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Amazon launches 4K Fire TV
Amazon is launching a 4K Ultra HD version of its Amazon Fire TV media player….
UK government orders independent BBC review
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Liberty-Vodafone deal stalls
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US cabler Cablevision sold for $17.7bn
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Euro video ad revenue rockets
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Africa tipped for ‘pay TV surge’
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Swisscom preps UHD service
Swisscom will launch a new UHD set-top box that will support high dynamic range content,…
Sling TV says pay TV model unsustainable
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Android TV chief: pay TV can ‘control the home’
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Discovery “would love” to be on Apple platform
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New chief executive for Canal+-backed pay firm
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Portuguese Netflix rival launches
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos has launched a subscription video-on-demand service ahead of the arrival…
Sky gives Rai top spot in Mediaset channels row
Sky in Italy is to give public broadcast channel Rai4 a prime spot on its…
Bolloré plans to bring Canal+ closer to Vivendi
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré is planning to make significant changes to the organisation of Canal+,…
Amazon originals get HDR treatment
Amazon Prime Instant Video is to make its original content available in the High DynamicRange…
DirecTV launches 4K box
US pay TV operator DirecTV, now owned by AT&T, has launched its first 4K ultra…
Netflix raises price in Europe
Netflix has raised the price of its service in Europe for new subscribers, upping the…
Kabel Deutschland suffers reverse in pubcaster row
A Munich court has ruled that Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland must continue to…
Telecom Italia eyes 500k TV customers
Telecom Italia is targeting 550,000 video customers by the end of this year following its…
Austria Telekom debuts Netflix rival
A1, the domestic Austrian brand of Telekom Austria, is to launch an OTT TV service…
HBO pulls Bulgarian channels in fees row
HBO Bulgaria has pulled its HBO and Cinemax services from pay TV operator Bulsatcom’s platform…
Sky to acquire MTV Italia
Sky has struck a deal with Viacom to acquire MTV Italia, expanding its presence on…
Production boosts Lagardère
TV production and channels helped keep Lagardère’s media arm, Lagardère Active, on an even keel…
SVOD helps lift ProSiebenSat.1
A strong performance from digital activities including subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome, along with a good…
Discovery buys Turkish net, agrees strategic deal
Discovery Communications has agreed a strategic relationship with Turkey’s Doğuş Media Group to increase its portfolio…
Exclusive AMC deal bolsters BT subs
BT added 60,000 UK television customers in the quarter to June, taking its total to…
CTC seeks credit rating exemption
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has asked Standard & Poor’s to withdraw its credit rating service…
UK performance boosts Sky results
A strong UK performance helped deliver exceptional full-year results for Sky, with the operator adding…