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Pay TV Operators
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Netflix to up expansion efforts in 2015
Netflix is gearing up to make a “sizeable expansion” next year, that could surpass the…
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Sky slams ITV for lack of clarity on retransmission
BSkyB has slammed UK commercial broadcaster ITV for allegedly failing to provide “concrete details” about…
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MTS Russia to make satellite TV push
Russian service provider MTS is reportedly planning to spend RUB5 billion (€87 million) to buy…
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Half of viewers want to buy goods direct from TV, says Discovery
Half of TV viewers in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa look…
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Debut docu-show for Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video’s latest pilot season includes the SVOD service’s first docu-series pilot. The…
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thePlatform launches mpx Replay to take linear channels online
Comcast-owned video management and publishing firm, thePlatform, has launched a new service to help broadcasters…
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Interview: David Butorac, OSN
Pay TV operator OSN has continued to see strong growth recently and is now looking…
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US cable and telcos angrily reject Obama net neutrality call
US cable and telecom operators have responded angrily to President Barack Obama’s call for the…
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New Deutsche Telekom €500m fund could invest in OTT companies
Deutsche Telekom is to set up what it says will be one of the largest…
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Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
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Amazon now accounts for 22.5% of UK entertainment market
Amazon now accounts for 22.5% of the UK entertainment market, with its share up year-on-year…
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Fixed line now almost a quarter of Vodafone’s European business
The fixed-line market now accounts for 23.7% of Vodafone’s service revenue in Europe, according to…
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Fullscreen buys digital studio Rooster Teeth
Youth-skewed multichannel network Fullscreen has acquired digital studio and content creator Rooster Teeth. The deal,…
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KPN appoints BA board member as chief commercial officer
Dutch telco KPN has appointed British Airways board member Frank van der Post to the…
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Beltelecom extends DTT service availability
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has expanded the availability of its basic digital-terrestrial TV service to…
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Travel channel launches on Magyar Telekom in Hungary
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has launched Travel Channel on Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, Magyar Telekom’s…
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Interview: Sam Barnett, MBC
MBC is the leading broadcaster in the Middle East and has prospered despite the many…
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Nos shareholder Dos Santos bids for Portugal Telecom
Isabel dos Santos, the businesswoman daughter of long-serving Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, and…
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BT offering multi-play with Netflix included for £5.99
BT is to offer Netflix, BT Infinity and BT TV with a free YouView box,…
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Analysts downgrade BSkyB on Sky Europe concerns
Credit analysts have downgraded BSkyB after the UK pay TV platform moved a step closer…
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Kabel Deutschland reports TV gains
Kabel Deutschland added 53,000 Premium TV customers in the three months ending September 30, with…
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Movistar TV launches virtual reality motorcycling app
Telefónica’s Movistar TV platform has launched a new app providing a ‘mobile virtual reality’ experience…
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Sky Deutschland in 4K partnership with hip-hop band
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Sony Music to deliver live coverage in 4K of…
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Liberty Global forecasts big benefits from Ziggo acquisition
Liberty Global could realise greater synergies than previously forecast from its acquisition of leading Dutch…
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Nos advanced TV taken by three in four multi-play subs
Portuguese service provider Nos’s advanced TV service, Iris, is now taken by over three-quarters of…
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Beamly co-founder Anthony Rose unveils new startup UTD
Former BBC iPlayer boss and the co-founder of Beamly, Anthony Rose, has unveiled UTD, a…
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BBC to launch sci-fi exclusives for iPlayer
UK pubcaster the BBC is launching three new sci-fi shows on its iPlayer streaming and…
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Telekom Austria raising capital with M&A in mind
Telekom Austria is to issue up to €1 billion worth of new shares to existing…
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MTG wins one, loses one in Russia
Russian pay TV provider Orion Express has added 10 channels from Modern Times Group’s Viasat…
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Swiss operators adopt common code on net neutrality
Swiss service providers Swisscom, Sunrise, UPC Cablecom, Orange and the cable network companies’ association Swisscable…