4K: the prospects



4K still has a two to three year incubation period ahead before it starts to break through from 2015 onwards.

However, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting, it is already making its presence known and is on track to become a significant technology segment.

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Sky Italia: Court must decide on pay-TV ad cap



Sky Italia has said that under the law it is the Lazio court that will have to decide whether the current advertising limit for pay-TV operators is valid.

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Early renewal for Sky Football League contract



The Football League and Sky Sports have extended their broadcast agreement for a further three years to 2018.

At the same time Sky Bet has become the title sponsor of The Football League.

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Telekom Slovenije launches satellite broadband



Telekom Slovenije has begun to offer its subscribers broadband internet access via satellite.

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New exec joins Ono

July 19, 2013 08.06 Europe/London





Spain’s leading cable operator Ono has appointed Patricia Ferruz as the director of its residential business.

In her new role, she will report directly to Rosalia Portela, the company’s CEO.

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Romanian channels lose licences

July 19, 2013 07.45 Europe/London





Romania’s National Audiovisual Council (CNA) has withdrawn the licences for three channels operated by the media group Realitatea-Catavencu.

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Lovefilm upgrades Wii streaming app



Lovefilm has launched a new and improved instant streaming app on Nintendo’s Wii home console.

It offers a variety of new features to over 8 million Wii users in the UK, including an improved search function and recommendation engine, optimised user interface, and the addition of the popular Watchlist feature.

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Lithuanian telco gains TV subs

July 18, 2013 08.40 Europe/London





The TeliaSonera-backed Lithuanian incumbent TEO ended the first half of 2013 with 170,200 users of its TV services, or nearly 9% more than a year earlier.

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Game of Thrones breaks blinkbox records

July 18, 2013 08.38 Europe/London





The launch of season 3 of Game of Thrones on the Tesco-owned blinkbox has given the entertainment download service a 632% increase in sales revenue compared to the same day in 2012.

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Euronews Knowledge takes off



The YouTube channel Euronews Knowledge, which was launched at MIPTV in April, already has over 115,000 subscribers.

What is more, it is attracting an average of 2,000 new subscribers each day, making it one of the fastest growing channels in Europe, and should reach 200,000 subscribers within six weeks.

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Samsung adds to 4K range in UK



Samsung has announced that its 55 and 65-inch UHD F9000 TVs will be available to buy in the UK from this month.

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Skylink changes offer

July 17, 2013 10.36 Europe/London





The leading Czech and Slovak DTH platform Skylink has announced a number of important changes to its offer.

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Al Jazeera wins Premier League rights

July 17, 2013 06.43 Europe/London





Al Jazeera Sport has secured the exclusive broadcasting rights in MENA for all 380 Premier League matches per season for the seasons 2013/4 to 2015/16.

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France 24 Arabic joins Hot



The Arabic version of France 24 has launched on the Israeli cable operator Hot.

Hot is a long-standing partner of France 24, having carried its English version since its first broadcast in December 2006.

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UK local TV: an update



Comux has provided an update on the development of local TV services in the UK.

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