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How Facebook, Instagram and Sky joined forces for Game of Thrones
When Sky Atlantic secured the exclusive UK rights to premiere the fifth season of HBO’s Game…
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Free launches first 4K TV channel Festival 4K
French service provider Free has staked its claim to be the first in the country…
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Deutsche Telekom’s TV base boosted by Greece, Hungary, Slovakia
Deutsche Telekom ended the third quarter with 3.83 million IPTV, satellite and cable TV customers…
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Swisscom increases TV base in face of stiff competition
Swisscom grew its TV base by 13.3% year-on-year to the end of September, despite what…
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Portugal’s Nos confirms TV turnaround, adds to Iris base
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos’ advanced TV service Iris added 41,000 in the third quarter….
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Now TV launches on Apple TV
Sky’s over-the-top streaming service Now TV has launched on the new Apple TV set-top box…
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Freesat adds 6,000 TV homes in third quarter
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat added 6,000 new TV homes in the third quarter, taking its…
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Netflix’s Hastings says there is ‘not enough TV’
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said there is not “nearly enough” TV content in the…
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Former Kabel Deutschland CTO Glatz joins Guavus board
Former Kabel Deutschland chief technology officer Lorenz Glatz has joined the board of data analytics…
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UPC Poland CEO resigns
UPC Poland CEO Ramiro Lafarga Brollo is to leave his post to take on a…
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Spanish consumer groups slam Mediapro’s TotalChannel
A range of Spanish consumer groups have filed a complaint with the country’s industry ministry…
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Al Jazeera English joins new Apple TV
Al Jazeera English has joined the new Apple TV platform, providing news and programmes on-demand…
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EC extends probe into Liberty Global mobile acquisition
The European Commission has extended its investigation into Liberty Global’s planned €1.3 billion acquisition of…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom reappoints Rapaić to board
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has reappointed Nataša Rapaić as a member of its…
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Viasat Broadcasting secures MLB World Series
ESPN Media Distribution has licensed the rights to air Major League Baseball’s World Series in…
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The Middle ground: premium TV in the Middle East and North Africa
Despite the region’s overwhelmingly free-to-air profile, competition is heating up in premium TV in MENA,…
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Com Hem: third of TV base now has TiVo
Swedish operator Com Hem said that 34% of its TV customer base now takes TiVo,…
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US teens use nine hours of media per day
US teenagers use an average of nine hours of entertainment media per day, according to…
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BT launches sport-focused start-up competition
BT has launched a competition to find start-ups and entrepreneurs with “innovative digital media and…
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TDC hit by mobile pressure, mixed fortunes in TV
Danish telco TDC continued to suffer from competitive pressure in the Danish mobile market in…
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Thema launches Le Bouquet Africain in Canada
Canal+-owned thematic channels producer Thema has launched seven channels from Africa in the Canadian market….
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Stofa strategic business development chief resigns
Danish cable operator Stofa’s director of strategic business development Kim Falkenhard has resigned from the…
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ANACOM imposes restrictions on Meo
Portugal’s regulatory authority, ANACOM, has imposed reporting obligations on telco Meo – the operating name…
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Vivendi chief says company is not acting in concert with Xavier Niel
Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine offered reassurance over the weekend that Vivendi is not acting…
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KPN launches OTT service Play
Dutch telco KPN has launched subscription OTT service Play, offering a range of popular live…
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A+E deal with Liberty Global will see two new HD channels in UK
A+E Networks has secured an extended distribution deal with Liberty Global that will seen the…
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Virgin Media searches for disruptive digital start-ups
Virgin Media and technology accelerator Techstars have launched a start-up programme in a bid to…
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Ampere: Altice strategy lacks focus, despite large growth
Altice has experienced a “meteoric rise” in the past 18 months, but its current strategy…
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Eutelsat unveils 2016 awards winners
FilmBox Arthouse, Trace Sports Stars and Sky Atlantic HD were among the winners at the…
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Discovery, BT linked to moves for Channel 4
Discovery Communications and BT are weighing moves for Channel 4 if the government decides to…