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Pay TV Operators
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Telecom Italia counters Elliott plan with new presentation
Telecom Italia (TIM) has rejected ‘activist investor’ Elliott Management’s plans to break up the company…
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Movistar+ and Dailymotion on Amazon Fire TV Stick
Telefónica’s Movistar+ TV service is now available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick following the…
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Mediapro Serie A deal hits hurdle
Mediapro’s successful bid for Italian Serie A football rights has hit a significant hurdle after…
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Com Hem looks to OTT SVOD as ‘next step’ in convergence strategy
Swedish cable operator sees OTT TV as a “natural next step” to extend its reach…
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Bouygues plays down speculation on report of possible Altice France move
French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues has played down a press report that it in talks to…
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Porter: Telenet could bid for Voo
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet’s CEO John Porter has expressed an interest in acquiring…
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Eleven Sports shares La Liga rights in Poland with Canal+
Eleven Sports has teamed up with pay TV service provider Canal+ Poland to acquire the…
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TIM opens new movies window with Vision Distribution deal
Telecom Italia-owned television service TIMVision has struck a deal with independent producers group Vision Distribution…
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Digital TV Research: global pay TV revenues peaked in 2016
Global pay TV revenues peaked in 2016 will fall by 11% between then and 2023,…
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VimpelCom launching interactive advertising pilot
Russian service provider VimpelCom has launched interactive advertising on its Beeline TV service in partnership…
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NTV+ launches on Apple TV and debuts new Georgia pay TV service
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has launched an app for the Apple TV platform that…
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Vodafone Spain turning away from premium sports
Vodafone España will not carry the BeIN Sports channel that offers Champions League football exclusively…
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Vectra adds Eleven Sports 4 following end of nc+ exclusivity
Polish cable operator Vectra has added Eleven Sports 4 from Eleven Sports, the first Polish…
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Com Hem launches Netflix-integrated TV Hub
Com Hem has launched TV Hub, an Android TV-powered platform that combines linear TV with…
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Lionsgate: broadcast still ‘most lucrative’ for drama despite streaming explosion
Broadcast will remain a highly relevant platform for scripted drama, with some types of show…
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IPTV to drive global pay TV growth
The global pay TV business will gain 95 million new subscribers between 2017 and 2023…
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Canal+ secures distribution on DirecTV
French pay TV provider Canal+ has secured distribution of its pay TV channels Canal+ International…
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Vivendi submits slate ahead of Telecom Italia board battle
Vivendi has submitted its slate of candidates for the board of Telecom Italia (TIM) as…
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Swisscom secures Champions League, teams with SRG for UHD World Cup
Swisscom’s pay TV arm Teleclub has secured the rights to Champions League and Europa League…
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Bigger media: Fox, Sky, Vivendi
21st Century Fox has now proposed a possible sale of Sky News to Disney as…
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US homes twice as likely to take OTT TV plus pay TV as OTT alone
Twice as many US households subscribe to both pay TV and OTT TV services as…
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Asia Pacific due to grow pay TV numbers by 13%
The Asia Pacific pay TV sector is due to grow its subscriber numbers by 12.8%…
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NTV+ sees strong growth for OTT TV service
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ saw the number of paying subscribers to its recently-launched OTT…
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Telecom Italia: plot thickens ahead of crucial vote
Italian investment group Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is preparing to take a stake in…
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Owner denies Voo is for sale as Orange expresses interest
Belgian utility Nethys, the owner of Wallonia region cable operator Voo, has said that the…
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M6 breaks new ground in distribution deal with Free
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a distribution agreement with IPTV operator Free/Iliad Telecom to…
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Sky Deutschland to air 25 World Cup matches in UHD TV
Sky Deutschland is to broadcast the top match of each match- day from the forthcoming…
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Vodafone España ups eSports commitment with Giants deal
Vodafone España has upped its engagement with the burgeoning world of eSports by striking a…
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KPN launches new TV app as content portability kicks in
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new interactive TV app with a new design and…
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Kwesé taps Alpha Networks for OTT TV launches
Econet Media-owned African free and pay TV provider Kwesé has tapped Alpha Networks for the…