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STN launches HD channels on Intelsat’s Galaxy 19

Slovenia-based STN has launched the first high-definition television platform on Intelsat's Galaxy 19.

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Brits complain of laggy connections, other broadband issues

A consumer survey shows the United Kingdom's high-speed Internet services still have a long way to go.

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Disney licenses shows to Channel 4 streaming service

Disney has agreed to license older TV comedies, thrillers and dramas to Channel 4 for its streaming service.

The Alameda Avenue entrance to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California as it appeared in 2016.

Disney nearly bought Twitter, but trolls stood in the way

Trolls and extremism gave Disney CEO Bob Iger pause on the company's planned acquisition of Twitter.

Microphones used by reporters and analysts with streaming sports platform DAZN. (Courtesy photo)

DAZN offers ticket purchases through streaming app in Italy

DAZN and Vivaticket are partnering on a new initiative that will allow sports streamers to buy event tickets while they watch live matches.

Spotify weighs adding music videos to service

Spotify is considering a plan that would allow its premium audio subscribers to access full-length music videos.

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Sky invests £500 million in content production during 2022

The figure, which included content production across Europe, was released in Sky Group's annual impact report for 2022.

A television set with the Pluto TV streaming app. (Courtesy image)

Paramount’s Pluto TV comes to Virgin Media boxes

Paramount Global's free, ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV is now available to customers of Virgin Media in the United Kingdom.

The annual meeting of the supervisory board of German media company ProSieben Sat.1, as assembled in 2023. (Courtesy photo)

ProSieben Sat.1 elects new supervisory board

ProSieben Sat.1 installed a new supervisory board at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Unterföhring last week.

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Ofcom to investigate complaints against talk shows

British television regulator Ofcom has launched investigations against a pair of political talk shows and their channels.

A sign attached to Twitter's global headquarters is viewed from a sidewalk on Market Street in San Francisco, California. June 18, 2014. (Photo: Matthew Keys/The Desk/Creative Commons)

TweetDeck suffers outage after Twitter imposes new limits

TweetDeck users are finding the platform unreliable and broken days after Twitter issued new rate-limit policies across its website.

A Dish Network satellite dish.

Nexstar error sends WPIX viewers to Dish during DirecTV spat

The only problem with that is, Dish hasn't carried WPIX-TV for months due to a similar carriage dispute.

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