ArirangTV expands in Russia and Tanzania

Arirang is launching on Russia’s largest IPTV operator, Rostelecom and two cable operators, MTS and ER-telecom, starting from July 2013.

BeIN Sport to launch in Indonesia.

BeIN Sport and media company MP & Silva have announced their partnership to launch three sports channels in Indonesia.

Netflix comes to the Netherlands

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It’s official – Netflix has announced it will be launching in the Netherlands before the end of the year.

Cyfrowy Polsat expands ipla

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Cyfrowy Polsat’s web TV service ipla has introduced a new package named iplaNetTV that allows users to watch online TV programmes live.

English Club TV looks to Asia

English Club TV has extended its reach in South Korea by entering into a partnership with AVA Entertainment.

New sports channel for Slovakia

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Slovakia’s Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission (RVR) has granted Slovak Sport a licence to operate a second channel.

The Samsung Evolution

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The idea of Samsung’s Evolution Kit came about due to customer requests, according to Vassilis Seferidis, director, European Business Development, Samsung Electronics.

Polish ‘telco’ seizes digital home initiative

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Poland’s Inea is enjoying 12% annual growth in its revenues and is on track to see them double between 2010 and 2016.

Delia Bushell appointed CCO at Sky Italia

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Delia Bushell has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer at Sky Italia.

Satellite DTH revenues to overtake cable TV

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Based on forecasts for 97 countries, global pay TV revenues [subscription fees and on-demand movies and TV episodes] will climb to $203 billion in 2018, up by $19 billion on 2012.