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UPC Austria offers Fit promotion
UPC Austria has reduced the cost of most of its Fit packages. The reductions include…
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Tele Columbus opens new Berlin HQ
German cable operator Tele Columbus has opened a new headquarters in Berlin. The company’s new…
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Sky Deutschland reveals details of Sports News channel
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has unveiled details about its forthcoming Sky Sports News…
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Espial powers OTE’s on-demand platform
Espial has announced that Greek telco and pay TV operator OTE is using its MediaBase…
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Red Bee commissions media study
Media management provider Red Bee Media has commissioned an industry-wide study into the future of…
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BBC’s Thompson on defensive against Murdoch and Cameron
The BBC’s director general Mark Thompson has taken a sideswipe at News Corp’s James Murdoch,…
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Eutelsat signs triple-play deal with Greek pay TV operator
Forthnet Group has signed a deal with Eutelsat that will see it bundle the satellite…
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Kabel BW adds trio of Sky HD channels
Kabel BW is adding three HD channels from Sky Deutschland to its line-up, taking the…
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Chellomedia takes stake in Bosnia’s OBN
Liberty Global’s content arm Chellomedia has acquired a 40% stake in Bosnian free-to-air broadcaster OBN….
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M6 renews CBS output deal
French commercial broadcaster M6 has renewed its output deal with Hollywood studio CBS Studios International….
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France implements Telecom Package
France has finally passed the EU’s Telecom Package into law, three months after the original…
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UPC Slovakia passes 80,000 broadband subs
Cable operator UPC Slovakia now has 80,000 broadband internet subscribers, the company has revealed. The…
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KPN to launch multi-screen service
Dutch telco KPN is to launch a multi-screen version of its IPTV service Interactieve TV….
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Nick to reach three million African homes
Kids channel Nickelodeon has expanded its footprint in Africa with a launch on Multichoice’s DStv…
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On Demand Group signs deal with 20th Century Fox
SeaChange International-owned video-on-demand provider On Demand Group (ODG) has signed a deal with 20th Century…
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DNA breaks Virgin Media’s cable broadband record
Finnish cable operator DNA has delivered broadband speeds of 1.58Gbp on its network, which it…
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Analysts positive on Ziggo
Ziggo’s unexpectedly strong performance over the past 18 months has prompted it to be upgraded…
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MTS acquires FTTB operators
Russian service provider MTS Group has acquired four companies providing broadband and TV services via…
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IPTV launch in Novosibirsk
Russian IPTV service provider West-SibTranstelekom has begun offering digital TV services in the Siberian city…
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KDG names new finance chief
German cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has named Andreas Siemen as its new chief financial…
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Viasat names programming chief
Viasat Broadcasting has named Daniela Neumann as vice-presdent of central programming. Neumann, who was previously…
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France looking to DVB-T2 for next stage of digital-terrestrial
The French government is considering delaying the launch of new digital-terrestrial channels in order to…
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ONO ups internet speed
Spanish cable operator ONO will increase the speed of its 12Mbps internet offering to 15Mbps…
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Former Belgacom chief calls for merger talks
Belgacom’s former CEO Bessel Kok has called for more rapid privatization of the company and…
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VimpelCom to develop networks in Yakutia
Russian service provider VimpelCom has signed an agreement with the Republic of Sakha (also known…
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DNA names marketing chief
Finnish telco and cable operator DNA has named Kati Riikonen as vice-president, marketing, consumer business,…
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OTE moves forward with plans for satellite TV service
Greek telco OTE is moving forward with plans to launch a new pay TV offering…
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Miramax to launch Facebook streaming service
US studio Miramax is to launch a movie streaming service via Facebook in the US,…
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Carlyle Group completes acquisition of Sagemcom
Private-equity investor Carlyle Group has completed the acquisition of French set-top provider Sagemcom from Gores…
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Motorola and Telenet in successful IPv6 trial
Motorola Mobility and Belgian cable operator Telenet have jointly tested and evaluated the first phase…