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Pay TV Operators
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ProSiebenSat.1 targets €1bn in new revenues, Maxdome deal with Telekom
ProSiebenSat.1 has set itself an ambitious new target of realising additional revenues of €1 billion…
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Telefónica sees fourth quarter TV boost
Telefónica had 3.6 million pay TV customers at the end of 2013, up 8% or…
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BT adds new HD channels
BT has added HD channels Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, British Eurosport and British Eurosport…
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Stofa to offer 4G mobile services
Danish cable operator Stofa is to launch a 4G mobile offering in partnership with telco…
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BT extends Bundesliga deal
BT Sport has secured the rights to German Bundesliga football until 2017. The new two-year…
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Sky Deutschland extends Paramount deal
Sky Deutschland has renewed and expanded its deal with Paramount for video-on-demand movies. The deal…
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TeliaSonera combines Estonian fixed and mobile under Kalm
TeliaSonera has combined its fixed and mobile assets in Estonia under a single management structure….
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YouTube looks to extend channels to IPTV EPG slots
YouTube is starting to experiment with making its channels available on IPTV operators’ EPG as…
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Orange in talks with Microsoft for Dailymotion partnership
Orange is in talks with Microsoft about striking a partnership to develop its video site…
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MTS taps Ericsson’s hybrid platform for widescale TV rollout
Russian service provider MTS is tapping Ericsson’s hybrid TV platform to build out a combined…
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Amazon resurrects Ripper Street
Amazon’s UK streaming service is resurrecting Ripper Street, the period crime drama that UK public…
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TV growth fails to arrest Telekom Austria revenue decline
A relatively strong showing in TV and fixed broadband across its international markets failed to…
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Russian operators and broadcasters team to create new industry body
Russian pay TV operators and other media companies have teamed up to create a broad-based…
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TV4 launches second screen ad synch platform
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has teamed up with second screen technology group Widespace to launch TV4…
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MTG buys €30 million Trace stake
Modern Times Group has entered into an agreement to buy a controlling stake youth-orientated Europe-based…
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Overseas operations and FTA lift Canal+
Overseas pay TV operations and domestic free-to-air channels lifted Canal+’s full-year operational and financial results…
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New acting CEO for Russia’s Tricolor TV
Alexander Makarov, the CEO of Russian pay TV giant Tricolor TV, has resigned following the…
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Com Hem names Franzén’s replacement as CEO, new COO
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named Anders Nilsson as its new CEO following the…
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Verizon confirms Netflix talks following Comcast deal
Following yesterday’s deal between Netflix and Comcast, telecom operator Verizon has confirmed that it is…
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BT launches smaller YouView+ box
BT has launched a new smaller version of its YouView+ DVR set-top. The box will…
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Vectra adds LTE mobile to service bundles
Polish cable operator Vectra has launched LTE mobile internet services as part of its product…
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Amazon Prime Instant Video launches with Alpha House promo
Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch under its new brand – replacing Lovefilm – in…
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New CFO for Orange Poland
Orange Poland has handed chief financial officer responsibilities to group controller Maciej Nowohońskiego following the…
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Lattelecom adds Inter+ and Dozhd TV
Latvian telco Lattelecom has added Ukrainian channel Inter+ and struggling independent Russian channel Dozhd TV…
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Orange launches new interface for Canal+ subs
Orange France has launched a new user interface on its TV service for Canal+ subscribers….
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M7 re-introduces Penthouse
M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovak pay TV operator Skylink has re-introduced adult channel Penthouse HD…
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Netflix to pay Comcast for access to network in ground-breaking deal
In a significant break with its existing practices, Netflix has agreed to pay US cable…
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Vivendi confirms Altice approach on Numericable-SFR merger
Vivendi has confirmed that it has been approached by Numericable majority owner Patrick Drahi’s investment…
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Discovery, BSkyB could make Channel 5 bid
US-based Discovery Communications and British satcaster BSkyB may table a joint bid for for-sale UK…
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Netflix reportedly looking to Orange for French partnership
Netflix has approached several French internet service providers with a view to striking carriage deals…