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KDG ready for ?880m IPO (11 - 03 - 2010)
Providence Equity Partners is planning to raise ?880 million from the IPO of Kabel Deutschland.
The price range of between ?21.50 and ?22.50 per share places a valuation on Germany?s largest cable network less than would have been realised by... »
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MSN launches UK video service (11 - 03 - 2010)
Microsoft has officially launched its new UK video service ? with the same content as everyone else. The selection of content highlighted on the MSN Video Player could have come straight from the rival service SeeSaw, which went live earlier this... »  read more... »

Samsung launches first Full HD 3D LED TV (11 - 03 - 2010)
Samsung has announced “the world?s first-available Full HD 3D LED TV: and full lineup of 3D home entertainment products to consumers worldwide. The company has also said it will expand its strategic alliance with DreamWorks Animation.
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RTL Group ?satisfied? with results (11 - 03 - 2010)
The RTL Group said its revenue in 2009 was down 6.3% to ?5,410 million as most TV advertising markets across Europe declined by double-digit rates. However, RTL Group?s investments in content production and diversification businesses helped to better... »  read more... »

European Court to look into Berlusconi?s television interests (11 - 03 - 2010)
Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi?s control over television broadcasting in Italy goes against European democratic standards, the Open Society Justice Initiative has argued in a brief filed today with the European Court of Human Rights.... »  read more... »

European HD channels to triple by 2013 (11 - 03 - 2010)
DVB World 2010 ? Lisbon: The number of HD channels is expected to increase threefold by 2013, according to satellite operator SES.
Giving delegates a sneak preview of data to be released next week at a series of European roadshows, Thomas... »
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Romanian DTH war escalates (11 - 03 - 2010)
RCS/RDS has upped the ante in the fight for DTH subscribers in Romania.
ZF reports that the company, which operates the country?s most successful satellite platform Digi TV, has introduced a new offer providing the service free of charge (and... »
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OPTA publishes ?final? Open Cable rules (11 - 03 - 2010)
The Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA has published the final version of the Open Cable rules and pricing for the nation’s two major operators, Ziggo and UPC.
The two operators will have to make their networks available to third parties... »
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UPC boosts Polish digital offer (11 - 03 - 2010)
UPC has added five new channels, one of which is in HD, to its digital offer in Poland.
Three of the channels ? Polsat HD, Polsat Film and Polsat Futbol ? are operated by the national commercial broadcaster Polsat. The fourth is the... »
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Silberwasser to lead global launch of TLC (11 - 03 - 2010)
Discovery Communications has appointed Luis Silberwasser to the new role of international head of content for Discovery Networks International (DNI), reporting to Mark Hollinger, president and CEO of the division.
The international head of... »
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