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French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…
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Sports streamer DAZN scoops up live rights to Serie A
Sports streaming service DAZN has announced its expansion into Italy following parent company Perform Group’s…
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Netflix Spain subscribers higher than expected, says IAB Spain
A new survey by IAB Spain suggests that the number of Netflix customers in Spain…
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Eleven Sports secures Ligue 1 rights for Portugal
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured live and exclusive Portuguese rights to France’s Ligue 1…
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AT&T finalises acquisition of Time Warner
AT&T has finalised an $85 (£60.34bn) billion acquisition of Time Warner, after a US federal…
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Kinnevik to distribute MTG shares to secure Tele2-Com Hem merger
Swedish conglomerate Kinnevik’s board has resolved to propose the distribution of all the company’s shares…
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Vodafone Spain boosts TV offering with AXN Now and new packages
Vodafone Spain has boosted its on-demand TV offering by integrating AXN Now, the Sony Pictures…
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NENT Group wins live Nordic rights to six soccer championships
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has acquired the exclusive Nordic media rights to six leading…
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EBU names first female chair of technical committee
Public broadcasters organisation the EBU’s technical assembly has elected Judy Parnall (pictured centre), the BBC’s…
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Comcast makes firm US$65bn bid for Fox assets
As widely expected, Comcast has made a firm bid for 21st Century Fox’s TV and…
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Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom spar on merger at ANGA COM
Senior executives from Vodafone Deutschland and Deutsche Telekom clashed over whether the acquisition of Liberty…
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ProSiebenSat.1: joint German OTT TV platform would make sense
German broadcasters and platform providers would benefit from teaming up to launch a common OTT…
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Sky secures Serie A rights following annulment of Mediapro deal
As widely expected, Sky Italia has acquired exclusive rights to broadcast 266 live games per…
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NEM: Mediapro respond to Serie A soccer rights ruling
At Croatia’s New Market Europe (NEM), Mediapro’s acquisitions exec Alex Pinheiro Rotter (right) responded to…
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Bosnian pay TV market on the up, Says Kagan S&P
With growth fuelled by demand for triple-play services and premium content, the Balkan market of…
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Pro7Sat1 digital chief takes the reins at Precise TV
ProSiebenSat.1 Digital CEO and chairman and Studio71 board member Christian Dankl has joined Precise TV…
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Canal+ and BeIN Sports team up for World Cup in 4K UHD
Canal+ and BeIN Sports have teamed up to launch the BeIN Sports 1 4K channel…
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Vewd teams up with iVideoSmart
OTT video specialist Vewd and video technology outfit iVideoSmart have teamed up to provide content…
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US judge accepts AT&T Time Warner merger without conditions
A US Federal judge has ruled that AT&T’s US$85 billion acquistion of Time Warner is…
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Deutsche Telekom mulling OTT option for series
Deutsche Telekom is considering launching an OTT TV offering that will include drama series as…
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Atresmedia to launch telenovelas SVOD service
Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia has struck an agreement with Televisa to launch a new subscription video-on-demand…
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Sony pulls out of Spanish DTT negotiations
After months of negotiations, Sony has decided to shelve plans to launch into Spain’s free-to-air…
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German cable plots migration to Gigabit broadband
German cable operators are adopting a variety of measures to deliver higher-speed services to consumers…
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Nordic Entertainment secures Formula 1 live rights extension
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has reached an agreement to extend its exclusive media rights to…
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Viasat World rollsout epic drama channel across UPC platforms in CEE
Viasat World has announced that its period drama PayTV channel Epic Drama is now available…
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Teleste sees four-step evolution to next-gen cable networks
Teleste envisages a four-step evolution to next-generation cable networks, based on 1.2GHz/200MHz upgrades from 2015,…
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Content and service providers seeking scale from the cloud
Smaller-scale video service providers and content providers are increasingly looking to the cloud to provide…
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BBC and Channel 4 urge action over PSB prominence
The heads of the BBC and Channel 4 have come together to call for new…
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Mediapro slams Italian league as court confirms Serie A ruling
The scene appears to be set for a legal stand-off between Spanish broadcaster Mediapro and…
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Ericsson: 12% of global mobile connections to be 5G in 2023
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report expects major 5G deployments globally from 2020, anticipating more than…