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Spain’s Mediapro takes Italy’s Serie A rights from Sky and Mediaset
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro has secured the rights to Italian top-tier football from under the noses…
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Canal+ and Free threaten to drop TF1 as services are cut from Orange
Canal+ and Free have threatened to cut ties with TF1 over the latter’s demands for…
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Altice France’s Turrini leaves, replaced by Dreyfuss
Altice France/SFR’s secretary-general, Régis Turrinni, has left the company, to be replaced to Altice’s communications…
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Viacom strikes Movistar Play mobile streaming deal
Viacom will launch a range of TV channels and content in Latin America through a…
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New chief for Lithuania’s Cgates
Lithuanian cable operator Cgates’ owners have named Tomas Burovas as its new CEO, replacing Petrą…
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Telenet and VOO agree Belgian MVNO deal
Telenet will provide mobile network access to Belgian cable operator Nethys, which operates under the…
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Vodafone confirms talks with Liberty Global
Vodafone has confirmed that it is in “early stage discussions with Liberty Global” about potentially…
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TDC and MTG’s Nordic powerhouse
TDC’s €2.0 billion buyout of MTG’s Nordic Entertainment and Studios businesses will create a regional…
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BT reports decline in TV customers
BT reported a decline in TV customers in its most recent quarter, despite claiming record…
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MTG agrees to sell Nordic Entertainment and Studios assets to TDC
MTG has agreed to sell its Nordic broadcasting and entertainment business to Danish telco TDC…
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YouTube agrees football streaming deal with LAFC
YouTube has struck a deal with the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) to broadcast the…
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Report: Telefonica close to agreeing Spanish Netflix deal
Telefonica is reportedly close to agreeing a deal with Netflix that will see it integrate…
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Altice integrates Netflix across its Optimum footprint
Altice USA has integrated Netflix into its new Altice One platform, which is now available…
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Sky to launch all-IP offering in Italy this April
Sky is due to launch an all-IP version of its service for the first time…
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Lionsgate ‘very interested in merger’
US studio Lionsgate is “very interested” in a merger deal and is talking to various…
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Sky moves into original films in latest content push
Sky has announced plans to commission and acquire exclusive rights to original films, in its…
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Sky unveils Now TV Smart Stick
Sky has unveiled a new Now TV streaming device, the Now TV Smart Stick, which…
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Virgin launches V6 set-top-box upgrade scheme
Virgin Media is offering customers a free upgrade to its high-end V6 set-top box in…
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T-Mobile closes Layer3 TV deal
T-Mobile in the US has completed its acquisition of TV technology company Layer3 TV as…
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Fox’s takeover of Sky ‘not in the public interest’
21st Century Fox’s second attempt to buy up UK satellite TV operator Sky has been…
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Pay TV growth slows in Russia as uptake reaches 75%
The Russian pay TV market grew by 250,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2017, according…
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Canal+ selects Nagra to secure its 4K Ultra HD offer
Canal+ has selected Nagra’s content protection solution, Nagra Connect, to secure its new 4K Ultra…
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Bell Canada selects Ericsson to power TV services
Bell Canada has selected Ericsson to power its next-generation multi-screen TV services, in a new…
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BT offers 100Mbps speed guarantee
UK telco BT is now offering a 100 megabits per second (Mbps) speed guarantee for…
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M6 strikes extended partnership with Canal+
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a new partnership deal with Vivendi-owned pay TV provider…
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MTS enters eSports world with Gambit acquisition
Russian service provider MTS has entered the rapidly growing eSports market by acquiring leading eSports…
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Digital TV Research: MENA pay TV ARPU in decline
Pay TV revenues are set to grow in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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German cable operators launch analogue switch-off initiative
Germany’s top cable operators and broadcasters have launched an initiative called Digital Cable (Digitales Kabel)…
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Convergence tales: Com Hem, Liberty Global, Altice
As Tele2 combines with Com Hem and T-Mobile takes over UPC Austria, Stuart Thomson looks…
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Vivendi absorbs Canal+ call centre costs and unveils revenue expectations
Vivendi now expects its revenues to grow by 5% at constant currency for 2017 while…