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Pay TV Operators
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Numericable sees LaBox and fibre bases grow strongly
French cable operator Numericable has signed up 216,000 customers for its LaBox Fibre offering and…
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Sky adds WiFi as standard to Sky+HD boxes
Sky has launched new Sky+HD and Sky+HD 2TB boxes with built-in WiFi included for the…
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Regulator approves DNA-PlusTV takeover
The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has approved domestic telco, broadcaster and cable TV operator…
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Successful launch for Eutelsat and Es’hailSat satellite
Eutelsat and Es’hailSat have successfully launched a joint satellite that is due to orbit at…
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Tricolor TV launches premium HD offering
Russian DTH service Tricolor TV has launched a new high-end package of HD channels. Tricolor…
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VimpelCom launches new HD package
Russian service provider VimpelCom has launched a new TV offering, Sezon HD, with over 20…
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Orange names M&A chief
Orange has named Arnaud Castille as executive vice-president for mergers and acquisitions, replacing Vincent Benoît,…
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Teleste wins French RFoG contract
Technology provider Teleste has won a contract to supply Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG) technology…
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Ipla adds FightKlub
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned OTT service Ipla has added combat sports channel FightKlub to its programming line-up. …
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CNBC to launch in Slovakia
CNBC is to launch on UPC Slovakia’s platform from September 2. The news channel will…
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NTV+ adds TLC to line-up
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has added Discovery’s TLC to its channel line-up. The female-focused…
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Teo adds Baltic Channel One to DTT line-up in place of Ren TV
Lithuanian service provider Teo is to add Russian-language channel Baltic Channel One (PBK) to the…
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Inea replaces TVP Info with Poznań regional service
Polish cable operator Inea is adding public broadcaster TVP’s regional channel for Poznań to its…
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Canal+ sees boost from D8 but hit by ad market
The consolidation of former Bolloré-owned free-to-air channels D8 and D17 and the merger between Polish…
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VuTV signs up partners for Freeview streaming service
A new UK pay-TV streaming service for Freeview viewers, VuTV, has signed deals A+E Networks,…
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Multimedia Polska sees strong TV demand
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska reported strong demand for its TV services in Q2, but…
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Cyfrowy Polsat TV makes Multiroom gains
Cyfrowy Polsat said that pay TV subscriber numbers remained flat year-on-year in Q2 at 3.545…
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NBCUniversal names international sports chief
NBCUniversal International has appointed Rhys Beer to the new role of vice-president, sports distribution and…
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KPN names new chief technology officer
Dutch telco KPN has named Erik Hoving to the new post of group chief technology…
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New finance chief for Liberty Global German unit
Liberty Global has named Winfried Rapp as chief financial officer of its German operation, Unitymedia…
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UPC Romania launches 200Mbps internet
UPC Romania has launched a 200Mbps internet service. Fiber Power 200Mbps will be available in…
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Amazon eyes Russian video streaming
Amazon looks set to launch a video streaming service in Russia, following local reports that…
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OTT and IPTV to drive pay TV growth in western Europe
Over-the-top and IPTV services will account for most of an expected 8.9% growth in pay…
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TalkTalk passes half million YouView customers
Over 500,000 customers have signed up for UK service provider TalkTalk’s YouView offering since its…
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Com Hem ups connections, preps TiVo launch
Swedish cable operator Com Hem recorded 1.78 million connected homes at the end of the…
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LG signs smart TV interface deal with Gracenote
LG Electronics has partnered with metadata firm Gracenote, which will power LG’s On Now service…
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ATSC receives new broadcast standards submissions
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has received proposals for the new ATSC 3.0 broadcast…
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Freeview and Freesat add channels
UK DTT and DTH platforms Freeview and Freesat have each added channels to their respective…
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Primacom parent names housing association chief to board
German cable operator Primacom’s partent company Medfort has appointed Lutz Freitag, the president of housing…
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Q&A: Mark Price, director, CoralTree
CoralTree director Mark Price talks to DTVE about the billing and customer relations challenges facing…