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Streaming video alliance forms to help guide future of online video

A consortium of content providers, network operators, content delivery networks and technology providers have joined together…

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SoftBank launches OTT service

Japanese internet giant SoftBank has launched an OTT pay service for Japan’s smartphone and tablet…

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Travel Channel launches on Blizoo Macedonia

Scripps Networks’ Travel Channel has launched in Macedonia on Telekom Austria-owned cable network Blizoo Macedonia….

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Fox execs leave Sky Deutschland board as Sky chiefs join

21st Century Fox president Chase Carey and Fox International Channels Europe and Africa president Jan…

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Mediaset to create new pay TV company in December

Mediaset is to spin off its Premium pay TV arm into a new company on…

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Spanish regulator takes Canal+ investigation to next stage

Spanish regulator the CNMC has opened a second phase of its investigation of Telefónica’s proposed…

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Sky Deutschland launches Star Wars channel

Sky Deutschland, the German arm of UK-Italian-German pay TV operator Sky, has launched a dedicated…

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Canal+ contests rugby ruling

Canal+ is to contest the suspension of award of the rights to the country’s Top…

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TV production lifts Lagardère Active

TV production and international radio both helped keep Lagardère Active, the French conglomerate’s media arm,…

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Telefónica sees massive boost in pay TV

Telefónica Spain added 370,000 pay TV subscribers in the last quarter, up from 348,000 additions…

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M7 ups SES capacity to boost Czech and Slovakian HD output

Luxembourg-based satellite TV provider M7 Group has extended its existing capacity contract with SES to…

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Cyfrowy Polsat reports TV gains

Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat provided 4.34 million active pay TV services, including over…

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Apax and Bain Capital in rival bid for Portugal Telecom

Private equity groups Apax Partners and Bain Capital have made a rival bid for Portugal…

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Primacom on the up after Telekabel acquisition

German cable operator Primacom was boosted by its acquisition of Deutsche Telekabel in the first…

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UKTV Play on-demand service to launch on Virgin Media

Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media has signed a deal with channel provider UKTV…

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Da Vinci Learning gains with StarTimes

Educational channel Da Vinci Learnng has launched with African pay TV services StarTimes and StarSat….

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ITV Player launches on Amazon Fire

UK broadcaster ITV has launched its catch-up service ITV Player on Amazon Fire tablets.  The…

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Newcastle local TV station goes live

The local UK TV station for the Newcastle area has gone live, marking the second…

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BSkyB completes Sky Europe takeover, rebrands as ‘Sky’

BSkyB has completed its takeover of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, with the new combined…

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Virgin Media builds out to new homes in Glasgow

Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media is to extend the availability of its high-speed…

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French minister gives green light to Numericable-SFR acquisition

French economy minister Emmanuel Macron has given a green light to Numericable’s acquisition of SFR….

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DStv adds internet-powered TV services

Africa’s MultiChoice has unveiled suite of internet-connected services for its pay TV service DStv, including…

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Russia’s Tricolor TV launch TV tablet with GS Group

Russian satellite TV provider Tricolor TV has launched a tablet computer designed to let users…

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VisionTV Freeview platform unveiled

Hybrid TV technology provider and channel aggregator VisionTV is to stream over 20 channels to…

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AB Group launches Science & Vie channel with Mondadori

France’s AB Group has teamed up with publishing outfit Mondadori Magazines France (MMF) to launch…

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Canal+ adds TéléToon+ to YouTube network

Canal+ has added a TéléToon+ channel to the Jeunesse grouping of YouTube channels it launched…

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Sky Deutschland taps SES unit for online service

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has tapped satellite operator SES’s media services arm SES…

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Harmonic invests in Encoding.com and VJU

Technology company Harmonic has made strategic investments in encoding service Encoding.com and cloud-based cloud-based playout…

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African exchange: digital switchover problems and pay TV opportunities

The African pay TV market is growing, but delays and disruptions continue to plague the…

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Vodafone to launch UK TV services

Mobile operator Vodafone announced plans to introduce TV services and residential broadband in the UK…