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ProSiebenSat.1 dives deeper into eSports with ESL deal

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s sports business unit, 7Sports, is to deepen its involvement in the fast-growing…

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Movistar Partizado only available via main Spanish operators

The new season of Spanish La Liga football kicked off this weekend, with matches to…

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Mediaset-Telecom deal ‘desirable’ says Italian government official

An agreement between Mediaset and Telecom Italia (TIM) to combine the former’s content with the…

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Satellite ground segment sales to reach US$158bn

Satellite ground segment revenues will surpass US$158 billion (€134 billion) over the next decade, according…

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Verizon-backed Complex lights Fuse content deal

Verizon-backed digital content business Complex Media will create original content with Latino channels group Fuse…

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MTG extends grip on handball

Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its grip on top-tier handball rights for the next…

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US satellite TV operators suffer ‘biggest ever losses in Q2’

US satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish suffered more combined subscriber losses in Q2 2017…

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Tele2 Estonia teams up with Viasat for TV and internet service

Mobile operator Tele2 Estonia has teamed up with pay TV outfit Viasat to launch a…

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Eurosport Player comes to Amazon Channels in Germany

Eurosport Player is joining the Amazon Channels line-up in Germany and Austria, in a move…

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EE TV launches Amazon Alexa voice control

EE TV has launched voice control through the Amazon Echo and Echo Dot devices, giving…

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Telecable closes OTT TV service

Spanish regional cable operator Telecable, now owned by Bilbao-based Euskaltel, is closing its online TV…

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ER-Telecom secures green light to acquire Akado regional operations

Russian competition watchdog the Federal Antimonopoly Service has given a green light to ER-Telecom to…

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Clubbing TV Russia launches with Rostelecom

Dance music channel Clubbing TV has launched in Russia after securing carriage on Rostelecom’s TV…

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Parrot Analytics: Netflix dominates in-demand digital originals in Spain

Netflix dominated the list of the most in-demand digital originals in Spain in the second…

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OSN launches new streaming service

Middle East pay TV platform OSN has launched a new streaming service, Wavo, available on…

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MTG’s Zoomin.tv targets China with Tencent deal

MTG-owned online video network, Zoomin.tv, is setting its sights on China after partnering with domestic…

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US TV network veteran Cherniss joins Apple

Ex-studio and US network veteran Matt Cherniss has joined former Sony execs Jamie Erlicht and…

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Murdoch, Bradley and Clementi among RTS speakers

The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has unveiled the line-up for its forthcoming Cambridge Convention….

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Amazon to shut down Lovefilm in UK and Germany

Amazon is calling time on its Lovefilm-branded DVD-by-post service later this year, citing declining demand…

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New chief for SlingTV as Lynch exits for Pandora

DISH Network’s Erik Carlson will lead its over-the-top service, SlingTV, after Roger Lynch moved to internet…

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Hulu taps Amazon Web Services for live TV offering

Hulu selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the cloud provider for its recently launched Hulu…

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Ownzones launches Best Westerns Ever SVOD channel

OTT TV provider Ownzones has launched a subscription video-on-demand channel dedicated to westerns, available via…

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Croatian telecom taps Zenterio for new MAXtv

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has tapped Zenterio to provide its operating system software…

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New chief executive for Greek pubcaster

The Greek government has appointed Vassilis Costopoulis as the new CEO of public broadcaster ERT….

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Eleven secures exclusive rights to Mayweather-McGregor bout

Pay TV sports network Eleven Sports has secured exclusive live rights for Belgium to forthcoming…

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Telefónica ‘looking to launch’ international OTT TV service

Telefónica is mulling the launch of a Netflix-like OTT TV service to target an international…

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DVB approves spec for next-generation subtitles

The DVB steering board has approved a new specification for subtitling to enable the deliver…

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Less than half of Americans choose live TV as main viewing method

Just 45% of Americans say they watch live TV when the show airs as their…

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Telia hopeful of fixed-mobile convergence merger in Latvia

Telia has welcomed a proposal to merge Latvian fixed-line telco Lattelecom and the leading Latvian…

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AMC Iberia to launch streaming service

AMC Networks Iberia is planning to launch a streaming service in Spain, in partnership with…