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French commercial channels association names Saada as president
French commercial channels group the Association des Chaînes Privées (ACP) has named pay TV outfit…
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WTO panel to probe Saudi Arabia’s role in BeIN Media dispute
The World Trade Organisation has agreed to set up a panel to investigate Saudi Arabia’s…
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Sky launching dedicated American sports channel
Sky is launching a new pop-up sports service dedicated to American sports. Sky Sports USA…
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Movistar+ digital original makes appearance in Parrot Spanish listing
Telefónica-owned Movistar+’s digital original period comedy drama Arde Madrid secured the number seven slot on…
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Melita taps Plume for enhanced WiFi service
Maltese cable operator Melita has teamed up with technology outfit Plume to launch Stellar WiFi,…
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Altice and KKR unveil new tower company
Cable and telecom operator Altice Europe and private-equity investor KKR have announced the creation of…
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BeIN Media switches to Eutelsat
Qatar-based pay TV provider BeIN Media is migrating its satellite transponder capacity from Egypt’s Nilesat…
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Euskaltel strikes Catalonia deal as plans for national expansion ramp up
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel has confirmed that it plans to offer its services nationally…
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Ukraine’s Volia launches football SVOD service
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a new subscription live and on-demand football service, Volia…
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Tele2 secures loan to finance Com Hem takeover
Swedish telco Tele2 has secured a SEK2 billion (€200 million) loan from the Nordic Investment…
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Canal+ reportedly eyeing Indonesian free and pay TV investment
Vivendi-owned pay TV outfit Canal+ is in competition with investment outfit Argyle Street Management to…
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New on-demand service FOXNOW and National Geographic+ to launch in Spain
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has launched FOXNOW, the latest iteration of its VOD…
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Change at the top for T-Hrvatski Telekom
Davor Tomašković, CEO of T-Hrvatski Telekom, is to leave the Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco on April…
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Turkcell taps Metrological for App Store
Turkish service provider Turkcell has tapped technology outfit Metrological to provide the integrated Turkcell TV…
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Sky to end 10-year involvement in UK cycling
Sky has announced that 2019 will be the final year of its involvement in cycling,…
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Telefónica rolls out Movistar-Netflix integration
Telefónica has integrated Netflix into its Movistar offering in Spain, allowing customers to access the…
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Vivendi in move to reverse Elliott control of Telecom Italia
Vivendi has taken a step towards forcing a resolution of its battle with hedge fund…
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M7 secures raft of distribution partners in Germany
International pay TV operator M7 Group’s German arm M7 Deutschland has secured distribution agreement with…
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Meo adds French channels to programming line-up
Altice Europe-owned Portuguese service provider Meo has added French public broadcaster France Télévisions’ main domestic…
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Vubiquity teams up with Discover Digital for Zimbabwe deal
Amdocs-owned on-demand aggregator and technology outfit Vubiquity has struck a multi-year deal with payment platform…
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Sky chief blasts mulled voluntary TV gambling ad ban
Sky UK CEO Stephen van Rooyen has criticised the floating of plans by the Remote…
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BeIN Media names new head of sports content
Qatar-based pay TV operator BeIN Media has appointed Martin Aurenche as vice-president of sports content,…
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VodafoneZiggo renews exclusive Premier League deal
Liberty Global and Vodafone Dutch joint venture VodafoneZiggo’ Ziggo Sport has acquired the exclusive broadcasting…
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UPC Poland adds download-to-view to Horizon Go
Liberty Global-owned Polish cable operator UPC Polska has introduced download to view on its Horizon…
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TV4 launches dynamic targeted advertising with Com Hem and Boxer
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Swedish broadcaster TV4 has launched dynamic customised advertising with Tele2-owned cable operator Com…
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STV Player launches on Virgin TV
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has launched its video-on-demand service, STV Player, on Virgin TV set-tops…
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Telia Estonia taps Ateme for OTT TV
Telia Estonia has tapped Ateme to provide the technology for its new OTT TV service….
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PŸUR goes digital in Dresden ahead of Saxon switchover
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, is taking forward its…
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Mediaset taps FreeWheel and Comcast Technology Solutions for streaming app
Mediaset has tapped FreeWheel and Comcast Technology Solutions to provide the technology platform for its…
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T-Mobile Austria names consumer marketing chief
T-Mobile Austria, which purchased cable operator UPC Austria from Liberty Global earlier this year, has…