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Netflix viewing hits 4 billion hours
Netflix viewers watched more than 4 billion hours of content on the video-on-demand service in…
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Ono reaches 150,000 TiVo customers
Spanish cable operator ONO’s TiVo offering has now surpassed 150,000 customers, according to company stats. The…
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Mediaset ‘denies’ Italian pay TV biz sale
European broadcast giant Mediaset has reportedly denied it is to sell off its pay TV…
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Adobe launches Primetime with Comcast, NBC Sports
Adobe has signed up Comcast Cable and NBC Sports Group as the first partners for…
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Zattoo to stream 4+ in Switzerland
Switzerland-based online TV service provider Zattoo has signed a deal with Swiss commercial broadcaster 3 Plus…
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Arqiva targets Poland, Greece and Italy
Communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has acquired an additional Eutelsat Hot Bird transponder in a bid…
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News on the move – the changing face of TV news channels
News channels, perhaps more than any other, are at the forefront of changes in media…
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Opening the box – the move to whole-home media access
Operators are evolving their offer from discrete set-top boxes and DVRs to a whole-home multi-room…
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Awareness and reluctance to pay still posing problems for TV Everywhere
Lack of awareness of TV Everywhere services and reluctance to pay for content remain significant…
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VTB Capital buys Tricolor TV stake
VTB Capital, the investment arm of Russia’s VTB group, has bought a minority stake in…
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A+E Networks partners with Canal+
A+E Networks and Canal+ Group will launch “multiple channels” in the second part of 2013…
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Makedonski Telekom appoints CEO
Deutsche Telekom-owned Macedonian telco Makedonski Telekom has appointed former Magyar Telekom executive Thilo Kusch as its…
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Swiss music network iConcerts moves to Japan
Swiss-based HDTV music channel and a video-on-demand platform iConcerts is opening a Japanese subsidiary and…
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ZTE wins Indonesian IPTV contract
Chinese telecoms equipment provider ZTE has secured a four-year IPTV network construction contract with Telkom…
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Ericsson agrees to buy Microsoft’s Mediaroom
Ericsson has agreed to buy Microsoft’s IPTV platform business Mediaroom, in a move the firms…
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HD OTT and 4K VOD provide early markets for HEVC, says Harmonic
HD OTT to multiple screens is likely to be the key initial application for the…
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CTC Media makes board changes
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has appointed former Goldman Sachs managing director Lorenzo Grabau as member…
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Accedo in TV Everywhere partnership with Deluxe
TV app specialist Accedo has struck a partnership with US-based post-production and digital distribution technology…
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Viewster adds 200 titles
Switzerland-based video-on-demand service Viewster has added more than 200 TV and film titles to its…
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Netia buys network from UPC Polska
Polish IPTV service provider Netia has signed a deal with UPC Polska to buy a…
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Cyfrowy Polsat denies web portal interest
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has denied it is interested in buying domestic web portal…
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Canal Plus names new pay TV channels chief
Maxime Saada has been named as deputy CEO of Canal Plus Group in charge of…
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France 24 launches on Virgin Media
News channel France 24 has launched on Virgin Media in the UK, with both English…
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Cash in the Attic online extension set to go live
Argonon’s long-planned online property based on UK factual entertainment format Cash in the Attic will go live…
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Zeebox teams up with Vizrt for second screen interactivity
Social TV app provider Zeebox has teamed up with graphics and asset management technology provider…
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4G interference could affect fewer Freeview homes than expected
Interference to UK digital-terrestrial service Freeview from 4G networks could affect fewer households than expected,…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches new channels
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat is launching two new channels on its platform –…
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VimpelCom names technical director for Urals unit
Russian service provider VimpelCom’s Urals region unit has named Vladimir Kokurin as technical director, in…
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Skype founder’s online Vdio service goes live in US, UK
Vdio, a new video rental service for movies and TV shows from Skype co-founder Janus…
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Swiss regulator investigates Swisscom grip on sports rights
Swiss competition regulatoras launched an enquiry into the distribution of live sports on pay TV…