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Pay TV Operators
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Netia sees uptake of TV grow amidst mixed results
Polish fixed-line operator Netia saw revenue and revenue-generating units fall slightly year-on-year for the first…
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Netflix: investment promise will win over French content creators
Netflix will win the support of local content creators in France by spending money on…
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Liberty Global reportedly close to securing Ziggo green light
Liberty Global is on the brink of securing a green light from the European Commission…
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Telecom Italia to make GVT offer
Telecom Italia is on the point of making a €7 billion offer for Vivendi’s Brazilian…
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Netflix: Comcast-Time Warner merger puts basic principle of net at risk
Netflix has called on the US FCC to veto Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable….
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TiVo subscriptions grow by 33%
TiVo subscriptions grew by 33% year-on-year to 4.8 million in its second quarter, helping to…
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UK’s Freeview expands guide to make capacity for new channels
UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview is to expand its TV guide, moving kids and new services…
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Poland’s TVN reports softer audience share in Q2
Polish broadcast group TVN reported “softer audience share” in the second quarter, which it attributed to…
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Spain’s Ono to broadcast Fight Sports channel
Spanish pay TV operator Ono will air the Fight Sports channel after signing a multi-year…
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Teleste signs €20 million access network deal with Altice Group
Video and broadband technologies firm Teleste Corporation has signed a five-year deal with multinational cable…
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Amazon buys Twitch for US$970 million
Amazon has agreed to buy Twitch, a video platform and community for videogame enthusiasts, for…
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Microsoft may be planning Chromecast rival
Microsoft could be about to launch a Chromecast rival, with evidence provided by one of…
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Belgium’s BeTV launches Go offering ahead of Netflix arrival
BeTV, the pay TV unit formerly known as Canal+ Belgium and owned by Belgian French…
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Dish wants FCC to scrap Comcast-TWC deal
US satcaster Dish Network is petitioning media regulator the Federal Communications Commission to stop the…
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Gracenote appoints former M-GO chief as CEO
Video and music metadata specialists Gracenote has appointed John Batter, the former CEO of movie…
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MTG’s Viaplay to offer Disney Movies on Demand in the Nordics
Modern Times Group-owned streaming service Viaplay has signed a deal with Disney Nordic to offer…
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Com Hem unveils free 50Mbps upgrade for all
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has introduced a free upgrade to 50Mbps for broadband customers…
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More kids pilots for Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video’s latest children’s programming pilots comprise three cartoons and a pair of…
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thePlatform extends BT support to YouView+ boxes
Comcast-owned online video platform specialist thePlatform has signed an expanded agreement with BT that will…
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Vodafone acquires Greek broadband provider
Vodafone Group has acquired a majority stake in Greek broadband service provider Hellas Online for…
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European Commission resumes Liberty Global review
The European Commission has reportedly resumed its review of Liberty Global’s planned takeover of Dutch…
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BBC director general: plenty of life left in the licence fee
The BBC’s director general Tony Hall has spoken out against the corporation switching to a…
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Numericable extends ADSL reach through unbundling deal with SFR
Ahead of its planned acquisition of SFR, French cable operator Numericable has struck a local-loop…
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UPC Cablecom makes triple-play standard
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom is to make triple-play standard for all subscribers…
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Sky Deutschland to launch three new HD channels
Sky Deutschland is gearing up to launch three new high definition channels – two movie…
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Rostelecom sees strong TV growth
Russian telecom operator Rostelecom reached 2.4 million IPTV subscribers at the end of June, up…
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Samsung unveils smart TV games and new Skype app at IFA
Samsung has unveiled new games for its smart TV platform and an updated version of…
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Sky updates EPG with new recommendation engine
UK satellite TV provider Sky is rolling out a number of new features for its…
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RTL takes €88 million hit from Hungarian ad tax plan
RTL Group has posted a €88 million impairment in its first-half results as a consequence…
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ContentWise appoints TiVo exec as CTO
TV personalisation, discovery and recommendations firm ContentWise has appointed TiVo director of product management, Pancrazio…