranian mobile telco MTN-Irancell has launched a mobile-centric IPTV service. The service, Lenz, offers Iran’s…
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Discovery to provide exclusive content for Snapchat
Discovery is to provide premium short-form video content exclusively for US users of social media…
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Mediaset reportedly in advanced talks with Sky
Mediaset could be close to striking a deal with Sky over the future of its…
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ITV-backed SVOD service Curio to launch in Sweden and Norway
Factual SVOD service Curio will launch in Sweden and Norway next month after the ITV-backed…
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Samsung chief arrested in corruption probe
Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman and effective head of Samsung Electronics, was arrested this morning in…
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YouTube automatic captions now on 1bn videos
YouTube has now automatically subtitled 1 billion videos, having first automated video captions in 2009….
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CNMC: Spanish TV spend increased in 2014, but Canal+ fell short
Spain’s audiovisual service providers invested €212.6 million in Spanish and European film and TV series…
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Technicolor files patent suits against Samsung
Technicolor has filed several patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics, relating to products including digital…
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TV helps Netia slow decline in face of competition
Polish service provider Netia managed to arrest a year-on-year decline in revenue in 2016, posting…
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Liberty Global grows advanced TV base, plans more 4K rollouts
Liberty Global added 313,000 next-generation TV customers in Q4 and said it plans to expand…
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TF1 looks to pay TV thematic channels and production to fuel growth
France’s TF1 Group plans to focus on the development of thematic targeted channels rather than…
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Discovery puts name to new UK free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Red in the UK, its second free-to-air channel in the territory….
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Next-gen Freeview Play services come to Panasonic
Freeview and Panasonic have unveiled a new generation of TVs that will feature the first…
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Teleste and Iskratel team up to enable fibre operators to use coax
Finland-based cable technology outfit Teleste has teamed up with Slovenia-based fibre tech specialist Iskratel to…
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CSA extends mandatory channel numbering rules to operators
French media regulator the CSA has unveiled new rules extending the obligation to implement the…
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Vodafone unveils Gigabit ambition for Bavaria
Vodafone Germany has set the goal of making Gigabit broadband speeds available to 70% of…
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Facebook to launch video app for TV
Facebook has confirmed it will launch a video app for TV, as part of a raft…