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Whitepaper | Implementing Live-to-VOD Services On-Premises Or In The Cloud
Enrich the viewing experience by instantly converting live broadcast into video-on-demand offerings using the cloud….
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BEREC issues net neutrality guidelines
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has issued guidelines for how regulators…
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BBC launches beta trial of Cbeebies Playtime Island
The BBC has launched a public beta group trial of its Cbeebies Playtime Island app,…
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Telefónica ramps up original content investment
Telefónica is ramping up its investment in original content following the launch of Netflix in…
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Sony Pictures Networks acquires India’s Ten Sports Network
Sony Pictures Networks India is to acquire Ten Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises for…
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Vodafone Spain confirms 4K UHD TV service for bars
Vodafone Spain has launched its planned 4K UHD TV service aimed at bars, restaurants and…
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Orange names head of chairman’s office
Orange has named Hugues Foulon as head of the chairman and CEO’s office and secretary…
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Forthnet posts lower subs and revenues
Greek pay TV operator Forthnet, which operates under the Nova brand, has reported first-half declines…
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Free now second-placed in French fixed-line market
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has taken second place in the country’s broadband internet market…
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Canal+ reportedly eyeing deal with Free on model of Orange partnership
Canal+ is looking to strike a deal with Iliad Telecom/Free to provide a bundled offering…
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beIN completes Digiturk acquisition
beIN Media Group has completed its acquisition of Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk from its…
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ER-Telecom expands footprint with St Petersburg, Ryazan acquisitions
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has expanded its footprint by acquiring smaller multi-play provider West Call…
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Former Canal+ streaming boss joins Fox
Former Canal+ streaming boss Manuel Alduy has joined Fox and will head up the studio’s…
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Sony DADC New Media Solutions unveils cloud video service
Distribution technology provider Sony DADC New Media Solutions has launched Ven.ue Unlimited, a new managed…
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Multimedia Polska top line boosted by electricity and gas services
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska last week reported revenue growth of 4.3% for the first…
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Sky Italia forms joint film distribution business
Sky Italia and producers including FremantleMedia-owned Wildside, and Gomorrah producer Cattleya, have joined forces to create a…
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AT&T strikes multi-platform deal with HBO
AT&T has reached a multi-year deal with HBO to offer the latter’s content across all…
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Canal+ faces €300m cost cuts, international subs surpass domestic
French pay TV operator Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers during the first half, with…
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Mediaset: Vivendi account of aborted deal “without foundation”
Mediaset has rejected Vivendi’s position on the aborted April 8 agreement between the pair in…
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Vivendi to reposition Dailymotion, Studio+ set for launch
Vivendi is to reposition and revamp the user experience of online video site Dailymotion next…
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Amazon working on first Korean original
Amazon Prime Video is working on its first South Korea-produced original series. The SVOD service,…
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Cyfrowy Polsat hit by declining voice revenues
Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat posted reduced second-quarter revenues of PLN2.443 billion (€559 million),…
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GS Group launches General Satellite-branded IPTV box
Russia’s GS Group has launched its first IPTV set-top box under the General Satellite brand,…
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Proximus to air football matches free-to-air with RTBF
Belgian service provider Proximus has struck a deal with local broadcaster RTBF to air one…
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Orange denies pact to take stake in Canal+, Telecom Italia
Orange has denied that it has struck a deal with Vivendi to take stakes in…
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Amazon to hire London-based original content boss
Amazon is hiring a London-based head of original content to respond to its growing interest…
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SFR to air Chelsea v Liverpool match free-to-air on DTT
Altice-owned French service provider SFR’s SFR Sport 1 channel has teamed up with free-to-air digital-terrestrial…
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Liberty Global unveils finance management changes
Liberty Global’s co-chief financial officer Bernie Dvorak is to retire, with the group, with Charlie…
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Sunrise increases TV customers by 20%
Swiss service provider Sunrise reported a 20.4% year-on-year increase in TV customers at the end…
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Polsat CFO extends responsibilities
Polish broadcaster Polsat Group’s chief financial officer, Tomasz Szeląg, has been made a member of…