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Pay TV Operators
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches IPTV offering
Polish pay TV service provider Cyfrowy Polsat is launching a new IPTYV service to reach…
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Melita unveils Italian expansion plan
Maltese cable operator Melita’s CEO Harald Rösch has unveiled details of the company’s plans to…
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M7 Deutschland teams up with BrightBlue
Pay TV provider M7 Group’s German subsidiary M7 Deutschland has teamed up with BrightBlue, the…
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Latin America to add just five million pay TV subscribers by 2024
Latin America is expected to add around five million pay TV subscribers between 2018 and…
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German football chief calls for rethink on ‘single buyer’ rule for rights
The chief executive of the German football association, the DFL, has questioned whether there is…
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Vodafone Deutschland completes digital switchover
Vodafone Deutschland has completed the digitisation of its cable network, following the shutting down of…
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Deutsche Telekom teams up with EWE for fibre JV
Deutsche Telekom has struck a partnership agreement with energy utility and telecommunications provider EWE to…
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Comcast launches Xfinity Flex streaming platform for web customers
Comcast has unveiled a new US$5 per-month streaming TV platform in the US targeted at…
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Kwesé to launch five free channels in South Africa after securing DTT licence
Econet Media’s new South African venture Kwesé Free TV has received a commercial free-to-air broadcasting…
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Cyfrowy Polsat boosted by multi-play
Cyfrowy Polsat saw its 2018 full-year results boosted by success in attracting subscribers to multi-play…
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Netgem confirms RIP strategy, moving platform business to Videofutur
Technology group Netgem has confirmed its strategy of reorienting as a provider of connected home…
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Telenet names Rodriquez to board
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has named Liberty’s EVP and chief technology officer Enrique…
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M7 Deutschland extends deal with FTTH operator
International pay TV operator M7 Group’s German subsidiary M7 Deutschland has extended an agreement with…
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EC reportedly set to warn Vodafone on Liberty Global deal
The EC is about the issue a warning to Vodafone about potentially anti-competitive effects of…
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La Rioja consumers ‘prefer Netflix to TV’
A study of consumers in the La Rioja region of Spain carried out by regional…
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Altice accepts CSA mediation in Free dispute
Altice France has accepted mediation from audiovisual media regulator the CSA in its dispute with…
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KT Corp partners with TVU Networks for 5G UHD broadcast
South Korean telecom company KT Corp has partnered with live IP technology company TVU Networks…
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FOXNOW debuts in Ukraine
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa’s recently launched video-on-demand service FOXNOW has debuted in Ukraine…
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OSN launches Binge Channel with Game of Thrones marathon
Middle East pay TV provider OSN is to launch a new linear Binge Channel in…
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BBC Studios takes boxsets to Sky and Now TV
Sky and BBC Studios have struck a deal to bring a list of BBC comedy…
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Free digests fixed-line losses after tough year
French service provider Free lost 32,000 fixed-line subscribers in the fourth quarter, an acceleration of…
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TDC unveils 5G plan and promises DKK1bn digital entertainment investment
Danish telco TDC has unveiled plans to roll out a 5G mobile network throughout the…
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Orange Spain tests 400Gbps broadband
Orange España has tested broadband speeds of 400Gbps on its network for the first time….
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Sky and NBCUniversal team up on advanced advertising
Sky and new Comcast stablemate NBCUniversal are to combine their advanced advertising offerings under Sky’s…
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Vivendi and Telecom Italia trade blows as shareholder meeting approaches
Vivendi and Telecom Italia (TIM) have again traded blows in the run-up to the March…
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RTL’s Habets rejects streaming collaboration with ProSiebenSat.1
RTL CEO Bert Habets rejected collaboration with rival ProSiebenSat.1 to create a common streaming platform…
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Most Fox shareholders elect for cash ahead of Disney merger
A majority of 21st Century Fox shareholders have voted for cash rather than shares in…
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Akado ups free-to-air digital offering
Russian service provider Akado has increased its digital free-to-air offering from 77 to 83, meaning…
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Videofutur to provide quad-play fibre service over SFR RIP
Altice France/SFR has struck an agreement with French service provider Videofutur whereby the latter will…
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Euskaltel begins offering services in León and La Rioja
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel has begun commercialising its services in the northern Spanish regions…