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Pay TV Operators
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Orange sees strong take-up for Livebox Play
Orange France saw a boost from its Livebox Play combined set-top and gateway offering in…
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UK DVD rental market expected to go into freefall as Blockbuster stores close
The UK DVD and Blu-ray rental market is expected to decline sharply this year following…
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Rostelecom names five suppliers for half million set-tops
Russian telco Rostelecom has named five suppliers of digital interactive set-top boxes from whom it…
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Sports and specials account for 60% of second screen viewing
Sports and special programming accounted for almost 60% of second screen activity in the first…
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Scripps Networks Interactive goes TV Everywhere
Scripps Networks Interactive is due to launch a suite of mobile apps and websites to…
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Telemach joins United Group and first cross-territory services
Mid Europa Partners-backed Slovenian cable operator Telemach has joined United Group, the grouping, majority-owned by…
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Elion sees TV growth
TeliaSonera-backed Estonian service provider Elion grew its IPTV subscriber base by about 10% in the…
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Ludwig Bauer leaving Tele München
Tele München’s Ludwig Bauer is leaving the company. Bauer has been at the German-language media…
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European Commission urges innovation
European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes has called on traditional media companies to “adapt and innovate”…
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CBS buys into TV streaming firm
CBS Corporation has bought a minority stake in Syncbak, a technology company that streams local…
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YouSee sees music streaming users triple after app launch
The number of users of Danish cable operator YouSee’s music streaming service has tripled since…
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Dubuc named as new A+E Network CEO
Nancy Dubuc has become just the third CEO in A+E Network’s history, with former incumbent…
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Strong IPTV growth pushes KPN to number two
KPN now claims to be the second largest Dutch TV distributor with a 24% market…
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CanalSat in Africa to launch Penthouse Black
CanalSat in Africa is to become the first pay TV platform to carry a new…
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Thema secures distribution contract from Murr TV
France-based channel distributor Thema is to be the exclusive distributor for Lebanon-based channel Murr TV…
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Sony Entertainment Television launches in Germany
Sony Entertainment Television launched in Germany yesterday. The entertainment channel offers a range of German,…
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Virgin Media adds 21 channels to TV Anywhere line-up
UK cable operator Virgin Media has added 21 new channels to its TV Anywhere multiscreen…
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Amazon Originals go live
Amazon has now made its eight comedy pilots and six kids pilots available online, with…
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Most western European pay TV subs have access to multiscreen TV
Over 70% of western European pay TV subscribers can now receive multiscreen services, according to…
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B.net Croatia adds CME’s Oyo
Telekom Austria-owned Croatian cable operator B.net has added CME-backed Nova TV’s Oyo video-on-demand service to…
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DStv launches two new channels on Access package
MultiChoice-owned South African-based DTH pay TV service DStv has added entertainment channel Mzansi Wethu and…
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Viasat Ukraine strikes deal with Inter Media for carriage of channels
Modern Times Group-owned pay TV platform Viasat Ukraine has struck an agreement with local leading…
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E! Entertainment HD to launch on Sky Deutschland
E! Entertainment HD is to launch on the Sky Deutschland platform at the end of…
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Telefonica closes Hispasat sale
Telefonica has completed its sale of Spanish satellite operator Hispasat by selling its remaining stake…
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Films and TV trail software and music in French internet consumption satisfaction
While three out of five French internet consumers aware of legal internet-based content are “satisfied”…
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Com Hem extends content reach with OpenUniverse deal
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has struck a deal with Telenor Sweden-owned OpenUniverse, which specialises…
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TeliaSonera sees TV growth amidst overall decline in broadband base
Nordic telco TeliaSonera had 1.349 million TV subscribers at the end of March, up 10.8%…
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Charlie Sheen invests in OTT provider DigiDev
Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen has made an investment in US-based over-the-top TV provider DigiDev following…
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Digiturk and Eutelsat partner on 4K channel
Turkish pay TV provider Digiturk has launched a 4K demonstration channel in partnership with satellite…
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Eurochannel launches in Bosnia-Herzegovina
European movies and entertainment channel Eurochannel is to launch in Bosnia-Herzegovina via local cable provider…