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Netflix hits five million Latin America customers
Netflix hit five million Latin American customers in the fourth quarter of last quarter, from…
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YouSee to launch 300Mbps service
TDC-owned Danish cable operator YouSee is to launch an internet service offering up to 300…
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Gazprom Media mulls future options for NTV+
Gazprom Media, the media holding company of the Russian energy giant, is mulling splitting up…
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TF1 agrees second screen deal with Monterosa
French broadcaster TF1 has signed a deal with second screen specialist Monterosa to add live…
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Tele Columbus to raise third of a billion euros from IPO
German cable operator Tele Columbus has set the offer price for shares sold through its…
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Mediaset quashes Champions League sub-contracting rumours
Mediaset has forcefully denied persistent rumours that it is preparing to sub-contract some of its…
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Liberty Global ups Virgin COO to chief transformation officer role
Virgin Media’s parent company, Liberty Global, has upped Virgin’s chief operating officer Dana Strong to…
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SVoD service Pickbox.tv launches on Samsung smart TVs
Subscription video-on-demand provider Pickbox.tv, which is active in the former Yugoslav countries, hjas launched an…
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BeIN Sport taps Cisco for Videoscape
Al Jazeera-owned sports network BeIN Sports has tapped Cisco to provide its Videoscape TV service…
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Netflix to complete global expansion in two years
Netflix has said it plans to complete its global expansion, while staying profitable, over the…
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Sky eyes Telefonica deal in possible quad-play move
Sky has reportedly been in talks with Telefonica about partnering with its UK mobile arm…
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Online retailer readies Amazon OTT challenger
US-based online retail company Overstock.com has revealed an Amazon Prime Instant Video rival at the…
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KPN to launch TV everywhere
Dutch telco KPN is to extend its multiscreen TV service to enable out-of-home consumption from…
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Canal+ retains rugby Top 14 rights
Canal+ has retained the rights to exclusive live coverage of French rugby matches from the…
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YFE and Motors TV team up with Alterna’TV for Americas
Eutelsat-owned channel distributor Alterna’TV is to distribute German kids channel provider Your Family Entertainment’s (YFE)…
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BBC3 controller: channel not for sale
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh has stressed that the network is “not for sale”, a…
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Amazon to rival Netflix with original movies
Amazon Studios is to begin to produce and acquire original movies for early window distribution…
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Avalon and Hat Trick launch BBC3 takeover attempt
UK production companies Avalon and Hat Trick have confirmed they are attempting to take over…
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TF1 and Canal+ to share World Cup Rugby
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has struck an agreement to share this year’s World Cup Rugby…
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Elliott granted Kabel Deutschland EGM
Vodafone majority-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland is to grant minority shareholder Elliott Management its…
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New sales director for Telekom Deutschland
Deutsche Telekom has named Hagen Rickmann as the new sales director for Telekom Deutschland, the…
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Kenyan pay TV operators condemn broadcasters’ ‘misinformation’
Kenyan pay TV operators GOtv Kenya and StarTimes Kenya have said they will take legal…
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SVoD service Megogo now on ER-Telecom’s Dom.ru TV
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has added Ukraine-based OTT TV service Megogo to its Dom.ru TV…
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Ukraine’s Volia adds HD music channel to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added locally-produced music channel RU Music HD to its line-up. …
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Virgin Media teams up with Telegraph to promote sports offering
UK cable operator Virgin Media has struck a partnership with Telegraph Media Group (TMG) to…
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Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
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Vodafone Spain slams Telefónica Canal+ acquisition
Spain’s competition watchdog must prohibit Telefónica’s acquisition of pay TV operator Canal+ or at least…
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Amazon pilots go live in the US, UK and Germany
Amazon’s first original pilot season for 2015 has gone live on Amazon Instant Video in…
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DNA extends DTT offering
Finnish service provider DNA has committed to add new channels, including HD services, to its…
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UPC Poland launches full Horizon service
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has launched the full Horizon advanced TV platform, with…