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Netflix boss predicts the end of broadcast TV
Netflix CEO Reed Hasting has said that broadcast TV’s days are numbered. The boss of…
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Vivendi completes SFR sale to Numericable
French media firm Vivdendi has closed its €13.37 billion sale of telco SFR to cable…
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Switzerland’s Sunrise calls for fibre regulation
Swiss service provider Sunrise has called for the Swiss Federal Council to introduce regulatory framework…
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Ireland’s Eircom notches up 28,000 TV customers
Irish telco Eircom recorded 28,000 customers for its IPTV offering eVision as of September 30,…
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Virgin TV Anywhere adds six channels
Virgin Media has added 4Music, CBS Action, CBS Drama, Extreme Sports, The Horror Channel and…
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Nollywood TV launches on Bouygues Telecom
Nollywood TV has launched now available on French pay TV operator Bouygues Telecom’s platform. The…
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Poland’s nc+ selects ADB for multi-screen offering
Poland’s nc+ has selected set-top box maker ADB to provide its new platform, set-top box…
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TalkTalk launches cut-price sport and entertainment offer
UK service provider TalkTalk is offering customers three months of half price Sky Sports and…
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Digital UK awards contracts for connected Freeview service
Digital UK has signed contracts for the building and testing of Freeview’s new branded connected…
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EE confirms ‘exploratory discussions’ with BT
EE, the UK mobile network that is jointly owned by Deutsche Telekom and Orange, has…
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Chromecast adds Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street
Google’s Chromecast HDMI streaming device has added support for seven new apps, including Comedy Central,…
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Netflix dominates traffic as Amazon ups share
Netflix remains by far the most-used paid for website in North America during peak hours,…
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Naspers reports ‘solid’ pay TV growth for Multichoice
South African media conglomerate Naspers, the owner of MultiChoice, added 340,000 pay TV customers in the…
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Premium OTT market tipped to grow by 80%
The premium over-the-top video market is on-track to grow at a trajectory of 80% over…
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Vodafone-Liberty Global deal ‘would be approved’
German regulators would likely approve a Vodafone buyout of Liberty Global’s assets in the country,…
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Sports lifestyle firm plots MCN push with ex-Discovery exec
Bullseye TV co-founder and former Discovery Communications executive Dee Smith has landed the post of…
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MTG launches Viasat channels in Seychelles
Modern Times Group has launched its four Viasat factual pay TV channels via cable operator…
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Liberty Global taps Conviva for Horizon quality reporting
Liberty Global has struck a deal with data processing and video optimisation firm Conviva, which…
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French consumer body CLCV sues Netflix
French not-for-profit consumer organisation the CLCV is suing Netflix, claiming that the subscription video service…
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BT in preliminary talks to buy O2
BT has confirmed that it has held “highly preliminary stage” discussions about buying a UK…
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Amazon reportedly prepping ad-supported video service
Amazon is reportedly planning to launch an ad-supported streaming service, which will be separate from…
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AMC appoints SundanceTV president as BBC America boss
BBC America 49.9% stakeholder, AMC Networks, has appointed SundanceTV executive Sarah Barnett as president and…
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Lionsgate, CBS linked with Starz takeover
US reports are linking CBS Corp. and Lionsgate Entertainment to a US$5 billion (€4 billion)…
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OTT revenues to pass US$10 billion by 2018
Over-the-top (OTT) pay TV revenues will grow from US$5.8 billion (€4.7 billion) in 2014 to…
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Liberty takes 98.4% of Ziggo shares, plans to delist business next month
Liberty Global now holds 98.4% of all Ziggo shares, and has said that the Dutch…
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Altice open to acquiring Bouygues Telecom
Altice could be open to acquiring French service provider Bouygues Telecom, according to the Patrick…
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Amazon launches Prime streaming in Austria
Amazon has launched its Prime Instant Video service in Austria. The e-commerce giant has rolled…
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BSkyB set to scrap ‘British’
Pay TV operator BSkyB is set to scrap the ‘British’ from its trading name in…
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OTE chooses Eutelsat for broadband, targets TV bundling
Greek telco OTE has chosen Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat Ka-band satellite to extend broadband availability across the…
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Freeview begins Left Behinds campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV service Freeview has launched a new marketing campaign called Left Behinds….