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UK’s creative industry ‘can lead post-Brexit growth’
The UK’s creative businesses can lead economic growth in a post-Brexit UK, according to the…
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Canal+ takes stake in production group
French commercial broadcaster Canal+ has taken a 50% stake in Kissman Production Group. Kissman is…
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Liberty Global Ventures invests £7.5m in Technetix
Liberty Global’s investment fund, Liberty Global Ventures, has invested £7.5 million (€8.9 million) in broadband…
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Sky Germany makes key entertainment appointments
Sky in Germany has made two key appointments to boost its entertainment offering. The pay…
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Zee taps NexGuard for watermarking
International content and channel provider Zee Entertainment Enterprises has tapped NexGuard to provide forensic watermarking….
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BBC engineer named as RTS Young Technologist of the Year
The UK’s Royal Television Society has named BBC trainee broadcast engineer James Goodhand as its…
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Media giants dominate European TV, US influence growing
A group of 15 media giants dominate pay TV within the European Union, accounting for…
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Report: Virgin Media in talks to buy UTV Ireland
Liberty Global-owned pay TV operator Virgin Media is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Irish…
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KPN secures digital-terrestrial licence
Dutch telco KPN has acquired a new licence to enable it to continue broadcasting its…
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Richard Alden granted bail
Former Wananchi CEO Richard Alden has been granted bail for KES2 million (€17,400) by a…
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Twitch launches ‘social eating’ video category
Twitch, the Amazon-owned video platform for games enthusiasts, has launched a new category of video…
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Vintage TV launches on Freeview
Vintage TV, the UK free-to-air channel targeted at older viewers, has launched on the Freeview…
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New chief for FTTH Council Europe
The FTTH Council Europe has named Erzsébet Fitori as its new director-general. Fitori will take…
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France Télévisions taps Globecast for Tour de France
French public broadcaster France Télévisions and media services group Globecast have signed a five-year deal…
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Cable Congress: Liberty Global looking to consolidate Polish market
Liberty Global is looking to further consolidate the cable industry in central and eastern Europe,…
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Sky Germany and Italy will ‘never’ be as successful as UK
Despite Sky’s bullish assumptions about the potential for pay TV growth in Germany and Italy,…
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Tele Columbus outlines advanced TV plans
German cable operator Tele Columbus’s chief marketing officer Stefan Beberweil revealed more details of his…
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Ziggo adds Italian package
Liberty Global-owned Dutch cable operator Ziggo is to add an Italian package to its Horizon…
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TDF acquires ITAS to consolidate transmission services market
French transmission services provider TDF has agreed a deal to acquire smaller rival ITAS. TDF…
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Orange Moldova acquires cable operator Sun Communications
Orange Moldova is to acquire local cable operator Sun Communications. Orange, which operates mobile services…
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MTG strikes new deal with Telenor
Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed a new multi-year agreement for the distribution of its…
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Unitymedia adds new channels to Horizon Go
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has added three channels to its Horizon Go mobile…
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Lattelecom adds TNT to offering
Telia-owned Latvia telco Lattelecom is to add Russian general entertainment channel TNT to its programming…
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UPC Czech Republic and Slovakia names press spokesman
UPC Czech Republic and Slovakia – the recently merged entity controlling Liberty Global’s fixed networks…
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Cable Congress: operators mull potential of virtual reality
Cable operators are cautiously assessing the potential of virtual reality – in in some cases…
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Liberty Global addresses home network with IoT in mind
Liberty Global plans to invest in RDK-B-based gateway devices and the in-home network in preparation…
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Sky Online German available on Apple TV
Sky in Germany has made its online TV service available on the Apple TV platform….
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Canal+ staff strike in support of iTele
A strike by staff at Canal+ news channel iTele has spread to the broadcaster’s main…
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Sky launches triple-play Now TV bundle with new smart box
Sky’s standalone digital service Now TV has launched what it claims is the UK’s first…
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Cable Congress: future of TV is not apps
The future of TV does not lie in apps – as predicted by Apple CEO…