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Pay TV Operators
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Going over the top: recent developments in the OTT space
Over-the-top and direct-to-customer offerings are becoming increasingly common among pay TV and channel operators alike….
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BT ‘prepared for fight’ as Virgin Media rolls out Lightning
BT is “prepared for the fight” over broadband and quad-play with Virgin Media as the…
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Freesat doubles number of Freetime customers
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has doubled the number customers to its connected Freetime service. The…
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Liberty Global looks to Horizon to arrest video losses
Liberty Global hopes to reduce the high video losses it experienced in its first quarter…
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Comcast unveils DOCSIS 3.1 gateway with advanced capabilities
US cable giant Comcast has unveiled its own home-built DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem and said…
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ZenithOptimedia ranks top media companies
Media agency ZenithOptimedia ranked the world’s top media owners with Disney, Comcast, Fox and CBS…
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Poland’s Netia agrees to buy TK Telekom
Polish service provider Netia has signed a preliminary agreement to buy 100% of shares in…
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Deutsche Telekom reportedly set to take control of Slovak operator
Deutsche Telekom last week placed an offer for the 49% stake it does not already…
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Quality assurance and big data analytics
Applying user behaviour analytics to ensure quality of delivery and shape service offerings has been…
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Record Horizon sales offers bright spot in disappointing quarter for Liberty Global
Liberty Global recorded a record number of additions to its Horizon advanced TV platform in…
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Niche content ‘now economically viable’
The content market is polarising with niches “now economically viable,” according to former Amazon executive…
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Spotify reportedly planning online video move
Spotify is reportedly planning to move into the online video space and is said to…
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Belgacom reports strong TV figures
Belgacom added 65,000 TV subscribers in the first quarter of the year and said that…
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Forthnet in talks to secure new finance
Greek pay TV operator Forthnet is considering issuing a €100 million convertible bond and is…
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YipTV launches OTT TV service for expats and immigrants in US
US-based YipTV has launched a new OTT TV service aggregating channels from around the world…
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YouView ‘re-engineering’ platform to harness power of the web
YouView can do more to harness the power of the web, according to chief technology…
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BT TV continues strong growth
BT’s TV business has continued to boost the company’s revenue and profit in its fourth…
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Vivendi completes sale of 20% stake in Numericable-SFR
Vivendi has completed the sale of its 20% stake in Numericable-SFR at a price of…
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Telefónica to launch new converged offering
Telefónica will launch a new Movistar TV Fusión converged offering featuring internet access with download…
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Netflix wants AT&T/DirecTV merger in current form
Streaming service Netflix has urged regulators to stop the merger of satellite broadcaster DirecTV and…
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New commercial chief for Magyar Telekom
Deutsche Telekom-owned Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom has named András Gyenes to the position of chief…
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TDC cable base declines but ARPU grows
Danish telco TDC saw its TV revenue-generating unit base decline quarter-on-quarter from 1.41 million to…
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Civolution names NexGuard products and solutions chief
Forensic watermarking specialist Civolution has hired Jean-Philippe Plantevin as senior vice-president products and solutions for…
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The DTVE anniversary survey
To celebrate Digital TV Europe’s 30th anniversary, we asked a panel of industry experts 30…
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TechUK opposes Freeview Play integration charges
Industry body TechUK has launched a campaign against plans by Digital UK to charge device…
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Sky wins in Skype trademark dispute with Microsoft
Pay TV giant Sky has won a legal victory in a dispute with Microsoft by…
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Cisco launches CCAP platform, names Altice as key customer
Cisco has begun commercialising its new cBR-8 CCAP-based, DOCSIS 3.1-ready cable platform and has revealed…
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TiVo now subscribed to by 30% of Com Hem TV customers
Com Hem’s TiVo subscriber number now accounts for 30% of the Swedish cable operator’s overall…
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Board changes at Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to reduce the size of its board from seven to…
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Swisscom reports strong TV gains
Swisscom reported a 14.2% year-on-year increase in TV customers in Q1, with more than a…