
Time Warner’s HBO has entered into a partnership with Parsifal International to launch HBO Nordic, a new joint multiplatform video distribution venture serving Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
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Time Warner’s HBO has entered into a partnership with Parsifal International to launch HBO Nordic, a new joint multiplatform video distribution venture serving Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

Time Warner has received a financial boost in the Czech Republic, where it is a principal shareholder in CME’s TV Nova, the country’s leading broadcaster.

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has sold around 9.9 million class A shares to Time Warner and 2 million to Ronald S. Lauder for a combined fee of approximately $89 million (€70.36 million).
Time Warner has increased it stake in CME, a leading operator of commercial TV stations in Central and Eastern Europe, to 31%.
Under a new agreement with Time Warner, YouTube will show clips from CNN, Cartoon Network, TNT’s movies and dramas, Adult Swim animated shows and its television daytime talk shows such as Gossip Girl and Ellen DeGeneres.
The most recent non-proprietary video compression standard, High-Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), also known as H.265, was placed into final draft for ratification in January 2013 and is expected to become the video standard of choice for the next decade. … [Read More...]
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