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MultiChoice to probe its ANN7 deal amidst controversy
Naspers-owned South African pay TV outfit MultiChoice is to investigate whether there was any evidence…
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Altice Portugal names CFO
New Altice Portugal president Alexandre Fonseca has named Alexandre Matos as the company’s new chief…
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Nina TV launches on new African TV platform Black
Telenovelas channel Nina TV has launched in South Africa on mobile operator Cell C’s new…
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Lines in the sand
Rebecca Hawkes assesses the changing face of pay TV broadcasting in the MENA region at…
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Kwesé right now
Econet Media’s president and CEO, Joseph Hundah, discusses this year’s launch of Kwesé TV and…
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SFR chief says operator will ‘take a look’ at Ligue 1 rights
New SFR CEO Alain Weill has said that the Altice-owned service provider will take a…
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Russia’s Beeline appoints new CEO
Russian telco and wireless provider, Beeline, has named former MTS Group executive Vasyl Latsanych as…
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Altice’s SFR rethinking sports strategy
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is planning a radical rethink of its sports strategy to…
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Portuguese watchdog given green light to act on fibre pricing
Portuguese regulator ANACOM has secured a mandate from the country’s government to regulate the wholesale…
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Sky launching Sky Q in Italy
Sky is launching its Sky Q 4K UHD TV box in Italy. The advanced TV…
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Quintuple-play now dominating Spanish pay TV
Pay TV revenues in Spain increased by 15% year-on-year in the first quarter of the…
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Mediaset’s share rise on Vivendi deal speculation
Mediaset’s shares rose on Friday as speculation mounted that the Italian’s broadcaster was close to…
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UPC Austria extends reach through local partnership
Liberty Global’s Austrian unit UPC Austria has extended its footprint in the Upper Austria region…
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Ginx launches on Cosmote TV
ESports TV channel Ginx Esports TV has launched on Deutsche Telekom-affiliated Greek telco OTE’s Cosmote…
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TVN launches Player+ with Canal+ and HBO content
Polish broadcast group TVN has launched Player+, an expanded video-on-demand and live channel offering that…
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VodafoneZiggo chief calls for regulatory certainty
The Netherlands risks being left behind if the Dutch government fails to provide legal certainty…
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BeIN Media Group secures exclusive ECB deal, plans cricket channel
BeIN Media Group has secured exclusive rights to broadcast England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB)…
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SABC seeks changes to enable retransmission fees
South African public broadcaster SABC has called on the country’s media regulator ICASA to conduct…
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New chief for Portugal Telecom
Alexandre Fonseca (pictured) has been named as executive president of Portugal Telecom by the operator’s…
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TalkTalk to update TV service, launch new mobile app
UK service provider TalkTalk is to update its TV service, with the launch early next…
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Tele Columbus on track
German cable operator Tele Columbus’s management confirmed their full-year financial guidance on the back of…
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US government blocks AT&T’s Time Warner takeover
The US Department for Justice (DoJ) has blocked AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner and filed…
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Canal+ files complaint on lifting of TF1 and M6 obligations
Vivendi-owned French pay TV operator Canal+ has filed a complaint with the country’s Conseil d’État…
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Telefónica and Disney to launch new Movistar Disney channel
Spanish pay TV operator Movistar and Disney have struck a deal that will see a…
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Altice to de-lever, promises no new M&A as it seeks to end share slide
Altice has confirmed that it plans to de-lever its balance sheet and bring leverage down…
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Vivendi and Mediaset reportedly close to agreeing deal
Vivendi and Mediaset are close to burying the hatchet and striking an agreement that will…
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Netia launches new VOD service
Polish service provider Netia is launching a new transactional video-on-demand service that it says will…
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Altice Portugal backs new eSports event
Altice Portugal is to create what it claims to be the biggest eSports event yet…
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Canal+ returns to growth, Vivendi chief confirms mediation in Italy
Vivendi has seen a return to growth for Canal+’s domestic French subscriber base for the…
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Altice Portugal strikes deal with Netflix
Altice Portugal/Meo has added Netflix to its TV offering via the MEObox. The global subscription…