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Sky secures English Football League rights with expanded offering
Sky has secured the rights to show live coverage of English Football League (EFL) games…
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Vodafone Germany plans €2bn Gigabit fibre investment
Vodafone Germany has unveiled plans to invest €2 billion by the end of 2021 on…
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UPC Austria completes digital switchover
Liberty Global’s Austrian unit has completed the digitization of its network. UPC Austria, which completed…
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Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite successfully launched
Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite has entered orbit after successfully launching on an International Launch Services…
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TDC acquires mobile outfit Plenti
Danish multi-play provider TDC Group has struck a deal to acquire mobile operator Plenti for…
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Sky launches OTT TV service for Spain
Sky has launched its planned OTT TV streaming service for the Spanish market, offering a…
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Russian withdrawal predicted for Netflix and Amazon
Netflix and Amazon Prime Video will withdraw from Russia due to new laws on OTT…
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SFR reorganisation to follow Paulin departure
SFR’s CEO Michel Paulin has resigned “for personal reasons”, according to the Altice-owned French service…
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New SVOD movies service for France to launch next month
A new French movies-on-demand service, e-cinema.com, will launch on October 20, bringing international movies not…
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UK government: 15% of web users watch content illegally
Approximately 6.7 million UK internet users, some 15%, consumed at least one item of online…
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TF1 chief confident of striking retrans deal
TF1 Group CEO Gilles Pélisson is confident that the French commercial broadcaster will be able…
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Altice beats BeIN Media to become French home of basketball
Altice has acquired exclusive rights to Euroleague and Eurocup basketball for the next four seasons,…
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Netflix in front globally, but Amazon catching up in APAC
Netflix is still outpacing Amazon Prime Video globally in numbers of active users, but Amazon…
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Discovery appoints Spotify exec to head digital strategy
Discovery Communications has appointed former Spotify executive Francis Keeling to lead its digital strategy. Keeling…
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Vivendi ‘close to agreement’ with AGCOM over Mediaset stake
Vivendi is close to finding an agreement with Italian regulator AGCOM over the fate of…
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DNA adds Netflix in 4K to Android TV box offering
Finnish cable and telecom operator DNA has struck a deal with Netflix and has added…
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European connected TV ad market set for growth with UK leading
The European connected TV advertising market could be worth €825 million by 2020, according to…
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CME joins European Media Alliance
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has joined the European Media Alliance created by ProSiebenSat.1 and…
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MTG secures exclusive boxing rights
Modern Times Group has secured the exclusive rights to the World Boxing Super Series across…
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Altice passes four-million fibre milestone in Portugal
Altice-owned Portugal Telecom’s (PT) Meo-branded offering has now passed four million homes and businesses with…
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Videoamp appoints former FreeWheel exec as CFO
RTL Group and Mediaocean-backed Videoamp has appointed former FreeWheel COO and CFO, as its first…
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McDonough takes charge of Forbidden Technologies
Cloud video software-as-a-service specialist Forbidden Technologies has named former Turner northern Europe chief and BBC…
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Blue Ant creates global networks division in expansion push
Producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has launched a global networks division to…
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Vivendi ‘merging’ Dailymotion with Watchever
Vivendi is merging its struggling YouTube rival Dailymotion with video-on-demand technology unit Watchever, according to…
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Government moves to prevent Swisscom fibre monopoly
The Swiss Federal Council has approved proposed changes in the country’s Telecommunications Act (TCA) that…
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Tricolor TV launches test of online TV service
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV has launched its planned OTT TV service in test…
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Cyfrowy Polsat extends deal with Eutelsat
Polish satellite pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a new long-term contract with Eutelsat…
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Lionsgate taps Vimeo for comedy and movie OTT platforms
Lionsgate has partnered with Vimeo on two over-the-top offerings – comedy service Laugh Out Loud…
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Polsat’s Ipla joins Onet’s vod.pl
Polish commercial and pay TV broadcaster Polsat Group has struck a deal to make its…
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YouTube updates Live with ‘ultra-low latency’ streaming
YouTube is aiming to make live content creation “easier and more accessible” with new features…