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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…
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…
Vodafone to drop Kabel Deutschland name
Vodafone plans to drop the Kabel Deutschland brand this year, according to German press reports. …
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…
Streaming media player ownership to hit 40% in US
Streaming media player penetration is set to reach 40% of US broadband homes by 2017,…
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…
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…
Com Hem taps Compal for high-speed routers
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has launched a new high-speed WiFi router provided by Compal….
Travel Channel launches on UPC Austria
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has launched Travel Channel on UPC in Austria, following a…
HomePlug Alliance completes Netricity interop event
Powerline technology standards body the HomePlug Alliance has completed what it describes as the world’s…
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…
Telefónica could abandon Canal+ acquisition over content restrictions
Telefónica could abort its acquisition of pay TV service Canal+ if the country’s competition regulator…
Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
BBC announces more iPlayer commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new programming commissions that will appear exclusively on…
Multimedia Polska boosts HD offer, begins switching off SD
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska is to boost its HD offering and begin the process…
ER-Telecom launches TV everywhere
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched an expanded multiscreen…
Beltelecom passes fibre subscriber milestone
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has now signed up 300,000 customers to its GPON fibre network,…
Tesco sells Blinkbox Music to Guvera
Tesco has sold Blinkbox Music to Australia-based music streaming service Guvera, less than a month…
Portugal Telecom shareholders approve sale to Altice
Portugal Telecom’s shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s domestic assets to Altice, the…
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…
Three enters exclusive takeover talks with O2
Hutchison Whampoa, the parent company of UK mobile operator Three, has entered exclusive negotiations with…
Intel-based HDMI dongles hit UK market
Two providers have separately launched new high-end Intel-based HDMI dongle devices in the UK. Consumer…
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…
Dom.ru taps Nagra for content security
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has introduced comprehensive content protection…
SES picks Arianespace for SES-12 satellite launch
Satellite operator SES has selected Arianespace to launch its new hybrid communications satellite, SES-12, on…
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…
BT Sport and ESPN expand partnership
BT Sport and ESPN have struck a new seven-year deal to expand the range of…
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…
Discovery could bid for Premier League rights
Discovery Communications will join the auction for lucrative English Premier League rights in the UK,…
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…