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Pay TV Operators
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Liberty Global’s Fries: OTT and cord-cutting not a threat in Europe
OTT TV and cord-cutting is not a significant threat to network-based pay TV operators in…
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Liberty Global’s Fries confident on direction of regulation in Europe
Liberty Global is not overly concerned about threats to regulate cable in European markets, despite…
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Dataxis: global pay TV subscribers grew by 60m last year
Global pay TV subscriber numbers grew by 60 million between the third quarter of 2016…
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Volia adds Ukrainian Paramount Comedy to line-up in deal with 1+1
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added a localised Paramount Comedy to its programming line-up through…
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Cosmote TV secures Champions League football
OTE-owned Greek pay TV service Cosmote TV has secured exclusive rights to Champions League and…
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Magyar Telekom adds ShortsTV to line-up
Deutsche Telekom-owned Hungarian service provider Magyar Telekom has added short movies channel ShortsTV to its…
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Sweden’s Tele2 to buy cable operator Com Hem
Swedish telco Tele2 has agreed to buy local cable operator Com Hem in a merger…
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Orange launches Pickle TV to target millennials
Orange has launched a new low-cost ad-free TV service aimed at millennials that will be…
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Orange Moldova taps VO for new TV service
Orange Moldova has launched a new TV offering following its 2016 acquisition of local cable…
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Delta taps Amino for Move TV
Dutch cable operator Delta has tapped Amino to provide its Move TV delivery platform for…
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Telefónica launches DTH service in Costa Rica
Telefónica is launching a Movistar satellite TV service in Costa Rica. The telco is differentiating…
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Tata Sky taps Irdeto for Cloaked CA
Indian DTH pay TV provider Tata Sky has expanded its contract with content security specialist…
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Drahi takes charge as Altice moves to spin off US operation
Altice is to spin off its US operation and restructure its European and pay TV…
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African pay TV subscriber numbers to grow 74% by 2023
The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to increase by 74%…
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Germany’s 1&1 taps ABOX42 for new IPTV service
German broadband service provider 1&1 has tapped ABOX42 to supply set-tops for a new IPTV…
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UPC Switzerland switches from Salt to Swisscom
Liberty Global’s Swiss unit UPC Switzerland is to use Swisscom’s mobile network to provide mobile…
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Amazon exploring Premier League options
Amazon has been actively exploring a possible acquisition of UK rights to the English Premier…
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Sprint hires ex-Altice chief Combes as president and CFO
US mobile telecom operator Sprint has hired former Altice chairman and CEO Michel Combes as…
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Orange Maroc to launch movies and series VOD service
Moroccan mobile operator Orange Maroc is to launch an Orange Films et Séries video-on-demand service…
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Dutch Delta launches interactive TV service
Dutch cable operator Delta has launched an interactive TV service with a new set-top and…
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Canadian cable and TV leader Jim Shaw dies, aged 60
Jim Shaw, vice-chairman and former CEO of Canada’s Shaw Communications, has died after a short…
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Latvia’s Baltcom doubles up on HD offering
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has expanded the range of HD channels it offers as part…
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Liberty Latin America completes split-off
Liberty Latin America has completed its split-off from Liberty Global, establishing it as an independent…
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Com Hem and Boxer launch TV podcast service
Swedish cable operator Com Hem and its digital-terrestrial pay TV arm Boxer have launched a…
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Serbian telecom takes new channels from RTS
Serbian telecom operator MTS has added five new channels from national broadcaster RTS to its…
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DNA agrees deal to continue airing Discovery channels
Finnish telco, cable and digital-terrestrial pay TV operator DNA has struck a deal with Discovery…
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T-Mobile Austria buys UPC Austria for €1.9bn
T-Mobile Austria has agreed to buy Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria for an enterprise…
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Former Rogers exec takes up post as Telekom Deutschland chief
Deutsche Telekom has named two new board members, with Dirk Wössner replacing Niek Jan van…
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Bonnier Broadcasting signs deal with Telenor for Sport Channel
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Swedish pay TV channel provider C More’s recently launched Sport Channel is now…
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Spacecom secures deal with Nepal’s Dish Media Network
Nepalese DTH pay TV operator Dish Media Network has taken additional capacity on Spacecom’s Amos-4…