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UK rollout of superfast broadband ‘among fastest in the world’
The UK’s rollout of superfast broadband is “among the fastest in the world” and has…
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Samsung and M-GO launch 4K VoD service
Samsung has launched an ultra high-definition (UHD) transactional VoD store on its line of 4K…
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Harmonic invests in Encoding.com and VJU
Technology company Harmonic has made strategic investments in encoding service Encoding.com and cloud-based cloud-based playout…
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African exchange: digital switchover problems and pay TV opportunities
The African pay TV market is growing, but delays and disruptions continue to plague the…
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ZAP partners with Arris for African nDVR and VoD
Sub-Sahara Lusophone African TV service provider ZAP has partnered with Arris to offer network DVR…
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Nos shareholder Dos Santos bids for Portugal Telecom
Isabel dos Santos, the businesswoman daughter of long-serving Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, and…
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Nos advanced TV taken by three in four multi-play subs
Portuguese service provider Nos’s advanced TV service, Iris, is now taken by over three-quarters of…
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Wuaki appoints product director for Euro expansion
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki has appointed former Samsung executive Sidharth Jayant as global…
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Liberty confirms completion of Ziggo takeover
Liberty Global has completed its tender offer for Dutch cable operator Ziggo and will own…
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EE begins commercialising TV service
UK mobile service provider EE has begun commercialising its TV service in its network of…
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Mixed fortunes: free-to-air and pay TV in the Middle East
Free TV, the mainstay of Middle Eastern broadcasting, has been badly hit by the impact…
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BFI rolls out new on-demand Player
The British Film Institute (BFI) has tapped design consultancy Ostmodern to launch a revamped on-demand…
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Value of UHF for DTT “outweighs mobile by four to one”
Digital-terrestrial broadcasting would provide the most valuable use of UHF spectrum for the next 15…
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Netflix launches on YouView
UK connected TV platform YouView has added Netflix access to its set-top boxes, allowing its…
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Com Hem sees strong TiVo growth
Swedish cable operator Com Hem’s TiVo advanced TV user base now stands at over a…
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Rovi buys content discovery firm Fanhattan
Rovi Corporation has bought venture-backed content discovery and navigation firm, Fanhattan, in an all cash…
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Video news service Newstag appoints CTO
Stockholm-based crowd-curated video news service, Newstag, has appointed former Ericsson executive Mats Ekholm as its…
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Roku adds Google Play Movies and TV store
Roku has added the Google Play Movies and TV store to its streaming players in…
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Spain’s R taps Arris for RFoG
Spanish cable operator R, which is based in the Galicia region, has signed a deal…
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Imagine Communications acquires OpenTV advanced advertising business
Imagine Communications has acquired Kudelski-owned OpenTV’s advanced advertising unit for an undisclosed sum. The broadcast…
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Intelsat hit by challenging African environment
Intelsat reported a decline in revenues and profits in the third quarter, claiming that network…
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TiVo partners with Walmart to offer Vudu
TiVo has added Walmart’s subscription-free, video-on-demand movie and TV service, Vudu, to its DVR devices….
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Arris revenues and profits up
Arris reported an increase in revenues and profits in the third quarter, as the firm…
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Murdoch: TV industry needs “serious competitor” to Netflix
The TV industry needs to provide a “serious competitor” to Netflix and Amazon, according to…
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TV setback hits Samsung CE division
Samsung said that its consumer electronics division fell short of expectations in the third quarter,…
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TalkTalk taps Harmonic for integrated IPTV offering
UK telco TalkTalk has chosen Harmonic to deliver an integrated headend solution from Harmonic to…
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Olympusat taps Viaccess-Orca for OTT white-label service
Spanish-language channel specialist Olympusat Telecom has chosen Viaccess-Orca’s Voyage TV everywhere technology to support a…
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US broadband subscriptions to overtake pay TV subs
Pay-TV subscription services in the US have peaked and are in decline, with the number…
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Roku gears up for IPO
Roku is reportedly working on plans to file confidentially for an initial public offering, in…
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Alarab TV taps Elemental
Alarab TV, the new Middle East news channel backed by Prince Alwaleed bin Talalm has…