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Belgacom TV subs grow by 26,000
Belgian telco Belgacom reported a 26,000 increase in TV subscriptions in the first quarter, taking its total TV customer base to 1.4 million. This increase, along with increased average per-user...
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Telenet trials voice-over-IP mobile phone service
Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched a trial of its Triiing app, which enables users to make mobile phone calls using WiFi, with billing to their fixed line accounts. Triiing enables Telenet...
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Telenet’s Vorstermans to leave
Telenet chief operating officer Jan Vorstermans is to leave the company at the end of July after more than 10 years with the Belgian cable operator. Vorstersmans, whose departure follows that of...
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Netflix reportedly eyeing Netherlands, France, Belgium
Netflix is reportedly looking at the Netherlands, France and Belgium as new European launch markets, according to local reports. Belgian communications news site Bloovi reported that Netflix was...
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Belgium tops SES Benelux growth table
The number of Belgian homes receiving TV signals from SES’s Astra satellites grew by 19% last year, while the number of homes across the Benelux region receiving signals from the Astra position at...
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SBS Belgium partners with Xstream for OTT
Belgian broadcaster SBS has selected Xstream’s video management system, MediaMaker, for its new mobile and web OTT video service due out later this year. Xstream will deliver a solution that includes...
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Telenet CFO latest executive to depart
The chief financial officer of Telenet, Renaat Berckmoes, is leaving the company after almost 12 years. The departure marks latest longstanding senior executive to announce their departure from the...
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Telenet launching CI+ service
Belgian cable operator Telenet is making its services available via CI+ modules for the first time. The move will enable viewers to access Telenet’s basic digital cable package without the need for a...
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Telenet names new technology chief
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has named Micha Berger as its new chief technology officer. Berger, who will head the activities of the company’s engineering department and service...
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Belgacom partners with Technicolor
Belgian telco Belgacom is deploying Technicolor’s latest ultra-broadband gateway in its next generation b-box 3 modem. The MediaAccess ‘Xtream’ platform uses Quantenna’s dual band wireless video bridge...
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Belgacom adds 16,000 TV customers
Belgian telco Belgacom added 16,000 TV subscribers in its second quarter, taking its total TV customer base to 1.428 million. Announcing its quarterly results, the firm said that revenues from TV...
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Telenet cable TV churn hits five year low
Belgian cable operator Telenet said it lost 8,700 basic cable TV subscribers in Q2 2013 – its lowest level of basic cable television churn since Q2 2008. The firm said that subscribers to total basic...
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Belgacom unit launches low-cost triple-play
Belgacom has launched a new triple-play package for subscribers to its Scarlet low-cost telecom subsidiary. The Scarlet Trio Pack will offer Belgacom TV, fixed-line telephony and internet for €39 a...
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Belgian online portal goes HD
Belgian telco Belgacom has added high definition feeds of 13 channels to its TV Partout/TV Overal online portal. The HD-quality channels are La Une, La Deux, La Trois, RTL-TVI, Plug RTL, Club RTL,...
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Google launches music streaming service in Europe
Google’s new music streaming service, Google Play Music All Access, has launched in nine countries in western Europe. The subscription service is available from today in Belgium, France, Ireland,...
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Telenet names new finance chief
Belgian cable operator Telenet has named Birgit Conix as chief financial officer, reporting to CEO John Porter. Conix is currently regional head of finance for Heineken’s western European organisation...
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Belgacom picks Edgeware for multiscreen service
Belgium’s largest telco, Belgacom, has selected Edgeware to power its ‘TV Partout/TV Overal’ multiscreen service. Belgacom will use Edgeware’s Distributed Video Delivery (D-VDN) solution, which is...
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Telenet launches two new multiscreen packages
Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched two new TV offerings that span linear TV, video-on-demand and multiscreen. Rex and Rio will be available over Telenet’s Digicorder and Digibox set-tops on...
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Telenet renews deal with Videohouse
Belgian cable operator Telenet has extended its current agreement with production partners Videohouse to July 2017. Telenet has had an agreement with Videohouse since 2008 for the technical production...
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Sundance Channel gets new Euro launches
AMC Networks-owned Sundance Channel has found new carriage in France, Belgium and Hungary. The AMC/Sundance Channel Global-operated network has launched as a 24-hour linear net on the cable/IPTV...
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