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Pay TV Operators
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Freeview kicks off 700MHz clearance with Selkirk BBC move
Freeview is to quietly begin the process of clearing the 700MHz spectrum – which it…
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HbbTV Association backs Nordic move to HbbTV2
The HbbTV Association has welcomed NorDig’s new specification, which marks the Nordic region’s first steps…
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Comcast to launch Xfinity Stream app
US cable giant Comcast is due to launch its new Xfinity Stream app to Xfinity…
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Cyfrowy Polsat extending SmartDOM offering
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat is extending its SmartDOM offering to encompass gas supply…
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Verizon, Awesomeness drop premium plans
Verizon and AwesomenessTV have shelved plans to develop a premium content service. The pair were…
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OSN revamps offering with flexible packages as competition bites
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has revamped its offering with new packs and new…
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Eurocinema to launch Sky content block
The Eurocinema movie network is launching as a branded block on Sky in the UK….
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Alchemiya taps Ostmodern for Amazon Prime offering
Alchemiya, an international SVOD service dedicated to Muslim content, has tapped Ostmodern to help launch…
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Orange and Canal+ ‘could team up’ for sports with bigger alliance in mind
Orange and Canal+ could collaborate to acquire premium sports rights in the face of growing…
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Altice and SFR merging advertising arms, plan to launch targeting
Altice and French unit SFR are to merge their advertising arms this week. Altice CEO…
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Tricolor TV adds raft of new channels
Russian pay TV operator a raft of new channels to its offering. Tricolor TV has…
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UK politicians call for Ofcom ‘fit and proper’ enquiry on Murdoch
A group of UK cross-party politicians has called for Ofcom to launch a review into…
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Amazon debuts German drama globally as it edges Netflix in ranking
Amazon will launch its first German drama series, You Are Wanted, on March 17, cementing…
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Naspers’ ShowMax teams up with Vodacom for low-cost SVOD offering
Naspers-owned subscription video-on-demand service ShowMax has teamed up with Vodafone-backed South African mobile operator Vodacom…
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Telenet strikes MVNO deal with Lycamobile, sells Ortel
Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator Telenet has struck a deal with international mobile virtual network…
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Discovery pushes into drama in Lionsgate partnership
Discovery is pushing further into drama with The Suck, a ten-part Vietnam war series being produced…
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Five arrested in UK clampdown on illegal TV set-top boxes
Five people have been arrested in North West of England as part of a crackdown…
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Vevo hires Fullscreen digital exec
Music video streaming service Vevo has brought in Kevin McGurn, with the digital exec joining…
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Swisscom sees TV base grow at slower rate
Swisscom’s TV subscriber base grew by 10.9% last year to take the Swiss telco’s total…
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Freesat adds 4Music as The Box Plus Network moves forward with revamp
UK free-to-view satellite platform Freesat has added music channel 4Music to its line-up, replacing The…
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Russian pay TV operators launching Ultra HD TV services
Russian pay TV operators NTV+ and MTS have separately unveiled plans to develop 4K Ultra…
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Apple poaches Amazon Fire TV exec
Apple has poached the director and general manager of Amazon’s Fire TV product, Timothy Twerdahl….
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OSN adding new on-demand services and movie channel from Disney
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has struck an extended deal with Disney, enabling it…
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Starz strikes deal with DirecTV streaming service
Starz has inked a deal with AT&T’s DirecTV that will see its channels launch on…
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Management change for Portugal Telecom
Altice has named Paulo Neves, Portugal Telecom’s CEO, as president of the board of the…
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UPC Central Europe takes control of Geneva region network
Liberty Global’s Swiss and Austrian unit UPC Central Europe has acquired full control of a…
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Vizio pays US$2.2m to settle TV data collection complaint
TV maker Vizio has agreed to pay US$2.2 million to settle an FTC lawsuit challenging…
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Euskaltel ‘close to deal’ with Zegona to create Spanish regional cable powerhouse
Spanish cable operator Euskaltel could be close to striking a deal with UK-based Zegona Communications…
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Refinery29 strikes first UK VOD deal with Sky
Female millennial-focused lifestyle portal Refinery29 has struck a video-on-demand deal with Sky, whereby content from…
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Piksel names Gerry O’Sullivan to board
Piksel has appointed former Sky and Deutsche Telekom executive Gerry O’Sullivan to its board of…