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Pay TV Operators
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One Albania relaunches TV service as hybrid OTT/IPTV offering
One Albania, the Albanian telco created from the merger of Albtelecom and One Communication earlier…
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Liberty Global takes full control of Telenet
Liberty Global has taken 100% control of Belgium’s Telenet Group following a squeeze-out of all…
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Australia’s Foxel to broadcast all 2023 Rugby League Pacific Championships’ games
Australian pay TV service, Foxel Group, has scored the rights to the 2023 Rugby League…
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VodafoneZiggo CEO Jeroen Hoencamp to leave
Jeroen Hoencamp is to quit as CEO of VodafoneZiggo. The longstanding chief executive will leave the…
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Comcast’s DOCSIS 4.0 deployment: cable broadband’s ends and means
In Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, the inhabitants of Lilliput are torn apart by a dispute…
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Comcast makes ‘world first’ DOCSIS 4.0 consumer deployment
Comcast will next week launch what it says is the first residential deployment in the…
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Telia names Patrik Hofbauer as CEO
Nordic telco, Telia Company has hired Patrik Hofbauer as president and chief executive officer, effective…
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FCC’s Rosenworcel calls for blackout refunds, battle over net neutrality looms
FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel has called for US cable and pay TV consumers to be…
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Vodafone Deutschland targets tenants with new offer to head off threat from law change
Vodafone Deutschland is gearing up for the change in the law that will prevent German…
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SFR bundles Meta Quest 3 VR headset with fixed-line box
Altice France-owned operator SFR is to bundle its gateway box with the Meta Quest 3…
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Tele Columbus upgrades from HFC to FTTH in Halberstadt
German cable operator Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, has begun building an…
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DAZN and Bouygues Telecom ink distribution deal in France
DAZN Group, has signed a distribution agreement with French telecommunications operator Bouygues Telecom, broadening its…
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Global pay TV subscriber numbers to remain steady
The number of global pay TV subscribers across 138 countries will remain at just under…
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KPN fuels broadband battle with 4Gbps downstream service
Dutch telco KPN is upping the ante in the battle to attract broadband customers by…
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Chopin taps Teleste for Distributed Access
Polish cable operator Chopin Telewizja Kablowa is tapping technology provider Teleste will deliver its Distributed…
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Warner Bros. Discovery in Polish news tie-up with Ringier Axel Springer
Warner Bros. Discovery, owner of Polish broadcaster and pay TV outfit TVN, has teamed up…
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MELS Keynote Revealed: Shahid’s Natasha Matos-Hemingway
The Media & Entertainment Leaders Summit (MELS) is delighted to announce that Natasha Matos-Hemingway, chief…
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Disney Star to stream Cricket World Cup free to mobile users
Disney Star, Disney’s Indian streaming operation, is to stream the Cricket World Cup in India…
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Finland’s DNA to shut down copper network by March next year
Finnish cable and telecom operator DNA is to shut down its copper network by March…
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French watchdog dismisses Mediapro case against Canal+
In a relatively rare legal victory, France’s Canal+ Group has secured a favourable ruling from…
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FilmBox Channels land on United Group
Canal+ company SPI International has inked a deal with telecommunication and media provider in Southeast…
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Bell Media hires Sean Cohan as president
Canada’s Bell Media has hired former A+E Networks and Wheelhouse exec Sean Cohan as its…
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Brazil’s Oi threatens action as Sky pulls out of DTH acquisition deal
Brazilian pay TV operator Sky Brasil has unilaterally pulled out of a deal to acquire…
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New AI-infused streamer Sky+ launches in Mexico
Mexican pay TV provider Sky México, majority-owned by Televisa, has launched Sky+, an AI-infused streaming…
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StarHub brings back Discovery HD and HGTV after dropping CuriosityStream
Singapore pay TV operator StarHub has announced the return of Warner Bros. Discovery channels Discovery…
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Disney rebrands Fox channels in the Balkans to Star
Disney has rebranded its portfolio of Fox channels in south-eastern Europe using the Star brand….
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Virgin Media O2 makes kids channels available at no extra cost
Liberty Global-owned UK cabler Virgin Media O2 is giving its TV customers access to its…
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Telewizja Polsat takes full control of Eleven Sports
Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polsat has acquired 100% control of Eleven Sports in Poland. Telewizja Polsat…
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Volia adds raft of new channels to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added seven new channels to its packages. The operator has…
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Impressions of IBC
This year’s IBC show, which drew to a close on September 18, reflected, as one…