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iConcerts taps TV App Agency for smart TV
Music subscription video-on-demand service iConcerts has tapped TV App Agency to provide smart TV apps…
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Carrefour launches France’s first UltraViolet OTT service
French supermarket giant Carrefour has launched an UltraViolet-enabled multi-platform TV service, Nolim Films, using an…
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Vodafone to drop Kabel Deutschland name
Vodafone plans to drop the Kabel Deutschland brand this year, according to German press reports. …
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Orange adds to pressure on Telefónica over Canal+
Telefónica’s rivals in the Spanish market are continuing to pile pressure on the country’s competition…
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Streaming media player ownership to hit 40% in US
Streaming media player penetration is set to reach 40% of US broadband homes by 2017,…
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Vodafone Germany chief highlights logic of single cable player
Vodafone Germany CEO Jens Schulte-Bockum has signalled his desire to see a single consolidated rival…
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Sunrise IPO to value firm at up to €3.3 billion
Swiss service provider Sunrise has set a price-range of CHF58 to CHF78 per-share for its…
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Com Hem taps Compal for high-speed routers
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has launched a new high-speed WiFi router provided by Compal….
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Travel Channel launches on UPC Austria
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has launched Travel Channel on UPC in Austria, following a…
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HomePlug Alliance completes Netricity interop event
Powerline technology standards body the HomePlug Alliance has completed what it describes as the world’s…
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Liberty Global boss Fries calls for ‘scale in the cable industry’
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has called for “scale in the cable industry” in order…
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Telefónica could abandon Canal+ acquisition over content restrictions
Telefónica could abort its acquisition of pay TV service Canal+ if the country’s competition regulator…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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BBC announces more iPlayer commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new programming commissions that will appear exclusively on…
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Multimedia Polska boosts HD offer, begins switching off SD
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is to boost its HD offering and begin the process…
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ER-Telecom launches TV everywhere
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched an expanded multiscreen…
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Beltelecom passes fibre subscriber milestone
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has now signed up 300,000 customers to its GPON fibre network,…
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Tesco sells Blinkbox Music to Guvera
Tesco has sold Blinkbox Music to Australia-based music streaming service Guvera, less than a month…
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Portugal Telecom shareholders approve sale to Altice
Portugal Telecom’s shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s domestic assets to Altice, the…
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Almost a fifth of US homes tipped to take HBO’s OTT service
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top…
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Three enters exclusive takeover talks with O2
Hutchison Whampoa, the parent company of UK mobile operator Three, has entered exclusive negotiations with…
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Intel-based HDMI dongles hit UK market
Two providers have separately launched new high-end Intel-based HDMI dongle devices in the UK. Consumer…
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Walthelm to take expanded programming role at Sky Deutschland
Elke Walthelm has been promoted to senior vice-president of partner channels for Sky Deutschland, managing…
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Dom.ru taps Nagra for content security
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has introduced comprehensive content protection…
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SES picks Arianespace for SES-12 satellite launch
Satellite operator SES has selected Arianespace to launch its new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, on…
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Planet Knowledge on-demand service launches on Freeview
Planet Knowledge, a new on-demand service for documentary programming, has launched on the Freeview digital-terrestrial platform…
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BT Sport and ESPN expand partnership
BT Sport and ESPN have struck a new seven-year deal to expand the range of…
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Volia strikes new football channels deal with Media Group Ukraine
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has struck a new agreement with local media company Media Group…
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Discovery could bid for Premier League rights
Discovery Communications will join the auction for lucrative English Premier League rights in the UK,…
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Watchdog raises possibility of rescinding Numericable-SFR green light
France’s competition regulator is looking into a possible breach of conditions set ahead of cable…