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ARCEP’s Combot moves to CSA as deputy director-general
Michel Combot, former deputy director-general of French telecom regulator ARCEP, has joined media regulator the…
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MTG to recognise SEK3.2 billion costs
Broadcaster Modern Times Group has been forced to recognise approximately SEK3.2 billion (€360 million) one…
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Chello Zone sells studio business
International channel operator Chello Zone has sold its studio business in eastern Europe. The Liberty…
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LCI wins IPTV carriage deals
TF1-owned news and information channel LCI has agreed carriage deals with IPTV providers Bouygues Telecom,…
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Lattelecom takes TV lead in Baltics
Telco Lattelecom has claimed to be the largest TV operator in the Baltics. The Latvian…
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Canal Plus delivers blow to 3D TV with channel closure
French pay TV operator Canal Plus is to close its 3D channel. The service, which…
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MTG rebrands movie channel, plans new launches
Broadcaster Modern Times Group has rebranded its TV1000 movie channel brand to Viasat Film across…
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Liberty Global completes Aster acquisition
Liberty Global has completed the acquisition of Polish cable operator Aster, which has been merged…
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UPC Netherlands toasts one million digital TV subs
UPC Netherlands signed up its one-millionth digital TV customer and has made five movies available…
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Sky Sports News HD launches
Sky Deutschland has launched its news sports news channel. Sky Sports News HD went live…
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UPC Slovakia adds Eurosport 2 Bundesliga
Cable operator UPC Slovakia has added Eurosport 2 Bundesliga to its channel line-up, and has…
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OTE sells Telekom Srbija stake
Telekom Srbija has struck a deal with Greece’s OTE for the acquisition of the latter’s…
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Garage TV parks on Canal Plus Spain
Spanish pay TV operator Canal Plus is adding Garage TV to its channel line-up. The…
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Teo gets SET for Gala TV
Lithuanian telco Teo has added the Sony Entertainment Television channel to its Gala TV pay…
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HbbTV trial for GlobeCast and France 24
GlobeCast and France 24 will launch a HbbTV trial in early 2012 with the support…
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France 24 expands in eastern Europe
News channel France 24 has concluded various distribution deals in eastern Europe. In Slovenia, the…
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New BBC apps for Virgin TiVo
The BBC is to bring interactive services to Virgin Media via its TiVo platform. Virgin…
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Liberty’s Kabel BW merger given green light
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has approved the acquisition of Baden-Württemberg cable operator Kabel…
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Sky launches new 3D series
UK pay broadcaster Sky is launching a new 3D project with David Attenborough following the…
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Orange and Dailymotion to launch 3D channel
Orange and online video platform Dailymotion are launching a 3D channel. Most of the content…
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Ziggo TV rolls onto iPhones
Dutch cable operator Ziggo has made its live TV streaming app available for iPhones and…
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France 24 gets Boxee carriage deal
France 24 has signed a distribution deal with over-the-top platform Boxee. Mainly used in the United…
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Telefónica Czech Republic offers all channels for free
Telefónica is offering all of its pay TV channels on its O2TV service in the…
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UPC turns up broadband speeds
Cable operator UPC Austria has increaesd the speeds of some of its broadband packages. Customers…
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Orange to land on Xbox
Orange has announced that its pay TV service will launch on the Xbox 360 next…
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Virgin Media adds trio of channels
Virgin Media has today added entertainment channels Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and CBS Action, and…
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Canal Plus picks up Champions League rights for Africa
UEFA has awarded the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League French language media…
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Telekom Austria extends Agama quality assurance deal
Telekom Austria’s IPTV platform A1 has begun using Agama Technologies’ embedded monitoring solution for quality…
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NTV-Plus rolls out IPTV platform
Russian DTH operator NTV-Plus has launched an IPTV service for the first time. The operator…
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Irdeto to protect Polsat’s mobile TV service
Irdeto will provide conditional access security to Cyfrowy Polsat when the DTH operator launches its…