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Pay TV Operators
Sunrise grows TV base by 54%
Swiss service provider Sunrise increased its TV customer base by 53.5% year-on-year in the second…
Forthnet taps Irdeto for DTH upgrade
Greek pay TV operator Forthnet has tapped content security specialist Irdeto to provide conditional access…
TV loses subs but boosts ARPU for MTS fixed line business
Russian service provider MTS said its modernization of networks outside Moscow with the rollout of…
Numericable launches TV everywhere LaBox service
French cable operator Numericable is launching a raft of new services including TV everywhere service…
Sky Deutschland cuts Snap price ahead of Netflix Germany launch
Sky Deutschland has slashed the price of its online video service Snap to just €3.99…
Canal+ reorganises thematic channels under former France 3 chief
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named former France Télévisions executive Thierry Langlois as head…
Netflix confirms Time Warner Cable payment
Subscription on-demand service Netflix has begun paying another US cable provider fees to guarantee better…
UPC DTH adds HBO Go
Liberty Global’s satellite TV arm, UPC DTH, has added OTT TV anywhere service HBO Go…
Swisscom grows TV customer base by 21%
Swiss telco Swisscom grew its TV customer base by 21% year-on-year in the second quarter,…
Volia calls for flexibility as Ukraine pay TV hit by crisis
Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s chief executive Sergey Boyko has called on content rights holders and…
nc+ names Czernuszenko to senior strategy role
Polish pay TV operator nc+ has named former Netia board member and Virgin Mobile executive…
Telefónica offering Vivendi content deal to sweeten GVT offer
Telefónica is reportedly offering Vivendi a TV content deal on top of its €6.7 billion…
Satellite-delivered Ultra HD TV channels to number 820 by 2015
There will be more than 820 channels of Ultra HD content delivered via satellite by…
A+E Networks UK to launch channel portfolio on TalkTalk
A+E Networks UK is set to launch its full channel portfolio on TalkTalk’s TV service,…
DNA makes Viasat Sport offering available to DTT subscribers
Finnish service provider DNA is to carry Modern Times Group’s Viasat Sport channel package on…
TDC and YouSee in e-book first for Denmark
Danish telco TDC and cable subsidiary YouSee are making e-books available to suscribers via their…
VimpelCom hires CTC Media exec as legal affairs chief
Russian service provider VimpelCom, which operates as Beeline, has hired former CTC Media executive Anton…
Vivendi could take reported 20% stake in Telecom Italia in GVT deal
Telecom Italia, having confirmed it is interested in acquiring Vivendi’s Brazilian unit GVT, is reportedly…
Al Gore suing Al Jazeera for allegedly withholding funds
Former US vice-president Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera, claiming the Qatar-based broadcaster has withheld…
BT gears up for next Premier League auction
BT is reportedly considering a bid for all Premier League football rights at the next broadcast…
SES to deliver West African DTH for broadcast consortium
SES has signed a deal with a consortium of West African broadcasters, led by Africable…
Canal+ secures Formula E rights
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured rights to Formula E motorsport, the new category…
TalkTalk adds sports channels
UK service provider TalkTalk is adding sports channels BoxNation and Premier Sports to its programming…
Sunrise appoints 20th Century Fox exec as commercial chief
Swiss service provider Sunrise has appointed former 20th Century Fox executive Markus Naef as its…
Sky makes ethnic minority pledge
Sky has announced a string of measures, designed to better represent black, Asian and minority…
Survey reveals US TV and digital device habits
Over half of US consumers watch more than two hours of TV a day while…
YouTube and Vimeo revamp TV apps
YouTube is updating its app for TV, with Microsoft’s Xbox One game console receiving the…
Pluto.tv launches first native TV box app
Online video content aggregator Pluto.tv has launched its first native streaming TV box app on…
Akado names legal affairs chief
Russian cable operator Akado has named Yevgenia Shteglova as director of legal affairs. Shteglova will…
New sports-focused offering from Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ Group and Canalsat have launched a new combined sports-focused offering,…