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Pay TV Operators
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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…