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TERN commissions UHD shows for new net

Television Entertainment Reality Network has announced a raft of programme commissions to populate the launch…

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Amazon launches 4K Fire TV

Amazon is launching a 4K Ultra HD version of its Amazon Fire TV media player….

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UK government orders independent BBC review

The UK government has appointed former Virgin Money and Prudential chairman and former Bank of…

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Liberty-Vodafone deal stalls

Liberty Global chairman John Malone is still seeking some sort of deal with Vodafone, but…

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US cabler Cablevision sold for $17.7bn

Cable and telecom investor Altice has agreed a US$17.7 billion deal to acquire US cable…

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Euro video ad revenue rockets

European online programmatic video revenues jumped from €22 million in 2012 to €375 million in…

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Africa tipped for ‘pay TV surge’

African pay TV operators will lead growth across the EEMEA group of emerging markets between…

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Swisscom preps UHD service

Swisscom will launch a new UHD set-top box that will support high dynamic range content,…

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Sling TV says pay TV model unsustainable

IBC: The current pay TV model in the US is “not sustainable” with the market…

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Android TV chief: pay TV can ‘control the home’

IBC: Pay TV operators will be best placed to manage the smart home on behalf…

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‘1,000 UHD nets by 2025’

Satellite operator SES believes there will be over 1,000 Ultra HD channels by 2025, and…

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Discovery “would love” to be on Apple platform

Discovery Communications is increasingly open to all forms of distribution including direct-to-consumer and would be…

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New chief executive for Canal+-backed pay firm

Polish pay TV operator nc+ has named Manuel Rougeron as its new president, replacing Julien…

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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…

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Sky gives Rai top spot in Mediaset channels row

Sky in Italy is to give public broadcast channel Rai4 a prime spot on its…

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Bolloré plans to bring Canal+ closer to Vivendi

Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré is planning to make significant changes to the organisation of Canal+,…

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Amazon originals get HDR treatment

Amazon Prime Instant Video is to make its original content available in the High DynamicRange…

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DirecTV launches 4K box

US pay TV operator DirecTV, now owned by AT&T, has launched its first 4K ultra…

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Netflix raises price in Europe

Netflix has raised the price of its service in Europe for new subscribers, upping the…

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Kabel Deutschland suffers reverse in pubcaster row

A Munich court has ruled that Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland must continue to…

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Telecom Italia eyes 500k TV customers

Telecom Italia is targeting 550,000 video customers by the end of this year following its…

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Austria Telekom debuts Netflix rival

A1, the domestic Austrian brand of Telekom Austria, is to launch an OTT TV service…

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HBO pulls Bulgarian channels in fees row

HBO Bulgaria has pulled its HBO and Cinemax services from pay TV operator Bulsatcom’s platform…

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Sky to acquire MTV Italia

Sky has struck a deal with Viacom to acquire MTV Italia, expanding its presence on…

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Production boosts Lagardère

TV production and channels helped keep Lagardère’s media arm, Lagardère Active, on an even keel…

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SVOD helps lift ProSiebenSat.1

A strong performance from digital activities including subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome, along with a good…

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Discovery buys Turkish net, agrees strategic deal

Discovery Communications has agreed a strategic relationship with Turkey’s Doğuş Media Group to increase its portfolio…

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Exclusive AMC deal bolsters BT subs

BT added 60,000 UK television customers in the quarter to June, taking its total to…

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CTC seeks credit rating exemption

Russian broadcaster CTC Media has asked Standard & Poor’s to withdraw its credit rating service…

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UK performance boosts Sky results

A strong UK performance helped deliver exceptional full-year results for Sky, with the operator adding…