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Bolloré confirms talks with beIN Sports to football chiefs
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré and other top executives of the media group met French football…
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Vodafone looking at UK TV launch ‘later in calendar 2016’
Vodafone’s CEO Vittorio Colao last week said the telco will launch its much-delayed UK TV…
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CanalSat launch for Sundance in France
The international Sundance Channel will launch on the Canalsat platform France this week. Sundance Channel…
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MultiChoice launches GOtv in South Africa
South Africa’s MultiChoice has launched its GOtv digital-terrestrial pay TV service in its home market…
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UK government pledges superfast broadband for new homes
The UK government has unveiled plans to make superfast fibre broadband available to all new…
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Mediapro chief: no exclusivity implied in Telefónica deal
Catalan broadcaster Mediapro’s president Jaume Roures has reportedly told the Spanish competition regulator, the CNMC,…
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Mediaset Premium passes two million
Mediaset Premium, the pay TV unit of Italian broadcaster Mediaset, passed the milestone of two…
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Sky to launch 360-degree video on Facebook
Sky has started producing 360-degree videos and will use Facebook as a distribution platform for this…
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Virgin Media CEO calls for Three-O2 mobile green light
Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge has spoken out in favour of the EC giving a…
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Technicolor leaves HEVC Advance patent pool
Technicolor has left the HEVC Advance patent pool, deciding instead to license its HEVC IP…
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Mobistar Belgium to take Orange brand
Belgian telco Mobistar will adopt the Orange brand, in a move it said will strengthen…
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Mixed fortunes for Denmark’s TDC
Danish cable and telecom operator TDC saw its cable TV base decline but increase ARPU,…
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Freesat sees strong growth driven by Freetime
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat added 36,000 new homes in the fourth quarter, bringing its…
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Al Jazeera launches audio app for hard-to-reach areas
News service Al Jazeera Network has launched a new audio web app to give users…
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Akado adds comedy channel
Russian service provider Akado has added comedy Komedia TV to its programming line-up. The channel,…
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Vodafone boosted by strong take up of converged offerings
Strong take up of its converged offering in Spain and “encouraging take-up” of its recently…
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EC greenlights Telenet acquisition of BASE
The European Commission has approved Telenet’s buyout of Belgian mobile operator BASE Company. The Liberty…
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Orange chief confident of Bouygues deal, but hurdles remain
Orange chief executive Stéphane Richard has expressed his confidence that talks with media-to-construction conglomerate Bouygues…
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YouTube to premiere first Red originals
YouTube is due to premiere its first original content for its new US-based subscription service,…
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Viceland names management team ahead of launch
Vice and A+E’s new TV network, Viceland, will be led by Vice creative director, Spike…
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Molotov appoints former TF1 director to lead int’l expansion
New French OTT service Molotov has appointed former TF1 director Jean-Pierre Paoli to help lead…
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Report: Lionsgate restarts Starz talks
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly back in talks to buy US premium cable channel Starz. The…
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Swisscom sees TV growth
Swiss telco Swisscom grew its TV base by 166,000 last year to 1.33 million, 14.2%…
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Mubi names former Fox and Liberty Global exec as new COO
Subscription video-on-demand movie service Mubi has named former Fox International Channels and Liberty Global executive…
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BT backs sports startup SeenIt
BT has thrown support behind a London-based video creation startup that aims to help BT…
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Conseil d’État rejects claims of partiality in CSA pubcaster chief choice
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’État, has rejected a set of complaints by two unions,…
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STV Player launches on Freeview Play
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV’s catch-up service, STV Player has launched on Freeview Play, the on-demand…
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France’s VOD Factory taps DVMR for MPEG-DASH delivery platform
French white label video-on-demand provider VOD Factory has tapped IP video services specialist DVMR to…
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Friend MTS launches automated IPTV antipiracy service
Content security specialist Friend MTS is to launch an automated IPTV antipiracy service, Viper, at…
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New housing deal for Com Hem
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has struck an agreement with housing association Rosendal Fastigheter to…