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Long Reads
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Checks and balances – quality assurance, service providers and the web
QoE and QoS monitoring for pay TV services is increasingly seen as a key feature…
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Q&A: Aleks Habdank, director, digital entertainment product, Virgin Media
Digital TV Europe talked to Virgin Media’s digital entertainment chief about the operator’s launch of…
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Only connect – service providers and the connected home
Support for the connected home is something that pay TV service providers can no longer…
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Traffic congestion – channel playout in the multiscreen era
The proliferation of devices capable of playing back professional video content is making life more…
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Interview: Sean Cohan SVP, international, A&E Networks
As A&E Networks’ international business continues to increase its footprint in Europe, Sean Cohan tells…
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Q&A: Dominik Libicki president, Cyfrowy Polsat
Digital TV Europe talked to the head of Europe’s fourth largest DTH pay TV provider…
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Changing channels – pay TV broadcasters targeting the CEE region
As the CEE channel environment becomes more competitive, with new digital launches from local as…
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Expanding horizons – DTH in central and eastern Europe
DTH players look set to dominate the CEE pay TV market in the coming years….
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Eastern promise
Digital TV Europe’s CEE 2011 provides its annual statistical overview of the region’s key markets…
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Platform priorities
The effects of the economic crisis and the maturing of some markets is making life…
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Return of the moguls
Liberty Global has secured a second key asset in Germany, subject to regulatory approval, marking…
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Higher vision
HD is now very much a mainstream format, but are channel and content providers ready…
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Interview: Mark Hollinger President & CEO, DNI
As Discovery’s international business continues to grow in importance, head of international networks Mark Hollinger…
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Taking things further
The proliferation of connected devices like tablets and smartphones, combined with the threat from OTT…
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Interview: Mike Fries President and CEO, Liberty Global
Digital TV Europe’s editorial team named Liberty Global’s Mike Fries as Industry Leader of the…
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This is the news
In an era of instant access to information and highly tailored niche-interest TV channels, the…
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The IPTV survey
Which developments in the IPTV industry most surprised you last year? I think the rate…
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High and wide
Building a portfolio of channels is seen as a natural expansion for international providers, while…
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International affairs
While the secret of success in the international channels business is hard to pin down,…
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Local heroes
Localisation – ranging from language versioning to fully-fledged localised channels – is increasingly seen as…
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Roads less travelled
Despite the hype surrounding non-linear content distribution, most international channel providers are reluctant to race…
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The high life
HDTV is increasingly seen, even within Europe, as the de facto standard for pay-TV services….
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Special occasions
Major sports events like this year’s World Cup place huge demands on global satellite capacity….
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Charge it
OSS and BSS systems are increasingly being called upon to support multi-play and multi-screen services….
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The personal touch
The shift from linear to on-demand viewing means that there is growing demand to create…
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The third dimension
BSkyB will launch a dedicated 3D TV channel this year. With other operators set to…
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Play it again
The emergence of multi-screen delivery of content has had a significant impact on the channel…
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Mapping the future
As demand for narrowcast video services grows, cable operators both in the US and Europe…
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Access granted
High-speed broadband networks and advanced consumer devices mean three-screen strategies are back on the agenda….
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Lifestyle choices
Channel operators are well aware that one way of appealing to women is to invest…