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Pay TV Operators
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Pay TV subs break 1 billion barrier
Pay TV subscribers have exceeded 1 billion for the first time. According to new findings…
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NBCU’s Peacock will be mostly ad-supported, confirms Comcast CEO Roberts
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts has laid out the company’s plans for its new streamer, Peacock,…
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DAZN signs major distribution agreement with Comcast
Sports streamer DAZN has announced availability on Comcast’s Xfinity Flex and Xfinity X1 platforms. This…
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Liberty Global positioning itself for fixed-mobile future, says Fries
Liberty Global’s sale of its German and central European assets and planned sale of its…
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EU cross-border crime unit claims major anti-piracy success
EU cross-border organised crime coordination unit Eurojust has claimed a major success in taking down…
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TV4 and C More content chief slams Swedish inaction on production incentives
Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 and pay TV outfit C More, has…
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YouSee strikes new streaming partnerships with TV2, C More
Danish telco TDC’s YouSee operation has struck a new partnership with commercial broadcaster TV2 that…
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Swiss deal ‘makes tons of sense’, says Liberty Global chief
Liberty Global’s agreement with Sunrise to divest its UPC Switzerland unit “makes tons of sense”…
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Football bodies identify Arabsat as source of BeoutQ broadcasts
Football bodies FIFA, the AFC, UEFA, Germany’s Bundesliga, Spain’s La Liga, Italy’s Serie A, France’s…
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TDC’s YouSee strikes new deal with Nordisk Film
Danish telco TDC’s YouSee arm has struck a new agreement with Nordisk Film bringing Danish…
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Sky expands content and tech partnership with Channel 4
Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky and broadcaster Channel 4 have extended their strategic partnership with…
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Canal+ announces Netflix bundle deal
French pay TV operator Canal+ has announced a partnership with Netflix that will see the…
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Amazon Prime Video to launch on Altice One
Amazon and Altice have announced the addition of Prime Video to the Altice One platform….
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Telecom Italia names new head of TIMVision
Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Rai executive Andrea Fabiano as the new CEO of it…
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DNA gets green light for sale of terrestrial pay TV unit
Finnish cable and telecom operator DNA has secured a regulatory green light for the sale…
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Sky: broadcast and IP will continue to coexist
The level of connectivity has changed dramatically over the last few years, allowing multiple IP…
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BT Sport demos its first 8K broadcast at IBC 2019
Broadcaster BT Sport showcased live 8K for the first time at IBC 2019. Showing a…
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Bouygues Telecom selects Alpha Networks for improved EPG
Hybrid TV back-end and smart video platform provider Alpha Networks has announced that French Bouygues…
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Altice in war of words with regulator over 5G plan
Altice Portugal is engaged in a dispute with media and telecom regulator ANACOM over the…
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Telecom Italia chairman Conti may exit
Telecom Italia (TIM) chairman Fulvio Conti is considering resigning after just over a year in…
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Sunrise faces fresh opposition to Liberty Global deal
German activist investor Active Ownership Capital (AOC) has joined the growing list of investors in…
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Telenor taps ADB for graphyne2
Telenor is deploying set-top and software specialist ADB’s graphyne2 pay TV system to subscribers connected to…
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Liberty Latin America takes full control of UTS
Liberty Latin America has acquired the remaining 12.5% of United Telecommunication Services that it did…
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Vodafone Group Introduces TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery Platform
TiVo has announced that the Vodafone Group is deploying its Personalized Content Discovery (PCD). Vodafone…
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OCS renews Canal+ deal
Orange Cinema Series (OCS), Orange’s pay-TV service, has renewed its multi-year distribution deal with Canal+….
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Free signs new channels deal with Altice but sues over Virgin Mobile acquisition
Altice France/SFR has signed a new agreement with Iliad Telecom/Free for the continued carriage of…
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Sunrise faces new challenge with call for removal of chairman
Swiss service provider Sunrise is continuing to feel the heat in its battle to see…
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Orange boosts tech and innovation unit with new appointments
Orange has boosted its recently-created technology and innovation division with two new appointments. The company…
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HD+ first to deploy Nagra’s TVkey Cloud
Germany’s HD+ has become the first operator to deploy Nagra’s TVkey Cloud offering, enabling it…
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Vodafone calls on Kaltura tech for expanded European cloud TV launch
Kaltura’s Cloud TV tech will support the launch of Vodafone TV in Greece, Romania and…