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Year2021
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Losses continue to mount for Vodafone Idea as telco loses more than 20 million subs
Indian telco Vodafone Idea has recorded its worst quarter for revenue in more than two…
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Liberty Latin America stable growth ahead of Telefónica Costa Rica acquisition
Liberty Latin America, the regional telco that split off from Liberty Global in 2018, has…
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Serie A turns to YouTube for MENA ahead of new season
Italy’s Serie A will stream some matches on YouTube in the MENA region. The deal…
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Disney to surpass Netflix for streaming subs in Southeast Asia by end of 2021
Disney+ Hotstar is expected to overtake Netflix in the Southeast Asia region by the end…
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Deutsche Telekom sees TV growth in Germany, looks to housing market
Deutsche Telekom added 69,000 TV customers in Germany in the first half of the year,…
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Digi boosted by growth in Romania and Spain
Romania-based service provider Digi saw its pay TV base in Romania grow by 15% to…
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DAA likely to be slowed by component shortages, says Teleste
The implementation of distributed access architecture projects for cable operators is likely to be slowed…
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One million users for FilmBox+
SPI/FilmBox has reached 1 million subscribers to its FilmBox+ service. The streamer, which is available…
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Disney+ at 116 million subs as company announces further SEA expansion
Disney+ is to roll out in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan this November. These…
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Discovery launches legal challenge to Polish government over new media ownership laws
US-based factual giant Discovery is to take legal action against the Polish government, following the…
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TV Azteca launches streaming service
Mexican broadcast group Azteca has announced the launch of its new global streaming service AZTECA…
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TiVo and Panasonic extend patent agreement
TiVo has announced a renewed patent and licence partnership with Panasonic. The multi-year extension gives…
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LaLiga clubs approve €2.7 billion sale of stake to CVC Capital Partners
LaLiga’s general assembly has voted in favour of a deal to sell 10% of the…
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Omdia: shift of ads to online will force traditional media to collaborate
Traditional media players are coming under increasing pressure from the shift of advertising to online…
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MultiChoice taps GeoGuard to block streaming piracy
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has tapped geolocation and cybersecurity specialist GeoGuard for its…
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Freenet loses TV subs but gets a boost from rising revenues
A price increase saw German service provider Freenet lose close to 160,000 Freenet TV customers…
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Parrot Analytics: familiar favourites for Finland
Having recently wrapped up its first season, Disney+ series Loki has Parrot Analytics’ originals in-demand…
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Poland passes controversial law that could force out Discovery
Poland has passed a controversial new media law which has the potential for major curbs…
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Software firm Salesforce to launch video streaming service
Salesforce has become the latest tech company to announce moves into video streaming. The enterprise…
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Geographic and content expansion for LG Channels
LG is expanding its free streaming service to an additional 11 countries. LG Channels is…
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YouTube gets Comscore measurement
Monitoring firm Comscore has announced a major deal with Google-owned YouTube to provide measurement for…
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Virgin Media O2 passes new fibre milestone as competitive landscape heats up
Liberty Global and Telefónica-owned Virgin Media O2 has added one-and-a-half million homes to its gigabit…
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Telenet to make adverts unskippable
Liberty Global-backed Belgian service provider Telenet is to prevent subscribers from skipping adverts on recorded…
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Movistar+ secures rights to Bundesliga
Telefónica’s pay TV service Movistar+ has secured rights to German Bundesliga football through to the…
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SeaChange taps AWS for AI and ML-enabled user cases
Video technology company SeaChange has strengthened its partnership with Amazon Web Services to enable enhanced…
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All-time-low viewership for NBC’s Olympics coverage
NBCUniversal’s approach of splitting its Tokyo 2020 Olympics coverage across its linear channels and digital…
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Telemundo hires streaming chief for new division
NBCUniversal (NBCU)-owned Telemundo Enterprises has launched a new Hispanic streaming arm, which will focus exclusively…
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Comscore and Fox expand partnership
Comscore has announced an expanded and extended partnership with Fox Corporation. The multi-year agreement will…
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MEASAT-3 retired after anomaly causes massive outage
MEASAT Global Berhad has announced the retirement of its MEASAT-3 satellite. The satellite operator has…
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Real Madrid launches legal and civil action against LaLiga and CVC over deal
Top Spanish football club Real Madrid plans to launch civil and criminal lawsuits against the…