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Paramount Comedy on Beeline TV
Paramount Comedy Channel has secured carriage on Russian IPTV platform Beeline TV. The deal will…
AXN HD on Sky Deutschland
Action and adventure channel AXN HD is to launch on the Sky Deutschland platform tomorrow….
Volia to purchase pay TV operator Odek
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has received permission from the country’s competition regulator to acquire pay…
Sundance Channel signs Spain and Romania deals
Sundance Channel is expanding its European distribution after parent company AMC/Sundance Channel Global signed deals…
MTG uses Envivio to bring Viaplay to set-tops
Modern Times Group has selected technology company Envivio’s Muse software-based encoding solutions to extend its…
Canal Plus names D8 director
Canal Plus has appointed Xavier Gandon as director of programming at channels D8 and D17….
Fashion One makes Inea debut
International fashion and entertainment channel Fashion One has launched on Polish cable operator Inea’s network….
TalkTalk begins selling YouView TV bundles
UK ISP has officially launched its new YouView service, with its TalkTalk Plus TV package…
DTG makes UK connected TV spec openly available
The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) has made its HbbTV-based connected TV specification openly available…
Netgem creates connected home division
Set-top and interactive TV technology supplier Netgem has created a new connected home product division…
Zeebox launches in US with major backers
Zeebox, the social TV company founded by former YouView and iPlayer chief technology officer Anthony…
French government provisions for telecom tax ruling
The French government has made a budget provision of €1.3 billion pending a final ruling…
Sweden’s Filmnet launches, Denmark’s YouBio to follow
A new subscription over-the-top TV services launched in the Nordic region at the end of…
General Satellite to supply majority of Tricolor TV set-tops
Over half of Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV’s set-top boxes will be supplied by…
UPC Austria ups internet speeds
Cable operator Austria has upped the internet speeds available with its FIT multi-play packages. The…
Unitymedia launches 150Mbps internet in Frankenberg
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia has launched a 150Mbps internet service in the town…
France 24 launches Google TV service
France 24 has launched a multilingual TV service for the French Google TV platform. Google’s…
Service providers will need to move beyond triple-play, says report
Service providers will increasingly have to offer subscribers more complex bundled products in place of…
NTV to offer free package promotion
Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus will let its customers watch seven premium packages free…
Inea rolls out Canal Plus HD line-up
Polish cable operator Inea has added Canal Plus Cyfrowy’s bouquet of HD channels to its…
Orange launches cloud-based gaming for TV customers
Orange is to launch a cloud-based video gaming service as part of its Orange TV…
ZDF expanding pay TV channel activities after Romantic success
ZDF Enterprises says it is talking to platform operators in Europe about extend the distribution…
Sky Deutschland tempts new subs with budget package
German cable operator Sky Deutschland is launching a new budget package of channels. Sky Starter…
French local channels call for suspension of DTT reordering
Almost 40 French local TV channels have completed the first stage of an appeal to…
Sky News Arabia goes OTT with Envivio
Sky News Arabia has launched a new OTT video service using technology from Envivio. Sky…
Free comes out on top in French ISP survey
French service provider Free has been voted best ISP in a customer satisfaction survey of…
Beltelecom names new commercial chief
Belarus service provider Beltelecom has named Sergei Turmosha as deputy CEO with responsibility for commercial…
BSkyB adds catch-up to Sky Plus and doubles storage
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is updating its Sky Plus DVR service, adding a new…
BT Vision gets most complaints
BT Vision is the UK’s most complained about pay TV provider. Between April and June,…
Ziggo adds live streaming to Android app
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has added live streaming to its Android app. The updated app…