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KPN names Sickinghe as chairman
Dutch telco KPN has named former Telenet CEO Duco Sickinghe as its new chairman. Sickinghe…
Netflix raises US$1.5 billion in debt with acquisitions in mind
Netflix is raising US$1.5 billion in new debt and will use the cash to buy…
TalkTalk reports ‘strongest quarter’ for TV, mobile and fibre
UK service provider TalkTalk reported its “strongest ever quarter” for combined uptake of its TV,…
Numericable-SFR moves swiftly to placate regulator over Outremer charges
Numericable-SFR has moved swiftly to head off a possible reversal of the French competition regulator’s…
Netia teams up with P4 for quad-play
Polish triple-play service provider Netia has teamed up with local mobile provider P4 to deliver…
MTG launches Gossip in Norway
The Modern Times Group has launched its online entertainment channel Gossip in Norway. The video-based…
Volia extends network to Fastiv
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has started to offer TV and telecom services in the city…
Netia appoints head of international sales
Netia, the Globecast-owned software solutions firm specialising in audio-visual content delivery, has appointed Jérémie Mekaelian as…
Freesat now in 1.9 million UK homes
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has added 24,000 new homes in the final quarter of 2014,…
Sky plans 4K set-top box
UK service provider Sky is reportedly planning to launch a next-generation set-top box in the…
Germany outlines plans for 700MHz auction
The German government has announced that it will auction two blocks of spectrum in the…
Prisa executives withdraw from Mediaset board
Juan Luis Cebrián and Manuel Polanco, the president and vice-president respectively of Spanish media group…
ProSiebenSat.1 gives MacKenzie Maxdome job
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has instigated a high-level restructure of its digital division, handing former BSkyB…
BBC reportedly set to lose golf Open
The BBC is set to lose its rights to the British Open golf championship to…
Amazon Prime membership climbs 53%
Worldwide paid membership of Amazon’s Prime subscription service grew 53% last year – 50% in the US…
BT adds TV customers, plans G.fast ultra high-speed broadband trial
UK telco BT added 45,000 TV customers in the quarter to December, which also saw…
Sky moves into mobile with Telefonica deal
Sky is set to offer mobile voice and data services for the first time from…
CNC VoD search service to exclude Netflix, iTunes
France’s Centre Nationale du Cinéma et de L’Image Animée (CNC) has created a search engine…
TF1 launches SVoD service for kids
French broadcaster TF1 will launch TFou Max next month, the first SVoD service exclusively targeting…
Belarus takes first step towards analogue shutdown
Belarus is taking a major step towards digital switchover by beginning to shut down analogue…
Russian channels rebranded and refreshed
Russian channel provider Tsifrovoye televideniye (TSTV), a joint venture between Rostelecom and state-owned broadcaster RTR,…
Volia strikes VoD deal with automotive interest channel
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has struck a deal with automotive interest channel Pershyy Avtomobilnyy (First…
Kick Media launches Dusk! on Vectra
Bulgaria-based distributor Kick Media has launched Dutch adult service Dusk! on Polish cable operator Vectra’s…
Virgin Media calls for halt to Premier League rights auction
UK cable provider Virgin Media has asked Ofcom to pause the current Premier League TV…
‘Significant increase’ in no-TV households, says Ofcom
Digital TVs can now be found in 96% of UK homes, but there has been…
Snapchat moves into original series
A day after launching its editorial-driven app Discover, messaging service Snapchat has launched its first…
CSA names new members, outlines goals
French media regulator the CSA has named Nicolas Curien and Nathalie Sonnac as members of…
New finance and development chief for Canal+
Canal+ has named Sébastian de Gasquet as finance and development director fort its free TV…
IPTV revamp gives boost to Teo
TeliaSonera-owned Lithuanian telco Teo saw its IPTV base rise by 24% last year to reach…
TeliaSonera sees TV growth across markets
Nordic telco TeliaSonera grew its TV base across most of its markets during the final…