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Pay TV Operators
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UPC Cablecom moves forward with consolidation in Suisse-Romande
Liberty Global-owned UPC Cablecom has taken control of Carouge cable network Télécarouge in the French-speaking…
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VimpelCom consolidates subsidiaries
Russian service provider VimpelCom has completed the acquisition and integration of a number of regional…
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Tricolor TV tops Moscow digital league
Russian DTH pay TV provider Tricolor TV is now the leading digital pay TV service…
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Farncombe launches digital TV testing solution
TV technology consultancy firm Farncombe has launched a device testing solution, based on the assets…
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Cable edges to an IP future
Cable operators have long seen the advantages of delivering TV services via IP and merging…
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BT’s sporting chance
BT Sport’s football offering is primarily about securing broadband business, but will the gamble pay…
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DTV CEE13 Video Interview – nc+
Polish pay TV operator nc+’s Jan Frelek talks to DTVE about the business case for…
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DTV CEE13 Video Interview – France24
France24’s Eric Cremer talks to DTVE about the changing role of the international news channel…
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Liberty Global unlikely to counter-bid for Kabel Deutschland
Liberty Global is unlikely to make a fresh counter-offer for Kabel Deutschland following Vodafone’s €7.7…
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BT secures more football
BT has secured a two-year deal for rights to show live Football Conference matches. Under…
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Telekom Austria hails broadband record
Telekom Austria has announced that it has achieved data rates of over 1Gbps over its…
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Virgin Media’s digital entertainment head steps down
Virgin Media’s executive director of digital entertainment, Cindy Rose, is stepping down from the company…
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Discovery launches new brand in CEE, boosts HD offering
Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery Turbo Xtra HD…
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Xbox boss leaves for Zynga
The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Don Mattrick, is leaving to join casual games firm…
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BBC under fire over severance payments
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the BBC paid senior managers…
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Name change and Romanian carriage deal for Museum
The Museum HD offering has been rebranded The Museum Channel and has just launched on…
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Akado launches Amedia package
Russian service provider Akado has launched the two channels provided by production group Amedia on…
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Arris appoints former Verizon exec to board
Technology provider Arris has appointed Doreen Toben, the former chief financial officer of US telco…
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Trace Sports extends Swiss reach
Sports entertainment channel Trace Sports has secured carriage with Swiss IPTV provider Sunrise Telecom. Sunrise…
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Lovefilm launches Instagram trailer competition
Amazon-owned video-on-demand and DVD rental service Lovefilm has launched a competition inviting users to create…
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Numericable launches 200Mbps in three new cities
French cable operator Numericable has extended its up to 200Mbps internet offering to three new…
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Ericsson buys Red Bee Media
Ericsson has agreed to buy TV technology and media services company Red Bee Media, in…
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Catch-up accounts for a fifth of UK TV viewing
Catch-up or on-demand viewing from services like the BBC iPlayer now account for a fifth…
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YouSee goes à la carte
Danish cable operator YouSee has made the pay TV channels on its platform available on…
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Television X launches VOD service on YouView
UK adult TV service Television X has launched a new on-demand movies service on the…
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Virgin Media adds Viacom channels to TV Anywhere
Virgin Media has added a range of new channels from Viacom to its Virgin TV…
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Intel CTO steps down, CEO cautious on TV move
Intel’s chief technology officer and director of Intel Labs, Justin Rattner, is stepping down from…
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Vimeo launches in day-and-date movie release
Online video service Vimeo has made the new Neil Labute feature film Some Girl(s) available…
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Cyfrowy Polsat signs VOD deal with NBCU
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution…
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Vectra adds sports channels to offering
Polish cable operator Vectra is adding more sports channels to its offering. From August 1,…