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Netflix’s US market share to drop to 50% in 2018
Netflix’s share of the US over-the-top (OTT) video market is due to fall from 85%…
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Freesat and Humax launch new Freetime set-top box
Freesat and Humax have launched a new set-top box that supports the UK free-to-air satellite…
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TalkTalk to offer Netflix for free for limited period
UK telco TalkTalk is to make Netflix available free of charge to its TalkTalk Plus…
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Canalsat upgrades to all-HD with Thomson Video Networks
Canal+ Group has tapped Thomson Video Networks to supply encoders for the transition of the…
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Telecom Italia adopts TIM brand for all services
Telecom Italia is to use the TIM brand hitherto used for mobile services across all…
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Primacom hails success in extending housing market reach
German cable operator Primacom has extended its reach through contracts with the housing industry by…
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UPC Cablecom teams up with Swiss Post to boost mobile sales
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Cablecom has teamed up with Swiss Post to sell its…
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UPC launches free WiFi in Czech Republic
UPC in the Czech Republic is rolling out its ‘Wi-Free’ service, giving 440,000 UPC customers…
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Al Jazeera’s BeIN Sports acquires Digitürk
Al Jazeera has acquired Turkish pay TV operator Digitürk via its BeIN Sports arm. Financial…
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Com Hem sees scope for price rises following solid 2Q
Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s management believe the company has greater scope than anticipated to…
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Bouygues top in France in latest Netflix ISP Speed Index
Bouygues Telecom overtook Numericable in June to become the fastest internet service provider in France,…
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Beltelecom adds Amedia and NTV+ packages to Zala TV
Belarusian telco Beltelecom has added two packages from Russian content providers Amedia and NTV+ to…
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Orange launches accelerator startup programme in Spain
Orange has launched an accelerator startup programme in Spain following its acquisition of Spanish telco…
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Cablevision stocks rise on Altice interest
US MSO Cablevision’s shares spiked at the end of last week after cable and telecom…
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Ofcom raps AXN and TV3 over lack of subtitling, audio description
Ofcom has found Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned AXN and MTG’s TV3 in breach of it Code…
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Sky completes Shield web-filtering rollout
Sky has completed the rollout of its Sky Broadband Shield to customers who had previously…
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Comcast to launch Stream online TV service
Comcast is due to begin trialling a new streaming cable service in the US, called…
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Telefónica secures domestic La Liga rights for next season
Telefónica has struck a €600 million deal with Spain’s La Liga to secure pay TV…
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Arris cuts second quarter revenue guidance
Arris has cut its second quarter revenue guidance citing “pending industry consolidation” and the strengthening…
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Motive to add OTT services to TabletTV
Technology provider Motive Television is set to add over-the-top TV services like Netflix and YouTube…
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Gazprom Media turns to Tricolor TV unit for regional advertising
Gazprom Media’s advertising sales unit Alcazar Media has signed up with pay TV platform Tricolor’s…
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Kabel Deutschland taps IneoQuest for behavioural measurement and analytics
Vodafone-owned Kabel Deutschland has tapped quality assurance specialist IneoQuest to provide its audience measurement platform…
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Sunrise chairman Dominik Koechlin dies aged 56
The chairman of the board of directors for Swiss service provider Sunrise, Dominik Koechlin, has…
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Cosmos TV Belarus expands offering
Belarus pay TV operator Cosmos TV Belarus has expanded the line-up offered on its MMDS…
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BT calls on Ofcom to address Sky’s pay TV dominance
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so…
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MTG pays for Splay MCN
The Modern Times Group has taken control of Splay, Sweden’s largest multichannel network. The Sweden-listed…
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Amazon takes on Chromecast with ‘fling’ for Fire TV
Amazon has launched a toolkit that will allow developers to add ‘fling’ capabilities to their…
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Zee and FilmOn launch online Bollywood channel
Indian broadcaster Zee Entertainment Enterprises has partnered with internet TV provider FilmOn.com to launch a…
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Sky launches free fibre broadband offer
Sky is launching what it claims is its “best ever fibre deal”, offering Sky Fibre…
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Speedcast buys Newsat’s teleport, satellite services business
Satellite telecommunications service provider, SpeedCast International, has bought the assets of teleport and satellite services…