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Piksel sues investment firm Invigor Group
Video technology firm Piksel, formerly known as KIT Digital, has commenced legal action against Australian…
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Ericsson buys TV anywhere firm Azuki Systems
Ericsson has agreed to buy TV anywhere platform provider Azuki Systems, in a deal designed…
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ABS-2 satellite successfully launched
Asia Broadcast Satellite’s ABS-2 satellite successfully launched into space yesterday from the Guiana Space Centre…
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ChannelFlip founders both step down
The co-founders of Shine Group-owned online multi-channel network ChannelFlip, Justin Gayner and Wil Harris, are…
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English Club TV signs Cyprus deal with PrimeTel
English-language ‘edutainment’ channel The English Club TV Network has signed a deal with Cyprus-based operator…
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Arqiva acquires Capablue
UK media and communications infrastructure supplier Arqiva has acquired connected TV, video-on-demand and content solution…
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BBC Trust calls for review into YouView investment
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has called on the broadcaster to “carefully review…
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YouView partner structure in doubt as funding talks near end
UK pay TV operators BT and TalkTalk could emerge as the major shareholders in web-connected…
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Kudelski and Cisco settle patent dispute
Conditional access and interactive TV technology provider Kudelski Group and Cisco have signed a multi-year…
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Exset promotes Pons
Emerging markets pay TV systems specialist Exset has named Andrew Pons as global director of…
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NBC Olympics announces tech partners for Sochi
Harmonic is providing its MediaGrid shared storage and MediaDeck integrated media playout server system to…
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Brightcove opens Dubai hub for MENA
Online TV specialist Brightcove is to open a new office in Dubai as part of…
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EBU taps Newtec for pan-European news exchange
The European Broadcasting Union has signed a contract to deploy technology provider Newtec’s satellite broadcast…
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Spain’s ONO receives TiVo boost
Spanish fibre operator ONO added 65,000 TiVo customers in the last quarter, bringing the active…
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Planet Knowledge VoD launches in UK and Ireland
Planet Knowledge, an on-demand joint venture between video-on-demand provider VOD365 and TV app provider Vonetize,…
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Amino chooses Witbe for testing
Set-top box provider Amino has chosen quality assurance specialist Witbe’s technology to automate testing of…
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TVN chooses Brightcove for online video
Polish broadcaster TVN has chosen Brightcove’s Video Cloud online video platform to manage and distribute…
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TiVo pays US$135 million for Digitalsmiths
DVR maker TiVo has agreed to pay US$135 million (€99.3 million) for cloud-based content discovery…
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De Agostini launches second-screen app for Super!
Italian publisher, content creation company and channel provider De Agostini has launched a second-screen app…
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Netflix: UHDTV needs standardisation of formats
Netflix sees ultra-high definition TV as a great opportunity but believes there is a need…
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France 24 renews Ericsson playout contract
News channel France 24 has signed a new five-year broadcast services contract with Ericsson, including…
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Global TV connected devices to double by 2017
The global installed base of TV-centric connected devices will grow from one billion last year…
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Akado highlights new products
Russian service provider Akado is using the CSTB trade show in Moscow to highlight new…
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Amino operating profit up but revenues slide
Set-top box provider Amino Technologies has posted an increased year-end operating profit of £4.1 million…
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Multitaskers still focused on TV, says TiVo
Despite the rise of second-screen multi-tasking, TiVo claims that 76% of viewers remain primarily focused…
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Kids VOD service Toon Goggles launches on Samsung TVs in Europe
US-based kids video-on-demand service Toon Goggles is launching as an app for Samsung smart TVs…
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TiVo lays off hardware designers
TiVo has reportedly laid off “most of the hardware team” responsible for core DVR boxes,…
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Magine completes German clean sweep with ProSieben channels
The ProSiebenSat.1 bouquet of channels will be added to the Magine service in Germany after…
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Yes Go using Viaccess-Orca recommendation platform
Israeli DTH pay TV provider Yes is using Viaccess-Orca’s Compass content discovery platform to support…
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Russian win for Elemental
Russia’s Channel One has chosen video technology provider Elemental’s video processing platform for its coverage…