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Pay TV Operators
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Denmark’s TDC buys Norwegian cable provider Get for €1.7 billion
Danish telco TDC Group has acquired Norwegian cable operator Get in a blockbuster NOK 13.8…
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Selevision teams with Arabsat to launch Middle East HbbTV platform
Saudi Arabia-based technology provider Selevision has teamed up with satellite operator Arabsat to launch what…
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Vodafone could look at Liberty Global, says Colao
Vodafone could acquire Liberty Global at “the right price”, according to CEO Vittorio Colao, as…
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Nilesat agrees transponder contracts for Eutelsat’s 8 West B satellite
Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat has agreed a long-term lease for multiple transponders on Eutelsat’s forthcoming…
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Sky Deutschland extends exclusive HBO deal
Sky Deutschland has signed a multi-year extension to its exclusive HBO deal, giving it the…
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Weather Channel ‘weighs sales’
NBCUniversal-backed cable net Weather Channel may sell parts or all of its assets, according to…
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Fragmentation could damage TV’s educational role, warns Brian Cox
The fragmentation of television could jeopardise the medium’s essential ability to educate its audience, warned…
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Most OTT viewers aged 21 to 29, says SPB TV survey
The majority of over-the-top video viewers are aged 21 to 29 years old, though OTT…
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Freesat and SeaChange debut connected TV platform
UK satellite service Freesat has partnered with TV software and services provider SeaChange to create…
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Verimatrix providing VCAS for Swisscom TV 2.0
Content security specialist Verimatrix has revealed that it is providing its VCAS content security system…
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Russian TV content worth RUB44.3 billion last year
The market value of ready-to-air TV content across Russia’s seven main networks was equivalent to…
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Retransmission fees worth £1.5 billion to ITV
Retransmission fees would add about £1.5 billion (€1.88 billion) to the value of ITV, according…
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M7 Group chooses Viacces-Orca for DTH security
Satellite services provider M7 Group has chosen Viaccess-Orca’s Prime Sentinel card-based conditional access system to…
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Fransat and Neotion unveil CI+ 1.3 CAM
French satellite TV platform, Fransat, has partnered with Neotion to unveil a CI+ 1.3 conditional…
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Kabel Deutschland picks IneoQuest for service assurance
German cable TV operator Kabel Deutschland has selected analytics and service assurance specialists IneoQuest to…
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France’s 4EVER consortium to demo UHD and HEVC developments
4EVER, a collaborative project funded by the French government, will demo improved motion, colours, contrast…
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Liberty Global extends offer deadline for Ziggo takeover
Liberty Global has extended the shareholder acceptance period for its planned takeover of the Dutch…
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Viacom confirms ‘landmark’ Sony OTT deal
Entertainment giant Viacom has confirmed it is to provide 22 launch channels for Sony Corporation’s…
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Netflix buys French content, orders original doc
Ahead of its French launch next week, Netflix has acquired a raft of content from…
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TVPlayer launches 16 channels on Freeview
UK OTT platform TVPlayer is launching a portfolio of 16 web-delivered and free-to-air TV channels…
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MTG extends Formula 1 rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its exclusive broadcast and online rights to Formula 1…
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Ono upgrades online TV service
Spanish cable operator Ono has upgraded its Ono TV Online service, adding iPhone support and…
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TDC taps Appear TV for video processing
Nordic pay TV operator TDC has selected Appear TV’s XC5000 video processing platform to provide…
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Zappware unveils platform updates
Zappware is using IBC to unveil updates to its platform for DVB, IPTV, OTT and…
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Eutelsat chooses Farncombe for HbbTV 2.0-based push VoD
Eutelsat has chosen Farncombe to support the development of its push video-on-demand service based on…
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UK retransmission debate widens, as government looks to cut regulation
UK culture secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to take a “long hard look” at retransmission…
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More than one billion Facebook video views a day
Since June of this year, there has been an average of more than 1 billion…
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Two thirds of people use second screen while watching TV
Almost two thirds of people (64%) have used a second screen device while watching TV,…
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Web video use in Germany sees growth
The split between cable, satellite and other transmission technologies has changed little in Germany over…
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BSkyB successfully prices bonds ahead of Sky Europe acquisition
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has successfully priced a £3.25 billion (€4 billion) series of…