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DNA pushes forward with DTT reorganisation
Finnish cable and telecom operator is transferring the MTV Sport 2 and MTV Fakta pay…
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Arqiva chooses Thomson for UK DTT upgrade
UK transmission services provider Arqiva has chosen Thomson Video Networks to provide its ViBE EM4000…
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DNA makes Viasat Sport offering available to DTT subscribers
Finnish service provider DNA is to carry Modern Times Group’s Viasat Sport channel package on…
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Hungarian DTT offering to expand in October
The launch of two additional multiplexes – D and E – on October 1 will…
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Birmingham’s City TV first of new local services to go bust
Birmingham’s City TV has become the first of the UK’s new local TV services to…
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Microsoft to add free-to-air DTT tuner for Xbox One in Europe
Microsoft is to provide a digital TV tuner for its Xbox One gaming devices in…
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New OTT hybrid platform for Russia
Russian retail and banking group Trellas has launched a new hybrid OTT TV service, TVzor,…
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Study throws doubt on LTE Broadcast as DTT replacement technology
The economics of the use of LTE technology for the large-scale distribution of TV services…
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French regulator rejects move by three to free-to-air DTT
French media regulator the CSA has rejected moves to take TF1-owned news channel LCI, M6-owned…
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KPN passes TV milestone
Dutch telco KPN passed the two million TV customer milestone in the second quarter, giving…
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Digital dividend delays main obstacle to 4G in Europe, says report
Delays in assigning the so-called ‘digital dividend’ spectrum at 800MHz are the main obstacle to…
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African countries will miss analogue switch-off deadline
Major African territories such as South Africa and Nigeria are set to miss a deadline…
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French news channels in employment offer to head off LCI decision
French free-to-air news channels BFM TV and Canal+-backed i>Télé have reportedly sent a letter to…
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EBU slams mobile industry claims amidst criticism of ITU report
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has published a factsheet to counter claims made by the…
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Fox strikes Boxer deal ahead of Swedish launch
Fox International Channels (FIC) has extended the reach of its flagship channel Fox in Sweden…
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Two in five French homes now take IPTV services
Over two in five French households – 40.7% – received TV via ADSL or fibre…
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Antenna Hungária begins testing fifth multiplex
Hungarian transmission services provider Antenna Hungária is beginning test broadcasts on its fifth national digital-terrestrial…
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MultiChoice owner Naspers reports record pay TV additions
South African media conglomerate Naspers, the owner of pay TV service provider MultiChoice, has added…
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Vintage TV launches on Freeview
Music network Vintage TV has launched on UK digital terrestrial platform Freeview, taking the 242…
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Ofcom awards three more local TV licences
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has awarded three new local digital-terrestrial TV licences. Licences…
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Paolini defends decision to take LCI free-to-air
TF1 Group’s chief executive Nonce Paolini has struck out at Canal+ and other rivals and…
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Freeview and Digital UK take on YouView with connected TV service
UK DTT platform Freeview is set to launch a new connected TV service, with support…
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Russian digital TV penetration to hit 98% by 2020
Digital TV penetration in Russia will reach 98% by 2020, up from just under 50%…
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Ofcom could auction DTT spectrum off as early as 2016
The loss of the spectrum currently used by digital-terrestrial broadcasting in the UK has moved…
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Digital TV to reach 97.9% of homes by 2020
Global digital TV penetration will reach 97.9% of TV households by the end of 2020,…
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Sweden’s Boxer TV to launch multiscreen service
Swedish pay-TV operator Boxer TV is gearing up to launch a multiscreen, TV everywhere service…
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Turner to launch UK free-to-air channel
Turner Broadcasting UK is launching a new general entertainment free-to-air channel, truTV – it’s first…
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RCS & RDS and SNR submit bids for Romania’s DTT platform
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS and state-owned transmission services provider Societăţii Naţionale de Radiocomunicaţii…
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IPTV subscribers to overtake DTH in Western Europe
The number of paying IPTV subscribers in Western Europe will overtake pay satellite TV (pay…
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Intelsat hit by reduced US government spending
Intelsat said that it “performed to plan” in the first quarter, but that revenue continued…