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Al Jazeera signs satellite deal with Es’hailSat
Middle Eastern broadcaster Al Jazeera is partnering with Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat that will see…
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France 24 strikes deal with Tricolor
French international news channel France 24 has struck a distribution deal with Russian pay TV…
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KPN increases TV market share with IPTV growth
Dutch telco KPN has increased its TV market share to 19% after adding 89,000 IPTV…
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Vivendi makes new management appointments
Vivendi has named former Maroc Telecom chief financial officer Arnaud Castille as senior vice-president, development…
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TDC and YouSee choose Agama for IPTV monitoring
Danish service providers TDC and YouSee have deployed a headend and distribution monitoring solution for…
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Moody’s ups Cyfrowy Polsat
Moody’s Investors Service has upped its credit rating for Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat…
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UPC Czech adds CT2 HD
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added CT2 HD from the Czech public broadcaster to…
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Kabel Deutschland taps fresh cash
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland has successfully placed an additional €200 million tap on its…
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CSA calls for local TV candidates
French media regulator the CSA has called for applicants to launch digital-terrestrial local TV services…
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Canal Plus: OK to FTA channels but severe measures on TPS merger
France’s competition authority has approved Canal Plus’s acquisition of Bolloré-owned free-to-air channels Direct 8 and…
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Portugal Telecom launches TV Everywhere with 60 channels
Portugal Telecom has launched a new mobile TV service that delivers 60 live TV channels…
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Orange makes changes to communications team
Xavier Couture has been appointed deputy CEO in charge of communications and the France Telecom-Orange…
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Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
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Jane Johnson out at Sky Living
Jane Johnson, the ex tabloid newspaper editor brought in to run Sky Living last year,…
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Lattelecom lets customers create channel packages
Latvian telco Lattelecom is launching a service that lets subscribers customise their TV packages. Customers…
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Volia reaches internet landmark
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has announce that it now has over half a million internet…
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MTG says pay TV revenues offsetting downturn in free-to-air
Modern Times Group has reported a 2% increase in half year revenues of SEK6.8 billion…
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Triple-play growth boosts Ziggo revenues
A growing triple-play subscriber base helped Ziggo increase second quarter revenues by 6.3% to €386.5…
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Zon adds Olympic channel to Restart service
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia is to add the RTP Olympic Channel in HD…
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Netia adds TVN Meteo to online TV service
Polish IPTV provider Netia is adding weather channel TVN Meteo to its Netia Player online…
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ER-Telecom toasts 4.5 million subs
Russian telco ER-Telecom ended June with 4.5 million subscribers. The telco added 600,000 new customers…
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DNA cable subs hovering around 600,000
DNA-owned Finnish cable operator Welho TV had 597,000 TV subscribers at the end of June,…
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Streaming habits vary across Europe, but PC still rules
Streaming via a PC is more popular than connected TVs and other devices across Europe’s…
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CNN takes top spot in Africa
CNN is the most-watched international news channel in Africa, according to the latest EMS Africa…
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Virgin Media launches Dark Knight TiVo app
UK cabler Virgin Media has launched a Dark Knight Rises app on its TiVo service….
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Regulator approves mystery acquisition of 50% of Tricolor TV
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has approved the sale of 50% of leading pay TV operator…
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Mediaset accelerates cost-cutting plans
Italy’s Mediaset is increasing the scope of its cost-cutting plan, according to wire reports. Quoting…
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Sky Italia names Gerritsen as VP of communications
Sky Italia has appointed Eric Gerritsen as executive vice- president of communications and public affairs,…
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TeliaSonera reports TV revenue growth
Revenues from Scandinavian telco TeliaSonera’s TV services were up 13% in the second quarter ending…
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Kabel Deutschland using Jacada customer service technology
Kabel Deutschland is using technology from customer service specialist Jacada to provide the operator with…