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Amazon launches kids subscription service in the UK
Amazon has launched an all-you-can-eat children’s subscription service in the UK that includes videos, e-books,…
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Canal+ to broadcast UHD Champions League final
Canal+ will broadcast this weekend’s Champions League Final in Ultra High Definition, it has confirmed. …
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Virgin fends off eleventh Rovi patent claim
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has won its latest patent case against Rovi Corporation,…
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Elemental partners with Orange TV Group in Indonesia
Video technology provider, Elemental, is working with the Orange TV Group in Indonesia to expand…
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Spectrum clash: the reallocation of 700Mhz
The Europe-wide reallocation of 700MHz spectrum from broadcast to mobile broadband is set to be…
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Vimeo introduces SVoD options
Vimeo is allowing creators to charge a monthly subscription fee for fans to access their…
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Magine adds personalisation to German service
Cloud TV service, Magine TV, has launched a new customisable version of its offering in…
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Liberty Global’s CEE boss moves to LatAm post
The managing director for Liberty Global’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, Betzalel Kenigsztein, has…
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Amazon adds 600 channels to Fire TV in three months
Amazon has added over 600 channels, apps and games to the US Amazon Fire TV platform…
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Altice closes Portugal Telecom buyout
Altice, the owner of French cable and telecoms giant Numericable-SFR, has closed its €7.4 billion…
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DOCSIS 3.1: Cable changes gear
DOCSIS has over the last decade and a half transformed the very nature of the…
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France Télévisions launches Zoom mobile TV app
France Télévisions has launched FranceTV Zoom, a major mobile initiative allowing users to build personalised…
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Discovery launches Middle East free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Arabiya, a new free-to-air male-skewed channel in the Middle East. The…
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BBC strikes major playout deal with Ericsson
Ericsson will handle playout and media management for the BBC’s portfolio of UK channels as…
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Viaccess-Orca appoints new CEO
Orange Group-owned content security and delivery firm Viaccess-Orca has appointed Paul Molinier as CEO as…
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UKTV to launch London production facility
Channel operator UKTV is set to launch a new “high-spec” production facility at its London…
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Locking up UHD
The launch of Ultra HD services are being led by OTT streaming providers, giving rise…
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Energy efficiency in cable networks on ISBE agenda at ANGA COM
Energy efficiency in cable networks will be one of the main topics up for discussion…
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Cable’s survival strategy
If there’s one thing you can rely on with John Malone it’s that his big…
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EE and BBC trial 4G broadcast at FA Cup Final
UK mobile operator EE carried out a successful live 4G broadcast trial during the FA…
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Sky in Germany to air Champions League final in UHD
Sky in Germany is due to run an Ultra High Definition (UHD) broadcast trial of…
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Vodafone, Wind and Metroweb to build Italian fibre network
Vodafone and Vimpelcom-owned Italian mobile operator Wind have reportedly signed an agreement with broadband firm…
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Belgacom to become Proximus this month
Belgacom will legally change its name to Proximus later this month, having grouped all products…
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Canal+ hires France 2 exec as sports boss
Canal+ has appointed France 2’s director of information, Thierry Thuillier, as its sports director, effective…
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CNBC and Prisa strike content deal
CNBC and Prisa have struck a content deal whereby the former’s news content will be…
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Endemol Shine strikes programming deal with Vubiquity
Endemol Shine International has licensed a package of programming to Vubiquity, the technology company behind…
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Intelsat and BT to support BBC World Service distribution
BT has signed a new multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, with Intelsat, which it will use to…
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Telefónica launches quintuple-play service
Telefónica is launching a new service that combines fixed and mobile broadband, TV and telephony…
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Vivendi reportedly looking to launch SVoD plus music in multiple markets
Vivendi is studying the possibility of launching subscription VoD services in a number of Europe…
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Netflix ‘slowly increases’ North American web domination
Netflix continues to “slowly increase its domination” of North American fixed internet networks, accounting for…