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Pay TV Operators
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UPC acquires Regiokabel’s Huissen network
UPC Netherlands is extending its network to the town of Huissen. The cable operator has…
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Primacom offers new Humax box
German cable operator Primacom has begun offering a new set-top box from Humax. The CX-5100…
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Endemol appoints French managing director
Production and distribution group Endemol has hired Nicholas Coppermann as the managing director of Endemol…
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UK Culture Secretary under pressure
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under renewed pressure following new revelations about his…
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Al Jazeera to launch at 13° East and 5° West, expects to profitable in “four to five years”
Al Jazeera Networks has chosen Eutelsat’s Hot Bird platform at 13° East and Eutelsat 5…
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Mobile operators should pay LTE inteference costs, says Freeview
Mobile operators should bear cost of protecting viewers’ TV services from interference from LTE signals,…
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Viasat adds new dimension to the Olympics
MTG-backed commercial broadcaster Viasat plans to show 100 hours of 3D TV coverage of the…
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Broussard named as programming chief for TMC-NT1
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Vincent Broussard as vice-president, broadcasting and programming at its…
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Rostelecom takes further stake in Moscow cable operator
Rostelecom-backed Russian cable provider NTC has acquired a 26% stake in Mosteleset, the holding company…
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Ukraine’s Volia reportedly looking to make acquisition
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is in talks to acquire PPF Investments-backed western Ukrainian operator Odek…
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Lescure to look again at Hadopi law
Former Canal Plus chief Pierre Lescure has been given the task of looking again at…
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Virgin Media reacts to U-turn in Sky Movies probe
UK MSO Virgin Media has railed against the Competition Commission’s provisional findings, issued yesterday, that…
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Verizon magics up Viewdini app
US telco and IPTV operator Verizon has launched a 4G video aggregating application that allows…
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UPC Poland launches split screen service for multiple sports channels
UPC Poland has launched a service enabling users to watch up to 12 sports channels…
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Sky Atlantic launches in Germany
The Sky Atlantic channel was officially launched in Germany yesterday with a party thrown in…
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DNA upgrades cable, launches new service
Finnish service provider DNA has doubled the upstream speeds offered by cable operator DNA Welho…
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Lattelecom adds CTC Baltics
Latvia IPTV and digital-terrestrial TV provider Lattelecom has added Russian channel CTC Baltics to its…
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Competition Commission performs Sky Movies U-turn
The UK Competition Commission has changed its position on Sky Movies and now says the…
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CSA could push separation of Canal Plus FTA as condition for Bolloré acquisition
French media regulator the CSA could recommend the effective separation of Canal Plus’s free and…
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Telecom Italia launches Cubovision SVOD service
Telecom Italia has launched a broadband-delivered subscription video-on-demand service under the Cubovision brand. The service…
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French connected TV universe growing rapidly
Some three million French homes, or 10.7% of the total, were equipped with connected TVs…
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Multimedia Polska integrates Stream
Multimedia Polska is beginning the integration of Stream, the service it provider it agreed to…
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UPC Austria teams up with G4S for home security
Cable operator UPC Austria has teamed up security technology specialist G4S to offer a home…
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Al Jazeera to launch sports channels in US
Al Jazeera has said it will launch two new sports channels in the US in…
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Sky Deutschland adds Sky Atlantic and sports content to Go
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland will make HBO content from the Sky Atlantic channel,…
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Kabel BW adds Sky Atlantic and Super RTL HD
German cable operator Kabel BW is to add Sky Atlantic and Super RTL HD to…
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Mediaset voices TV advertising concerns
A senior executive at Mediaset has said that the TV advertising market shows no signs…
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DanceTrippin launches at 5° East
Netherlands-based music channel DanceTrippin has launched on the SES Astra 4A satellite at 5° East…
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BSkyB could win reprieve on regulation of movie rights
The Competition Commission has decided against regulating to reduce BSkyB’s grip on the UK pay…
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KDG confirms Tele Columbus acquisition
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed the acquisition of Tele Columbus. Under the…