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Iliad and Bouygues file complaints about Numericable
French ISPs Iliad Telecom and Bouygues Telecom have filed complaints against cable operator Numericable as…
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CanalSat and Lagardère team up for Christmas channel
French pay TV platform CanalSat and Lagardère Active’s TV arm have teamed up to launch…
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Telefónica to sell O2 Czech Republic for €2.5 billion
Telefónica has agreed the sale of the majority of its stake in its Czech subsidiary…
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Wananchi Group appoints new CEO
Wananchi Group, the owner of East African pay TV operator Zuku TV, has appointed former…
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Sky on-track for positive year after strong Q3
Sky Deutschland said it is on track to deliver positive full-year EBITDA for the first…
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Vivendi to sell Maroc Telecom to Etisalat for €4.2 billion
UAE-based telco Etisalat is to acquire Vivendi’s majority stake in Maroc Telecom for €4.2 billion…
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KPN launches SVoD service Videoland Unlimited
Dutch telco KPN has launched a subscription video-on-demand service, Videoland Unlimited, for €10 a month…
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Ziggo launches CI+ 1.3-compatible interactive TV
Dutch cable operator Ziggo is this week launching interactive TV services for customers with a…
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Digiturk launches sci-fi channel Dizimax
Turkish pay TV operator Digiturk has launched a new sci-fi channel, Dizimax Sci-Fi HD. The…
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Paris Saint-Germain signs YouTube deal with Base79
French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has partnered with Base79, which will manage the team’s…
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Digiturk signs technology agreements with Motive Television
Turkish satellite pay TV provider Digiturk has signed two new one-year contracts with UK-based TV…
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Bouygues takes on triple-play consensus with low-cost fixed offering
French telco Bouygues Telecom has launched a low-cost double-play telephony and internet offering in a…
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Fox hires new legal boss
Fox International Channels has hired Mitzi Berberi as head of business & legal affairs, UK,…
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Ireland’s UTV goes HD on FreeSat and Sky
Northern Irish TV station UTV has launched its channel in high-definition on the FreeSat and…
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Quiptel launches adaptive streaming TV platform
Technology provider Quiptel has launched Quiptel Media Platform (QMP) version 3.0, a set of software…
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Netflix begins 4K trials
Netflix has reportedly added a small number of Ultra HD videos to its US site,…
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Alcatel-Lucent to go for capital increase after solid 3Q
Telecom infrastructure provider Alcatel-Lucent is launching a capital increase in the amount of €955 million…
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Encoder and transcoder market expected to boom
Professional encoder and transcoder channel shipments are expected to grow by 25% over the next…
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Revenue boost compensates subscriber loss for Canal Digital
Improved ARPU helped boost Telenor’s Canal Digital pay TV arm during the third quarter despite…
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Beltelecom launches new channels on Zala
Belarus service provider Beltelecom has launched a number of new channels in test mode, including a…
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New CEO at Russia’s NTV+
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has named Ilya Sitkovisky as its new CEO. Sitkovsky was…
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MTG seals Nice deal
Modern Times Group has concluded a deal for Scandi production group Nice Entertainment. MTG’s move…
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YouSee allows subs to tailor own packages
Danish cable operator YouSee has launched TV med Bland Selv, an option that allows subscriber…
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Amazon commissions first drama pilots
Amazon Studios has greenlit its first two hour-long drama pilots, which will launch on Prime…
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Numericable absorbs Valvision
Cable operator Numericable is to absorb Valvision, a local cable operator with networks in Dole…
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Sky Deutschland launches sports news app on Android
Sky Deutschland has made its Sky Sports News HD app available on the Android platform….
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Trace Urban signs Nordic deal with Canal Digital
Music channel Trace Urban has signed a deal with pay-TV operator Canal Digital that will…
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BT signs up two million BT Sport customers
BT CEO Gavin Patterson said that BT Sport had made a “confident start” with more…
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CableLabs launches DOCSIS 3.1 specifications
CableLabs has launched the specifications for DOCSIS 3.1, technology that it says will “enable a…
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Sky takes UKTV online and on-demand
UK pay TV provider Sky has signed a new multi-year deal with UKTV that will…