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KPN names new technology chief and restructures management
Dutch telco KPN has named Babak Fouladi to the new position of chief technology and…
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TDC sees TV numbers slide at reduced rate
Danish telco TDC, which provides residential services under the YouSee brand, saw its TV base…
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Vodafone takes massive TV loss in Spain as absence of football bites
Vodafone lost 71,000 TV customers during its fiscal first half thanks largely to its loss…
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YouSee teams up with Fox to launch joint service for Denmark
Danish telecom operator TDC, which provides residential TV and broadband services under the YouSee brand,…
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Fries: German Cartel Office move is ‘no surprise’
German competition watchdog the Bundeskartellamt’s move to have the EC refer Vodafone’s planned acquisition of…
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Telecom Italia denies board meeting plan as Vivendi and Elliott clash over goodwill write-down
Telecom Italia (TIM) has issued an assurance that it has no plans to call an…
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Altice names new local TV chief to develop French business
Altice France has named Emmanuel Roye to head up local TV initiatives in France as…
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Canal+ cinema deal opens way to reform of windows
French pay TV operator Canal+ has struck an agreement with France’s cinema industry to continue…
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German competition watchdog wants say on Vodafone-Liberty Global deal
German competition watchdog the Bundeskartellamt, together with the country’s Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and…
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Spanish free DTT use declining as consumers turn to pay TV
Use of Spain’s free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV platform fell to a historical low at the end…
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Deutsche Telekom TV numbers up as convergence fuels growth
Deutsche Telekom said that converged fixed-network and mobile products continued to fuel its customer growth…
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Multimedia Polska calls off merger with Vectra
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has called off its planned merger with Vectra after failing…
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Liberty Global’s access network roadmap revealed
Liberty Global senior technologists Mark Burns and Ade Brittain used a presentation at the Cable…
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Disney secures EC approval for Fox deal with conditions
Disney has secured European Commission approval for its acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business on condition…
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German broadband association calls on EC to prohibit Vodafone-Liberty deal
German alternative broadband operators association the Bundesverband Breitbandkommunikation (BREKO) has called for the EC to…
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Danish groups to merge to create TV and broadband powerhouse
The boards of Danish energy company SE, the owner of cable operator Stofa and digital-terrestrial…
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Vodafone outlines cloud TV migration plan
Vodafone plans to ultimately migrate its entire TV base to the single cloud-based Vodafone TV…
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Foxtel renews licensing deal with TiVo
Australian pay TV outfit Foxtel has renewed its licence with TV technology provider TiVo Corporation…
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Kwesé TV to abandon satellite pay TV, focus on streaming
African pay TV provider Kwesé TV is to abandon satellite-delivered pay TV and concentrate on…
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BeIN Media ups Yousef Al-Obaidly to CEO
BeIN Media Group chairman Nasser al Khelaïfi has appointed Yousef Al-Obaidly as CEO of the…
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Euskaltel puts positive spin on Q3 results
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel put a positive spin on year-to-date and Q3 results that…
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MultiChoice Kenya joins association to fight piracy
African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s Kenyan unit has joined local industry association the Technology Service…
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Murdoch: Fox could look to buy back sports networks
‘New Fox’ the part of 21st Century Fox that will remain following Disney’s acquisition of…
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Arris highlights new cable broadband technologies
Cable technology provider Arris has used the recent US SCTE Cable-Tec Expo to highlight two…
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Akado rolls out interactive set-top
Russian service provider Akado has begun rolling out advanced interactive set-top boxes to its Moscow…
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Final greenlight granted for Tele2 acquisition of Com Hem
The Swedish Companies Registration Office – the Bolagsverket – has greenlit the planned merger between…
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BBC and Sky add to pressure on Saudi Arabia over BeoutQ
The BBC and Sky have called on the European Commission to take formal action against…
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DISH blames AT&T as HBO goes dark for first time
HBO has disappeared from US pay TV operator DISH Network’s platform after the pair failed…
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Canal+ regains English Premier League from RMC Sport
Canal+ has secured the rights to English Premier League football in France for three seasons…
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Vodafone Deutschland names new chief financial officer
Vodafone Deutschland has named Anna Dimitrova as its new chief financial officer. Dimitrova, who previously…