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French on-demand site launches with US movies
French operator Numericable-SFR has launched its download-to-own store, VideoStore by Numericable, giving users access to…
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Dish first pay platform to launch Netflix
Satellite pay TV operator Dish has become the first US service provider to make Netflix…
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CBBC, Nick Jr. launch kids content apps
The BBC has launched a channel-focused app for its children’s network CBBC, which will house…
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BT launches TV Everywhere
BT TV has begun offering buy-to-keep movies on multiple devices in addition to the set-top…
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Dailymotion fined for TF1 copyright infringement
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has welcomed a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal to…
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MTG closing Russian net, launching HD services
Russian pay TV operator Raduga TV, in which Modern Times Group (MTG) holds a 50%…
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Package of French channels launch in the UK
Media services provider Globecast has launched its French TV package Téléfrance in the UK. The…
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Vodafone eyes Liberty move, Blinkbox acquisition
Vodafone is mulling an acquisition of Liberty Global among other potential acquisitions, according to Reuters,…
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Russia’s Tricolor appoints new CEO
Russian pay TV leader Tricolor TV has confirmed Alexey Khodolov as its new CEO. Khodolov…
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Italy’s Rai completes successful Rai Way IPO
Italian public broadcaster Rai’s transmission tower subsidiary Rai Way has successfully completed its IPO, with…
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Norwegian deal for ‘Best of British’ VOD service
On-demand service Cirkus, which offers the ‘Best of British’ programming to international markets, has secured…
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CTC names channel boss as Murugov steps aside
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Elmira Makhmutova as the new head of the CTC…
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Denmark’s TDC preps on-demand launch
Danish telco TDC plans to launch a comprehensive transactional video-on-demand and electronic sell-through service using…
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Ukraine’s Digital Screens relaunches OTT
Ukrainian media company Digital Screens, part of Media Group Ukraine, has re-launched its OLL.TV video…
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US pay TV takes quarterly subscriber hit
The top 13 US pay TV operators lost 150,000 TV subscribers in the third quarter,…
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International and SVOD drive Canal+
International growth and subscription video-on-demand in France lifted pay TV operator Canal+’s third quarter performance,…
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Netflix dispatches exec to Australia ahead of launch
In another sign that Netflix is actively preparing a forthcoming launch in Australia, the company’s…
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Mediaset to spin-off premium pay arm
Mediaset is to spin off its premium pay TV arm into a new company on…
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Cablers rail against Obama’s net neutrality call
US cable and telecom operators have responded angrily to President Barack Obama’s call for the…
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Sky Deutschland preps live 4K Fanta 4 concert
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Sony Music to deliver live coverage in 4K of…
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BSKyB must make sports channels available to BT
After four years of litigation, the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has ruled that BSkyB…
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Mediaset reorganises, appoints new channel bosses
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has unveiled a new centralised organisational structure for its Italian channels under…
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Murdoch calls on TV industry to fight Amazon and Netflix
The TV industry needs to provide a “serious competitor” to Netflix and Amazon, according to…
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Netflix launches on BT in the UK
BT has entered into a partnership with Netflix to make the streaming VOD service available…
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Cyfrowy Polsat boss resigns
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat’s president Dominik Libicki has resigned over differences in implementing…
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Canal+ axes three thematic channels
French pay TV operator Canal+ is to close three of its thematic channels – youth-oriented…
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Mediaset distances itself from Fede scandal
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has moved to distance itself from an emerging scandal surrounding Emilio Fede,…
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Your Family launching new German kids net
German broadcaster Your Family Entertainment (YFE) is launching a new kids channel, Fix & Foxi,…
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French broadcasters won’t team to fight Netflix
France’s leading broadcasters are unlikely to group together to form a subscription video-on-demand alliance to…
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Russian authorities extend must-carry rules
The Russian government has extended and hardened must-carry rules imposed on the country’s pay TV…