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Pay TV Operators
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Liberty Global: at the crossroads
Liberty Global has been a lynchpin of the European cable industry for the best part…
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TV2 launches TV Play on Stofa and Boxer
Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has entered into a strategic partnership with cable operator Stofa and…
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NTV+ launches international package
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has launched an international package of 25 channels that will…
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Cyfrowy Polsat launches new set-tops
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has launched two new set-top boxes for digital satellite customers. The Evobox Lite and Evobox HD…
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Formula 1 teams with ISG to launch in-play betting
Formula 1 has struck a far-reaching sponsorship and data rights commercial partnership with Interregional Sports…
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Canal+ strikes deal with SFR to include RMC Sport in offering
French pay TV outfit Canal+ has struck a deal with rival SFR to include the…
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Viacom launches first streaming app in CEE
Viacom International Media Networks has launched its first mobile video streaming app in central and…
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Sky Deutschland does deal with Discovery for sports bars
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Discovery to add the latter’s exclusive…
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Fox extends Sky deadline as sealed auction looms
21st Century Fox has extended its deadline for Sky shareholders to accept its £14 a…
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Nordic Entertainment names pay TV chief as CEO
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) Norway has appointed its pay TV head Vegard Klubbenes Drogseth…
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PŸUR wins contract to build network
PŸUR, the German cable operator formerly known as Tele Columbus, is to build a new…
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Liberty Global’s Fries mulls Swiss consolidation and a Dutch buyout
Liberty Global is mulling potential consolidation in the Swiss market and a longer-term decision about…
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Liberty Global will ‘lean’ towards shareholders with US$12bn Vodafone cash proceeds
Liberty Global will have US$12 billion (€10 billion) in cash to potentially spend on M&A…
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M7 strikes deal with LG for TV app
Pay TV operator M7 Group has struck a deal with LG Electronics to integrate its…
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Telekom ‘surprised’ by EC objections to Tele2 merger
Deutsche Telekom has expressed surprise after the European Commission addressed a statement of objections to…
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Mediaset moving towards sale of pay TV platform
Mediaset is moving towards a sale of its pay TV unit Mediaset Premium to Sky…
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Telefónica: Netflix integration, a new kids app and 4K box rollout
Telefónica is to integrate Netflix in its TV service by the end of the year as…
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Netgem teams up with Three for ‘disruptive’ offering
Technology company Netgem and mobile operator Three UK have teamed up to launch what they…
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Telenet taps Media Distillery AI to improve user experience
Liberty Global-majority owned Belgian cable operator Telenet is teaming up with artificial intelligence specialist Media…
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Hopster debuts on US pay TV with Comcast
Kids OTT TV service Hopster has launched via the internet on US cable giant Comcast’s…
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Sky Deutschland to launch pop-up Halloween channel
Sky Deutschland it to launch a pop-up Halloween channel from October 19-November 1. Sky Cinema…
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Nordic Entertainment to be listed next March
Modern Times Group is to move ahead with the split-off of broadcasting and streaming arm…
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Canal+ secures exclusive MotoGP rights
Pay TV operator Canal+ has secured exclusive rights to MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 motorsports from…
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Vivid Red HD arrives on Tele2
Adult entertainment specialist Vivid Entertainment has added its Vivid Red HD channel to Dutch service…
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Altice ‘planning to sell’ stake in fibre business
Cable and telecom group Altice Europe plans to sell a stake in its fibre infrastructure…
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Elliott responds to Vivendi TIM assault
Activist investor Elliott Advisors has responded to Vivendi’s criticism of the performance of Telecom Italia…
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United Group preps for next-gen services with major CPE RFP
South-eastern European service provider United Group is to prepare the ground for next generation services…
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Vodafone Spain offering Google Home assistant
Vodafone Espana is incorporating the Google Home personal assistant as part of its connected home…
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Vodafone Deutschland agrees on digital investment
Vodafone Deutschland has entered into a strategic digital partnership with the government of Lower Saxony…
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Vivendi slams Elliott record as Telecom Italia shares nosedive
French media group Vivendi has expressed alarm at what it sees as the “disastrous” performance…