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Pay TV Operators
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MTIS adds Viasat Sport
Belarusian service provider MTIS has dropped the CHL (Continental Hockey League) channel, replacing it with…
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VimpelCom names Moscow technology chief
Russian quad-play service provider VimpelCom has named Sergey Bauman as technology director for its Moscow…
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Hans Holger Albrecht leaving MTG; Jørgen Madsen named new CEO
Hans Holger Albrecht is leaving the Modern Times Group after twelve years at the helm…
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Telekom Slovenia drops Viasat channels
Telekom Slovenia has removed a number of Viasat channels from its SiOL TV platform. The…
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Shareholders reduce stake in Ziggo
Shareholders of Dutch cable operator Ziggo have sold a further 14.5% stake in the company…
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Ono hoping TiVo will prevent pay TV decline
Ono had attracted 34,000 TiVo customers by the end of June, eight months after the…
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KPN makes online TV service available on smartphones
Dutch telco KPN is making its online TV service available on smartphones within subscribers’ households….
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MTG buys Swedish communications operator
The Modern Times Group has acquired control of Swedish open access communications operator Zitius. No…
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Cyfra Plus strikes retail deal with mobile operator
Polish pay TV operator Cyfra Plus has struck a deal with the country’s fourth largest…
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Orange Sport and TVN to share football rights
Poland’s Orange Sport and TVN Turbo are to share broadcast rights to Polish Cup football…
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Netgem looks internationally for future growth
French set-top vendor Netgem blamed slowing business in its domestic market for a drop in…
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Sky acquires Parthenon
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is establishing a new distribution arm to market the international…
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Zon Multimédia loses DTH subs but triple-play increases
A declining DTH base offset growth in Zon Multimédia’s triple-play subscriber base during the second…
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Telenet grows digital and post-paid mobile subscribers
Belgian cable operator Telenet added 116,700 net digital TV customers in the first half of…
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Belgacom boosts TV base
Belgacom added 48,000 TV subscriptions in the second quarter, comprising 35,000 new households and 13,000…
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Economics ministry report lends some succour to Canal Plus
A report by France’s economics ministry on remedies to the allegedly anti-competitive impact of Canal…
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AMC/Sundance Channel expands on-demand in Belgium and France
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has expanded it on-demand offerings in Europe. Sundance Channel is launching its…
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UPC Austria launches ORF on-demand
UPC Austria is adding content from public broadcaster ORF to its on-demand platform. The content…
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KDG launches 1TB DVR
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has launched a new DVR with what it claims…
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Management changes for Rostelecom’s National Cable Networks
Rostelecom-owned Moscow-based cable operator National Cable Networks’ new CEO Dmitri Bragin has named four new…
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TalkTalk to offer free YouView box and access to Sky Sports
UK ISP TalkTalk has announced details of its YouView offering that will include a free…
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BSkyB reaches 10.6 million subs, but growth has slowed
UK pay TV operator BSkyB increased its reach by an additional 312,000 households in the…
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Sky adds catch-up platform and boost Sky Go line-up
UK pay TV operator BSkyB will offer the catch-up service from the UK’s Channel 5…
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Orange sees solid TV growth
Orange had 5.5 million digital TV subscribers across Europe at the end of June, up…
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SES renews Canal Plus deal
Satellite operator SES has signed a long-term extension of its agreement with French pay TV…
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Second beIN Sport channel to launch tomorrow
Al Jazeera launches its second French sports channel, beIN Sport 2, tomorrow, to coincide with…
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BT confirms YouView launch this autumn
BT has confirmed that it will begin offering the YouView TV service in the autumn….
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Humax’s YouView box goes on sale tomorrow
Set-top provider Humax’s new YouView box, the DTR-T1000, will go in sale in UK stores…
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Orange Poland adds DTH and IPTV subs
Orange Poland ended June with 677,000 TV subscribers, a 14.2% year-on-year increase. Of that figure,…
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M6 chief says no option ruled out on Canal Plus channels acquisition
Nicolas de Tavernost, president of French commercial broadcaster M6, has said he will remain vigilant…