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Pay TV Operators
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UPC Poland signs managed services deal with Ericsson
Liberty Global-owned digital cable TV and broadband services provider UPC Poland has signed a managed…
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Former Belgacom CEO Didier Bellens dies aged 60
Former Belgacom CEO Didier Bellens has died aged 60, his ex-employer confirmed in a statement….
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TV everywhere use moves to connected devices
TV everywhere consumption is “slowly moving toward” connected devices like Apple TV and Roku boxes,…
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Telefónica sees strong TV growth in Spain and Latin America
Telefónica had 8.3 million TV customers at the end of the year, up 12% year-on-year,…
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D8 entertainment chief upped to Canal+ role
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has given free-to-air channel D8’s director of live and entertainment…
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Vodafone to offer RealNetworks’ RealTimes to cloud customers
Video streaming specialist RealNetworks is making its RealTimes app, its highlight product from this week’s…
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Sony’s Viasat 6 opens free-to-view window
Sony Pictures Television Central Europe is to make Hungarian channel Viasat 6, which it acquired…
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Ofcom: BT must open up but not separate from Openreach
BT must open up its Openreach infrastructure arm to competitors, but for now will not…
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Deutsche Telekom looks to increase share of German TV market
Deutsche Telekom plans to increase its share of the German TV market in the year…
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Europe marks mixed progress towards digital economy
Europe has made progress towards achieving a digital economy over the year since the inauguration…
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Sky Germany names new content chief
Sky’s German unit has upped Elke Walthelm to executive VP, content, filling a role vacated…
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Mobile and TV boost for Euskaltel
A strong increase in mobile revenue-generating units and a more modest but significant increase in…
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Thema taps AlterPoP for playout and distribution
French channels provider Thema has chosen managed content preparation, playout and multiplatform delivery service provider…
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Fox extends carriage deal with NTV+
Fox Networks Group has extended its carriage deal with Russian pay TV provider NTV+ through…
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BT’s Patterson defends Openreach ahead of Ofcom announcement
BT CEO Gavin Patterson has defended infrastructure arm Openreach’s continued existence as a part of…
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Sky targets binge viewing with Sky+ update
Sky claims that the latest update to its Sky+ service will make it “even easier…
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BuzzFeed launches video app
BuzzFeed has launched a video app that works across platforms. Announcing the launch at Mobile…
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Zuckerberg: 360-degree video and VR will be ‘killer app’ for 5G
Three hundred and sixty degree video and ultimately virtual reality will become mainstream ways of “sharing…
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EE to continue to offer TV service under own brand
EE will continue to market its recently launched TV service independent of BT as part…
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Sky CEO calls for the end of BT Openreach ‘status quo’
Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch has urged Ofcom to call for BT and its infrastructure arm…
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Liberty Global adds Twitter integration to Horizon platform
Liberty Global is partnering with Twitter to integrate a number of features from the social…
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Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
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Nature-themed 4K SVOD platform debuts
A 4K subscription on-demand service that focuses exclusively on nature programming has gone live in…
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iRoko and Canal+ launch iRoko+ Android app
Canal+ Group and African over-the-top video service iRoko have launched an Android app version of…
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Proximus agrees four-year Belgian football deal
Belgian operator Belgacom has signed an exclusive agreement with the Belgian Pro League to rename…
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Vivendi issues warning on Canal+ future as losses mount
Vivendi has stated that it “cannot on a long term basis continue to finance the…
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Canal+ confirms five-year exclusive beIN Sports deal
Canal+ has confirmed it is to have an exclusive five-year distribution deal with beIN Sports,…
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Digital UK opens up Freeview Play specification
Digital UK has published the technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, opening it…
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Volia sees big growth in internet traffic following upgrade
Ukrainian cable operator Volia said that the volume of internet traffic generated by subscribers on…
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Vectra adds Eleven Sports Network channels
Polish cable operator Vectra has added sports channels Eleven and Eleven Sports from Eleven Sports…