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Pay TV Operators
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21st Century Fox proposes Sky News sale to Disney
Twenty-First Century Fox has proposed selling Sky News to Disney on completion of its buyout…
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Mediaset combines pay TV activity with Sky in wide-ranging deal
Mediaset has struck a wide-ranging pay TV deal with Sky that puts a likely end…
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Vodafone Deutschland ends carriage dispute with ZDF
Vodafone Deutschland has ended its carriage terms dispute with ZDF and has struck a long-term…
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BeIN Media snatches Indian Premier League cricket in MENA
Middle East pay TV broadcaster BeIN Media Group has further expanded its grip on premium…
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Sky Italia to launch fibre offering
Sky Italia has struck a long-term deal to launch a fibre-only broadband service from next…
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One in five US pay TV customers taking online video services from providers
Over one in five US pay TV subscribers now take an online video service through…
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Tele Columbus hit by higher than expected integration costs
German cable operator Tele Columbus – now operating under the PŸUR brand, was hit by…
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Euskaltel is underperforming, says shareholder Zegona
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel has failed to take sufficient action to improve its performance…
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New EU rules on content portability set to come into force
New rules on content portability across the European Union will come into force on April…
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Denmark’s Stofa and Arris launch first R-PHY service in Europe
Danish cable operator Stofa has initiated Europe’s first Gigabit internet service based on the new…
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A+E Networks extends H2 reach in Croatia and Poland
A+E Networks has secured new distribution for its H2 channel in Poland and Croatia. From…
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ComReg: 42% of Irish homes have Netflix
More than two in five Irish households now use Netflix, according to research by Ireland’s…
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Liberty Global drops Multimedia Polska takeover
Liberty Global has withdrawn its €690 million takeover offer for Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska, the…
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Pay TV subscriber numbers to rise, revenues to fall in Western Europe
Western European pay TV subscriber numbers will increase by 2.6% between 2017 and 2023, though…
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YouSee teams up with TV2 for 4K UHD World Cup channel
Danish telco TDC’s YouSee cable arm has teamed up with national commercial broadcaster TV2 is…
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M-net adds raft of regional channels to offering
Bavarian fibre network operator M-net is adding 12 regional Bavarian TV channels to its TVPlus…
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Modern Times Group to split in two
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to split in two, with its free and pay TV…
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Cyfrowy Polsat sees boost from multiplay growth
Cyfrowy Polsat has posted solid full-year results. The company saw its multi-play customer base increase…
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Doğan in talks to sell media assets to group close to Turkish president
Turkey’s Doğan Holding, which owns free-to-air channel Kanal D and pay TV platform D-Smart as…
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HD Austria posts record subscriber growth
HD Austria, the Austrian DTH pay TV operator owned by M7 Group, now has 125,000…
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Telecom Italia names new CCO
Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Pietro Scott Jovane as chief commercial officer. Jovane, who holds…
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Report: Liberty Global in Swiss talks with Sunrise
Liberty Global is reportedly in early-stage discussions with Swiss service provider Sunrise about combining their…
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Swiss Salt enters fixed market with Apple-based TV service
Swiss mobile telco Salt is launching a TV offering as part of its entry into…
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Altice France unveils initiatives for growth, renames SFR Sport
Altice France/SFR CEO Alain Weill has promised a return to growth for the beleaguered French…
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Telenor sells CEE operations to O2 and Nova Group owner PPF
Telenor has agreed to sell its central and eastern European assets to private equity outfit…
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Telenor and TV4 strike last-minute carriage deal
Telenor and Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group have struck a last minute agreement over carriage terms…
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Tata Sky taps Accedo for mobile video
Indian service provider Tata Sky has tapped Accedo to provide a unified live and video-on-demand…
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MTS adds to TV base
Russian service provider MTS had 1.822 million TV customers at the end of last year,…
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Orion launches new TV package
Russian pay TV operator Orion Express has launched a new package with additional channels for…
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Digital pay TV numbers in Eastern Europe to grow 27% by 2023
The number of digital pay TV subscribers in Eastern Europe will grow by 27% between…