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Beltelecom boosts offering with raft of new channels

Belarus service provider Beltelecom has added 10 new channels to its Zala TV IPTV programming…

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BSkyB launches channel for Ryder Cup

BSkyB is to devote its Sky Sports 4 channel to the golf Ryder Cup for…

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Netflix to plot more European rollouts next year

Netflix will decide next year which European markets to expand into next, with a three-to-five…

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Liberty Global sets focus on OTT, free broadcasting and sports

Liberty Global is focused on opportunistic and strategic investments in over-the-top content, sports rights and…

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Branding and ’emotional connection’ key for TV operators

Creating an emotional connection is a big challenge for pay TV operators with branding crucial…

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Horizon ‘not fantastic’ when it launched, admits Liberty’s Dorr

Liberty Global’s next generation TV platform platform Horizon “wasn’t a fantastic product when we launched…

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Vivendi strikes definitive agreement to sell GVT

Vivendi has struck a definitive agreement to sell its Brazilian unit GVT to Telefónica that…

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Netflix effect will help German video spend to grow

Consumer spending on video entertainment in Germany will grow by 2% this year to reach…

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Virgin Media trials new low-cost 1Gbps network rollout

Liberty Global-owned UK service provider Virgin Media is trialling a new lower-cost way of rolling…

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Sky Deutschland adds Jukebox to line-up

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is to add music channel Jukebox to its programming line-up…

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Teo adds Dozhd to line-up

Lithuanian service provider Teo has added independent Russian channel Dozhd to its programming line-up as…

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Sistema boss Evtushenkov faces money laundering charges

Vladimir Evtushenkov, the chairman and majority owner of Russian energy to media conglomerate Sistema has…

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UPC Hungary claims success for cloud-based YouTube app

Viewing minutes on Liberty Global-owned UPC Hungary’s cloud-delivered YouTube service have exceeded one million per…

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Trace secures carriage deal with Swisscom

Channel provider Trace has secured carriage for its Trace Urban and Trace Tropical SD and…

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Freesat updates recommendation service

UK free-to-air satellite service provider Freesat has unveiled the latest version of Showcase, its editorially-driven…

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ER-Telecom’s Gusev takes charge in St Petersburg

Russian service provider ER-Telecom has named Sergei Gusev as head of its combined activities in…

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TF1 Group names sports rights chief

TF1 Group has named François Pellissier as head of its sports rights acquisitions department. Pellissier…

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Sky Deutschland boards recommend rejection of BSkyB bid

The executive board of Sky Deutschland has advised minority shareholders against accepting BSkyB’s bid for…

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Liberty’s Telenet moves into original content

Days ahead of Netflix’s Belgian launch, Liberty-backed cabler Telenet has unveiled plans for its first…

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Mediaset Italia launches online

Mediaset-owned Italian international channel Mediaset Italia is available as an online service from today. Mediaset…

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Tele Columbus acquires fibre operator

German cable operator Tele Columbus has acquired Mönchengladbach fibre access provider Big Medienversorgung, adding about…

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TVN launches internet video portal Veedo.pl

Polish broadcaster TVN has launched entertainment video portal Veedo.pl, featuring a wide range of internet…

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Netflix goes live in Germany, partners with Deutsche Telekom

Netflix has gone live today in Germany and has signed a distribution partnership with Deutsche…

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Orange makes €3.4 billion bid for Spain’s Jazztel

Orange has made a €3.4 billion cash offer to buy 100% of Spanish telco Jazztel,…

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Al Jazeera launches mobile news service AJ+

Al Jazeera has launched its new youth-focused news service AJ+ as a free app for…

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Bonanza Bonanza network relaunches in the UK

Bonanza Bonanza, a UK TV channel dedicated to cult US TV shows from the 1950s…

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Ono expands TiVo deployment with multiscreen offering

Spanish cable operator Ono has expanded its TiVo deployment by using TiVo’s cloud service APIs…

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Ruwido and Swisscom launch low energy Bluetooth remote

Austria-based remote control specialist Ruwido has partnered with Swisscom for what it claims is Europe’s…

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Anevia teams up with Amazon Web Services for cloud video delivery

Video delivery software specialist Anevia has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to offer a…

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Netflix wins carriage with Bouygues as it launches in France

French service provider Bouygues Telecom has broken ranks with other platform operators in the country…