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Roku widens gap over Apple TV in the US
Roku has widened its gap over rival Apple TV in the US market and accounted…
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Fox strikes Boxer deal ahead of Swedish launch
Fox International Channels (FIC) has extended the reach of its flagship channel Fox in Sweden…
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NTV+ adds Viasat packages
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has added two subscription packages from Modern Times Group’s (MTG)…
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Netia appoints new managing director
Netia, the Globecast-owned software solutions firm specialising in delivery of audio-visual content, has appointed Eptica…
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Orange planning Chromecast rival to take on Netflix
Orange is preparing to take on the imminent threat of Netflix’s arrival in France by…
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Berlusconi and Confalonieri acquitted in Mediatrade case
An Italian court has acquitted Mediaset executives Pier Silvio Berlusconi and Fedele Confalonieri of charges…
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AMC rebrands Chellomedia
AMC is rebranding Chellomedia to AMC Networks International, after completing its buyout of the global…
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BBC moves Future Media and tech jobs to Manchester
The BBC announced yesterday that it will move around 120 Future Media roles and 102…
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Canal+ launches new channel for Africa
Canal+ is launching a new channel for the African market, A+. The channel will offer…
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UPC Netherlands doubles upload speeds for broadband
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Netherlands has increased the upload speed of its internet packages,…
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Trace channel secures US carriage
The Trace Sports Stars channel has struck a carriage deal with US pay TV operator…
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MTS TV chief quits
Russian service provider MTS’s director of fixed-line business and TV Dmitry Bagdasaryan has left the…
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Rightster buys Base79 in £50m deal, YouTube co-founder joins
UK-based multichannel operator Rightster has acquired rival network Base79 in a deal that could be…
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Tele Columbus confirms it is weighing IPO
German independent cable operator Tele Columbus has confirmed that it may launch an IPO, although…
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Telekom Austria taps Vipnet for new technology chief
Telekom Austria has named Mladen Pejkovic as chief technology development officer. Pejkovic is currently CEO…
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OTE to raise €700 million from bond
Deutsche Telekom-backed Greek telco OTE is raising €700 million after successfully concluding the bookbuilding process…
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ProSiebenSat.1 Group extends Studiocanal deal
ProSiebenSat.1 Group has extended its contract with Studiocanal Germany, giving it exclusive free TV rights…
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Free offering full range of AB HD channels
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free is now offering the full range of conent provider AB…
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BSkyB enlists Agama for Now TV, Sky Go quality assurance
BSkyB has extended its quality assurance agreement with Agama, using the latter’s monitoring solution to…
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RTR returns to Latvian pay TV offerings
Russian channel RTR is returning to Latvian service providers’ programming line-ups following a three-month ban…
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Telefónica buys into Italian Premium as Mediaset sells in Spain
Mediaset has agreed to sell an 11.11% stake in its Italian pay TV unit to…
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UK divided on scrapping licence fee
Roughly half of Britons would support abolishing the BBC licence fee, even if it means…
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Russia passes pay TV ad ban
Russia’s State Duma has passed a bill banning advertising on cable and satellite pay TV…
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TeliaSonera buys Tele2 Norway
Nordic service provider TeliaSonera has bought mobile telco Tele2’s Norwegian operations for an enterprise value…
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Constantin seeks slice of Bundesliga rights
Constantin Media chairman Dieter Hahn wants to take part in the next round of bidding…
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EMEA leading global pay TV subscriber growth
Global pay TV subscriptions grew by 5.2% in the year to March and by 1.4%…
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Freesat sues Amazon for trademark infringement
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat is suing Amazon for trademark infringement over its use of…
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QVC Extra launches on local TV multiplex
Home shopping channel QVC Extra has launched on the Freeview digital-terrestrial TV platform in the…
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IPTV subscriptions top 100 million
Global IPTV subscriber numbers topped 100 million for the first time in the first quarter…
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One in seven TV viewers get social media recommendations
One in seven TV viewers now get recommendations about what to from social media, with…