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Canal Plus takes F1 rights
Canal Plus has acquired exclusive rights to the Formula 1 motor racing series. The French…
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Vivendi and Lagardère go to war
Lagardère and Vivendi are engaged in a bitter legal dispute over claims that the latter…
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Comcast to take full control of NBC Universal
US cable and media giant Comcast is to acquire the 49% of NBC Universal that…
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UPC Cablecom makes TV available any time, any place
Following its launch of the Horizon set-top box, Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Cablecom has…
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TPSA sees TV base grow, but hit by profit dip
Polish telco TPSA grew its TV subscriber base by 11% in 2012 to end the…
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French collecting societies criticise EC proposals
French collecting societies SACD and SCAM, which represent the rights of different groups of content…
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France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for new look at ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
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Telenet grows digital base and arrests basic decline
Belgian cable operator Telenet increased customers across its main product lines and reduced the rate…
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UPC DTH pirates convicted
Investigations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have resulted in convictions for card sharing-based piracy…
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Bright outlook for Eutelsat and fixed satellite, says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has given an Overweight recommendation to Eutelsat’s stock, arguing that the Paris-based satellite…
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UPC Austria removes basic encryption
Cable operator UPC Austria has removed basic digital encryption, enabling basic cable users to access…
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Swisscom to roll out FTTS with Huawei
Swisscom has chosen Huawei as technology partner for a planned rollout of fibre-to-the-street to deliver…
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Benefits from Virgin Media acquisition will be limited, say analysts
While Liberty Global’s acquisition of Virgin Media will create scale and moderately improve the cable…
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Belgacom boosts TV everywhere offering
Belgacom has added Belgian public broadcaster RTBF’s La Une, La Deux and La Trois to…
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Com Hem hires Virgin Media’s Gunatillaka
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has named former Virgin Media exec Asanga Gunatillaka as its…
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MTS increases HD offering
Russian service provider MTS is to increase the number of HD channels it offer to…
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Volia adds HD channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added Discovery HD Showcase and Animal Planet HD to its…
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KPN launches new pay TV service for Belgium
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TV service in Belgium via its local…
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Virgin Media signs new deal with FilmFlex
UK cabler Virgin Media has inked a new video-on-demand deal with FilmFlex, the video-on-demand provider…
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French collecting societies agree SVOD deal with Canal Plus
Two groups representing French content creation professionals’ intellectual property rights have agreed a deal with…
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Numericable launches new social TV features on LaBox
French cable operator Numericable has launched new social TV features on its LaBox advanced set-top….
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Eutelsat sees record backlog
Satellite operator Eutelsat said it had a record €5.4 billion backlog or orders at the…
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Volia grows pay TV share
Ukrainian cable operator Volia’s share of the pay TV market in the cities in which…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes deal for Lionsgate movies
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up free-to-air TV rights and second and basic pay TV windows and…
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ONO completes bond issue
Spanish cable operator ONO has successfully completed a €260 million bond issue. The proceeds of…
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Verwaayen to leave Alcatel-Lucent in May
Infrastructure provider Alcatel-Lucent’s chief executive Ben Verwaayen is to leave his post in May when…
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Sky Italia failing to meet targets; News Corp to consolidate Sky Deutschland
Sky Italia swung to a loss and shed customers in the most recent quarter and…
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Analysts question price tag for Virgin Media
Financial analysts have questioned the price Liberty Global has agreed to pay for UK cable…
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French content creators reject proposed ‘private copy’ rules
Groups representing French content creation professionals have hit out at proposed changes to EU rules…
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NTV Plus planning OTT TV service
Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus plans to increase its reach by providing an over-the-top…