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Vivendi revamps Watchever with branded channels, BBC Brit on board
Vivendi-owned German subscription video-on-demand service Watchever has revamped its service with a new structure based…
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Vivendi and Canal+ up investment in cinema, new Studiocanal chief
Vivendi and Canal+ have committed are to acquire a minority stake in France’s Mars Film…
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Comcast debuts YouTube rival Watchable
US media giant Comcast has launched its ‘YouTube killer’, Watchable, a streaming site that debuts…
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New technology chief for Unitymedia
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has named Dieter Vorbeck as its new chief technology…
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Al Jazeera changes frequencies on Nilesat
Al Jazeera Media Network is moving the frequency of its channels on the Nilesat platform…
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French operators file documents for 700MHz
France’s four leading mobile operators – Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR – have…
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UPC Poland expands to new city
Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland is to begin marketing services in the city of Nowy Sącz…
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Volia adds new channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is adding channels RTi, Filmudrama and Filmudrama HD to its programming…
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BT in talks with Netflix over enabling 4K
BT is in discussions with Netflix about enabling the SVoD service’s 4K content on its…
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YouTube gears up for subscription launch
YouTube is reportedly gearing up to launch its much-speculated about subscription service in the US,…
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Hulu appoints former Xbox exec as head of experience
Hulu has appointed former Sonos and Xbox executive Ben Smith as its new senior vice…
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Virgin Media unveils ‘Vivid’ ultrafast broadband
Virgin Media will start to contact customers about upgrading to ultrafast broadband this week, and…
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Telecable buyer Zegona looking to create £1-3bn company
Zegona Communications, the UK-based investment group that acquired Asturias region cable operator Telecable earlier this…
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Canal Digital Cable TV chooses Teleste for HFC upgrade
Norway’s Canal Digital Cable TV has chosen Teleste to provide equipment for its network upgrade…
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Liberty Global operators add HD services to Horizon Go
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria has expended the number of channels available for out-of-home…
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Sky Germany to launch pop-up Bond channel
Sky in Germany is to follow the example of Sky’s UK pay TV operation by…
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TeliaSonera technology chief leaves in restructuring move
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera is combining its commercial and technology divisions and Malin Frenning, current…
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Vodafone-Liberty Global talks terminated
Vodafone has said that talks with Liberty Global about a possible asset swap have been…
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BBC to launch dedicated Children’s iPlayer next year
The BBC plans to launch a dedicated children’s version of the iPlayer next year and…
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Sky begins ultrafast broadband deployment
Sky is today connecting its first customer to its new ultrafast fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband network…
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Netflix, Hulu and others to launch on Gear VR headset
Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the…
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Vivendi moves to head off Canal+ concerns as Bolloré meets CSA
Vivendi committed to create a new ethics committee to ensure the editorial independence of Canal+…
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Netflix and Amazon content spend to hit US$9bn
Amazon and Netflix’s combined content spend will top US$9 billion (€8 billion) by end 2020,…
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CTC Media agrees US$200 million sale of 75% stake to UTH
Russia’s CTC Media has entered a definitive agreement to sell a 75% stake in its…
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Altice to pause acquisition drive, says Goei
Altice is to pause in its acquisition drive to focus on cutting costs and working…
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UPC Poland names marketing director
Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland has named Tomasz Izydorczyk as marketing director, responsible for the creation,…
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Amazon launches Fire TV in Japan
Amazon has launched its Fire TV and Fire TV Stick devices in Japan, priced at…
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ALBtelecom taps Thomson for revamped TV platform
Albanian telco ALBtelecom has chosen Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE XT1000 Xtream transcoder to help consolidate…
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Facebook introduces 360-degree videos
Facebook has started to roll out 360-degree videos in the service’s News Feed, in an…
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All Freeview products to be HD from end of 2016
All future Freeview products must be HD-capable from the end of next year, and the…