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English Premier League secures order to block pirate servers
A UK court has required service providers including Sky, BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, plusnet and…
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Half of NOS subs taking convergence products as TV base grows
Almost half of Portuguese service provider NOS’s customers took a converged bundle at the end…
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Tricolor TV launches Eurosport 4K
Russian pay TV service provider Tricolor TV has teamed up with Russian channel distributor Media…
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Sky least complained-about pay TV operator in UK in Q1
Sky was the least complained-about pay TV provider in the UK in the first quarter…
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Maltese operators team up for joint sports offering
Maltese cable operator Melita and telecom rival GO have teamed up to offer a unified…
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TV launches boost Lattelecom in first half
Latvian telecom operator Lattelecom has attributed a 9% uplift in turnover and a 6% increase…
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Médiamétrie includes MyCanal in four-screen audience measurement
French audience research outfit Médiamétrie has broadened the scope of its ‘four-screen TV’ audience measurement…
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Telia to acquire Bonnier Broadcasting
Nordic telecom operator Telia has struck a deal to take control of Bonnier Broadcasting, owner…
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Comcast drops out of Fox race to focus on Sky
Comcast has dropped the bidding war with Disney to acquire assets from 21st Century Fox…
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Vodafone Spain cuts football and pivots to movies and series
Vodafone España is cutting its football offering in favour of moves and series as the…
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Orange Spain launches cloud DVR and new packages
Orange España has unveiled a series of improvements to its TV offering. The Spanish operator…
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Gaming boosts MTGx as Modern Times Group preps for split
A strong contribution from gaming outfit InnoGames helped boost Modern Times Group’s MTGx unit’s revenues…
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Kinnevik CFO quits MTG board ahead of shares distribution
Kinnevik chief financial officer Joakim Andersson has resigned from Modern Times Group’s board of directors…
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TDC to sell Norwegian business to Telia for €2.2bn
Danish telco TDC has agreed to sell its Norwegian business to Sweden’s Telia for NOK21…
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Husband and wife sentenced in major Premier League piracy case
A husband and wife criminal team have been convicted and sentenced in the UK for…
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Survey: Millennials and Generation X driving accelerating cord-cutting in US
The Millennial and Generation X cohorts are driving cord-cutting in the US, with pricing, being…
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Telenor’s Canal Digital continues long, slow decline
Telenor’s Canal Digital pay TV outfit continued its long, slow decline in the second quarter….
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Vivendi to shut down Studio+
Vivendi is to shut down Studio+, the mobile-focused short-form content platform it launched with much…
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Mediaset strikes deal with DAZN to bring Serie A to premium subscribers
Mediaset has struck a deal with Perform Group, operator of the DAZN sports streaming service,…
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Department of Justice chances of success ‘remote’, says AT&T chief
The possibility that the US Department of Justice will succeed in overturning a court decision…
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Eleven secures more football for Portugal
UK-based international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured live and exclusive rights to UEFA Youth…
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Mediacorp names corporate development chief
Singapore-based pay TV operator Mediacorp has named Angeline Poh as chief corporate development officer. Poh,…
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Comcast raises Sky bid to £26bn as UK government approves Fox takeover
Comcast has raised its cash offer for Sky to £26 billion after 21st Century Fox’s…
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Virgin TV adds BT Sport in Ultra HD
Virgin Media is due to make the BT Sport channel available to its customers in…
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Israeli internet video services could face same rules as pay TV
Internet video services such as local online providers Partner Communications and Cellcom could soon be…
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Gazprom Media takes control of KHL TV
Russia’s Gazprom Media has taken control of the KHL TV channel from the Kontinental Hockey…
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21st Century Fox ups Sky bid to £24.5bn
Twenty-first Century Fox has increased its offer for Sky to £24.5 billion (€27.7 billion), outbidding…
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Com Hem expects box-less TV to be main service in future
Com Hem expects the box-less TV offering it launched earlier this year to become its…
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Vodafone Greece takes control of CYTA Hellas
Vodafone’s Greek unit has completed the acquisition of CYTA Hellas, the Greek subsidiary of Cypriot…
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Former Sky chief Sam Chisholm dies aged 78
Former Sky chief executive Sam Chisholm has died after a short illness. Chisholm, who was…