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Viaccess-Orca to highlight TV Everywhere and HbbTV

Content security specialist Viaccess-Orca plans to highlight TV Everywhere and HbbTV solutions at ANGA COM….

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UPC Czech Republic adds two music channels

Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added music channels Óčko Gold and Fajn Rock TV…

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YouView approaches 400,000 homes, internet channels coming this summer

UK connected TV service YouView is now in almost 400,000 homes. YouView did not break…

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UPC DTH’s freeSAT adds two channels

Liberty Global-owned UPC DTH is adding two new channels to its freeSAT offering in the…

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Roku raises US$60m to fund growth

Streaming video box-maker Roku has raised US$60 million (€46.5 million) in Series F funding from…

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Orange Sosh launches low-cost quad-play for France

Orange France is launching a new range of quad-play packages under its low-cost Sosh mobile…

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Dailymotion secures Bollywood premium and free content

Dailymotion has agreed content deals with Indian movie company Venus to launch premium and free…

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Amazon chooses first original TV series

Amazon has selected the pilots that it will take to series with a John Goodman…

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TF1 names programming chief

French broadcaster TF1 has named Fabrice Bailly as director of programming. The appointments adds responsibility…

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MTG set to beat Sky Vision to acquire DRG

Patrick Svensk’s MTG Studios is set to acquire UK distributor DRG after outgunning Sky Vision…

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Multichoice to launch new M-Net channels


South African pay TV operator MultiChoice is transforming its current M-Net Series channel into three…

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BTL launches DTT in Tanzania with Nagra CA

Nagra is providing conditional access technology for Tanzanian digital-terrestrial TV broadcaster Basic Transmissions Limited (BTL)….

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Orange Switzerland teams up with Zattoo

Orange Switzerland is partnering with Swiss online TV service provider Zattoo to bundle the latter’s service…

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New low-cost DTH service for Romania

Freesat, a new low-cost digital platform for Romania, has launched on the Eutelsat 16A satellite….

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Food Network to launch in Greece

Scripps Networks Interactive has rolled out Food Network in Greece for the first time, with…

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Cablemás chooses Conax to support VOD extension

Conditional access provider Conax has secured a deal with Mexican cable operator Cablemás to support…

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Digitürk on the block as Turkish state fund seizes Çukurova assets

Turkey’s Digitürk may be sold off in whole or in part following  a Turkish state…

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Home networking bodies merge as industry consolidates around G.hn

The HomeGrid Forum and the HomePNA Alliance have merged under the HomeGrid Forum name to…

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Italians turn to time-shifted viewing

Almost a third of Italians used time-shifted viewing last year, while 59% of pay TV…

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CSA wants more power to regulate Canal Plus

French media regulator the CSA wants to acquire stronger regulatory power over Canal Plus. The…

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Management shake-up at Eurosport

Eurosport’s new CEO has restructured the broadcaster’s management, giving several existing executives new titles and…

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BBC Worldwide backs more startups

The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has announced finalists for its second BBC Labs programme…

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JimJam launches on Russia’s Tricolor TV

Chello Zone is set to launch its pre-school kidss network JimJam on Russian satellite platform…

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UPC Cablecom to carry RTL HD channels

Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom is to start broadcasting RTL Group channels RTL,…

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UPC Poland names new customer service chief

Liberty Global-owned UPC Poland has named Konrad Koper as its new director of customer service,…

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France Telecom becomes Orange

France Telecom will today ask its shareholders to approve the adoption of Orange as the…

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CNN and Buzzfeed partner on YouTube channel

News network CNN has partnered with viral content site Buzzfeed on a new YouTube channel,…

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Cyfrowy Polsat unveils LTE offerings

Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched a series of 4G mobile internet offerings….

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Telefónica, Megafon target OTT with partnership

Spanish telco Telefónica has signed a strategic partnership with Russian telecoms firm MegaFon, in a…

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Deutsche Telekom invests in multi-screen video startup

Deutsche Telekom has lead a €500,000 seed funding round in Berlin and Amsterdam-based startup Vigour.io…