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Belgacom sees TV growth despite loss of football exclusivity
Belgian telco Belgacom saw its TV base grow by 52,000 in the last quarter despite…
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Eros sells Bollywood fare to Middle East
Bollywood producer and distributor Eros has inked a video-on-demand deal and content deals with a…
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T-Hrvatski Telekom sees strong TV growth
Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom had 317,847 TV customers at the end of September,…
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NTV Plus offers enhanced 3D football
Russian pay TV operator NTV Plus has teamed up with Panasonic and UEFA to offer…
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Akado names commercial chief
Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Sergey Nazarov as vice-president responsible for commercial services and…
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Volia boosts HD offering
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has boosted its HD offering with the addition of Modern Times…
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Tele Columbus invests in Dresden headend
German cable operator Tele Columbus has installed a new headend in Dresden, providing services to…
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Virgin Media boasts strong TiVo take-up
UK cable operator Virgin Media has signed up 222,000 customers to its TiVo service to…
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Canal Plus Group in talks to acquire TVN
Canal Plus Group and Polish commercial broadcaster TVN have revealed that they are in exclusive…
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Strong Orange TV growth fails to offset revenue slide
France Telecom/Orange’s TV base, including both IPTV and satellite customers, grew by 26.5% year-on-year to…
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Viasat adds nine catch-up channels
Pan Nordic broadcaster Viasat has added nine channels to its online catch-up television service Viaplay….
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Al Jazeera to launch new sports channel
Al Jazeera Media Network is launching a sports news channel across the Middle East next…
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Etisalat launches new channels
Middle Eastern pay TV platform Etisalat is launching three channels from India’s Times Television Network….
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Rostelecom signs strategic partnership with Sagemcom
Russian service provider Rostelecom has signed an agreement with France-based decoder provider Sagemcom to cooperate…
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Numericable adds ESPN America HD
French cable operator Numericable has added ESPN America HD to its line-up. The service, which…
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Akado acquires Leningrad operator
Russian service provider Akado has acquired Leningrad region cable operator Sertolovskoe Televidenie, according to local…
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Sky Deutschland inks movie deal with Tele München
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has agreed a new movie deal with German studio…
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Telenor Broadcast sees Canal Digital subs continue to fall
Telenor continued to lose subscribers across its pay TV platforms during the third quarter while…
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Deutsche Telekom satellite TV offering passes 50,000
Deutsche Telekom’s new satellite TV service has signed up about 50,000 customers in its first…
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KPN increases TV market share
Dutch telco and pay TV operator KPN saw an increase in its television market share,…
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MTS acquires Tatarstan cable TV leader
Russian service provider MTS has acquired 100% of the capital of Tatarstan cable TV leader…
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Freesat adds Argos TV
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat has added the Argos TV shopping channel to its line-up….
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Cartel office extends Kabel BW review, Liberty offers concessions
The German cartel office has extended its review into Liberty Global’s proposed takeover of German…
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Disney Channel going free-to-air in Turkey
Disney Channel is launching on Free Sat in Turkey, taking the kids and family offering…
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Hadopi surveys legitimate VOD market
Some 6,392 films have been made available on video-on-demand platforms in France this year, of …
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MTG reorganises management team
Nordic free and pay TV broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Jørgen Madsen as…
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Prisa grows pay TV numbers
Spanish pay TV platform Canal Plus, which was recently rebranded from Digital Plus, ended September…
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Free’s Niel looking at Orange Switzerland
French quad-play provider Free’s owner Xavier Niel is to take part in the second round…
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ODG to deliver ITV content to Three
On Demand Group is to distribute commercial broadcaster ITV’s content to mobile operator Three’s customers….
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MTG gets NHL hockey rights
Modern Times Group has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to the National Hockey League (NHL)…