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New European advisory group to report on UHF spectrum for TV
Former World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy has been appointed to lead a new European…
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BT appoints new Openreach CEO
BT has appointed former HSBC, Dixons and Procter & Gamble executive Joe Garner as the…
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MTG launches new channel in Africa
Modern Times Group has launched a free-to-air channel in Tanzania. The TV1 channel has launched…
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Italy takes charge of the European Audiovisual Observatory
Italy will hold the presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory in 2014, the public service…
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Belgacom appoints new CEO
The Belgian government has appointed the executive vice-president of Belgacom’s consumer business unit, Dominique Leroy,…
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BBC launches connected Red Button on smart TVs
The BBC has launched a version of its Connected Red Button service on a range…
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Sky Deutschland revamps set-top home screen
Sky Deutschland has launched a new interactive and customisable landing page for its set-top boxes,…
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Technicolor signs global deal with Telefonica
French technology firm Technicolor has signed a major global deal with Telefonica, establishing it as…
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US pay TV households to pass 103 million this year
More than 103 million US households will subscribe to pay TV services by the end…
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ProSieben Fun HD launches on Sky Deutschland
ProSiebenSat.1 Group’s youth-skewing ProSieben Fun HD channel is due to launch on Sky Deutschland in…
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FIC makes European media sales hire
Fox International Channels has appointed Jean-Philippe Amos as its vice-president of media sales and partnerships,…
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Web firms to benefit most from 4K, says Netflix CEO
Ultra High Definition, also known as 4K, will benefit online firms before traditional broadcasters, with…
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WWE Network to launch as an online channel
The long gestation period for the thematic pay wrestling network from the WWE is coming…
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Pace predicts strong 2013 after European gains
Set-top provider Pace said it expects its full-year results for 2013 to be ahead of…
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Norway’s TV2 signs second-screen deal with Monterosa
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed a 12-month app deal with second-screen platform provider Monterosa….
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NBCUniversal hires former BT Vision, UKTV execs
NBCUniversal has created two new positions in its international channels division and hired executives from…
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Altice targets €750 million IPO
Multinational cable and telco firm Altice has announced plans to float on the stockmarket, saying…
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Majority of Brits multitask while watching TV
Some 78% of British people multitask while watching TV, according to a study by BT…
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Brightcove and Rovi partner on HEVC and 4K
Brightcove and Rovi are partnering in a bid to “accelerate the adoption of next-generation video…
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MoCA 2.0 certification programme goes live
The Multimedia-over-Coax Alliance (MoCA) has launched a certification programme for products running the MoCA 2.0…
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Trends and technologies at CES 2014
Red Bee Media’s chief technology officer, Steve Plunkett talks us through what to look out…
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Amazon partners with studios, programmers in 4K push
Amazon has revealed that it is working with major Hollywood studios and TV programmers, including Warner Bros, Lionsgate,…
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Antenna appoints former NBC Universal, Cineflix Studios boss
Pete Smith, the former NBC Universal and Cineflix Studios boss, has been recruited as managing…
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Liberty close to Ziggo deal
Liberty Global is reportedly close to finalising a takeover deal for Dutch cable operator Ziggo,…
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Israel’s Yes gears up for pay-OTT launch
Israeli satellite TV operator Yes has partnered with pay-OTT platform provider Tvinci to launch a new…
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Swisscom hits 1 million TV customers
Swiss telco Swisscom claims its number of TV customers has passed the one million mark,…
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Lovefilm agrees exclusive Vikings deal
Amazon’s UK streaming service Lovefilm has bought rights to season two of drama series Vikings. The…
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Technicolor partners with IBM in cloud push
Technicolor has teamed up with IBM to develop a cloud-based monitoring and management service, Virdata, targeted at…
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Russian VOD service Stream.ru gears up for expansion
Russian video-on-demand service Stream.ru is gearing up for a Ukrainian launch, with more rollouts in…
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Motive Television signs VOD deal with Siyaya Free To Air TV
UK-based TV technology services firm Motive Television has finalised an operation and services deal with South…