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Disney and Charter strike deal with eight channels dropped from line-up
Disney and Charter Communications have struck a new carriage deal, ending a 10-day blackout but…
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SABC to broadcast 16 Rugby World Cup games, per MultiChoice deal
South Africa’s pay TV platform MultiChoice and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have reached…
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GO Malta taps Simply.TV and Minerva for new OTT offering
Maltese telco GO Malta has tapped metadata specialist Simply.TV and TV technology outfit Minerva to…
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Synamedia refocuses antipiracy on watermarking and password-sharing
TV technology and content security provider Synamedia is refocusing its anti-piracy initiatives amid what it…
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Altice reportedly mulling part sale of SFR as it looks to reduce debt
Troubled telecom and cable giant Altice is close to a sale of its data centre…
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Spain vows to defend ‘strategic interests’ as stc looks to buy into Telefónica
The Spanish government is likely to probe Saudi telco stc’s plan to take a 9.9%…
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Disney cranks up rhetoric in carriage fee dispute with Charter
Disney has upped the ante in an ongoing carriage dispute with cable operator Charter Communications…
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Viaplay Group and Vodafone Greece ink content deal
Nordic media firm Viaplay Group has struck a multi-year partnership with telco operator Vodafone Greece…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Zaslav: bundling is back
Streaming is a “bit challenged” as a market and a return to bundling could be…
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KPN extends Dutch football deal with KNVB
The Netherland’s telco and TV operator KPN have extended its partnership with the Royal Dutch…
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Canal+ teams up with ONATi to target French Polynesia
French pay TV operator Canal+ has teamed up with French Polynesian telco ONATi, owned by…
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Movistar Plus+ secures EuroLeague rights in Spain
Spain’s Telefónica-owned Movistar Plus+ is it show the European basketball tournament EuroLeague in Spain. The…
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Serie A dangles threat of own service as it seeks to talk bids up
Italy’s Lega Serie A has scheduled a meeting next week that will include a discussion…
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Disney dispute with Charter threatens collapse of US pay TV model
A major carriage deal battle has broken out in the US between content/channel provider Disney…
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Media Distillery EPG correction tech deployed at Austria’s Magenta Telekom
Media Distillery, a leading provider of AI-enabled video analysis solutions for the video entertainment industry,…
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Allente unveils all-device OTT service launch based on 3SS’s 3Ready platform
Nordic PayTV and streaming platform Allente, 50/50 owned by Telenor and Viaplay Group, has launched…
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Deloitte highlights SVOD challenges around subscription sharing and churn
New UK-based research from Deloitte estimates that 35% of people with access to a subscription-video-on-demand…
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Germany’s Vaunet reports solid pay TV and streaming growth
Vaunet, the German Association of Private Media, has released upbeat research into the performance of…
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Israel’s yes taps Synamedia for watermarking
Video software provider Synamedia today announced that yes, the pay TV subsidiary of Israeli telco Bezeq and largest IPTV service provider…
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MVTV to distribute Boomerang in Thailand
Warner Bros. Discovery has teamed up with Thai media outfit MVTV for the distribution of…
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Nielsen: massive growth in video titles, but consumers struggling to find what they want
Audiences in key territories now have more than 2.7 million individual video titles to choose…
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Iliad Telecom defies economy to post strong first half
France’s Iliad Telecom has posted another strong half-year, gaining market share and upping revenues, cashflow…
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MásMóvil’s Yoigo adds Netflix to fibre and mobile offering
Spanish service provider MásMóvil’s low-cost Yoigo brand has added Netflix to its combined fibre and…
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ducktv expands reach in Poland with T-Mobile deal
Mega Max Media has expanded the reach of its edutainment children’s channel ducktv through a…
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Movistar Peru adds 11 new channels to TV offering
Telefonica-owned pay TV operator Movistar Peru is to expand its Movistar TV HD channel offering…
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Ziggo to replace Movies & Series offering with SkyShowtime
The Netherland’s TV provider Ziggo has extended its partnership with Comcast and Paramount Global’s European…
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SFR adds broadband-plus-tablet bundle to Box + High Tech range
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has launched a box offering bundled with a tablet for…
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Deutsche Telekom inks national sponsorship deal with UEFA Euro 2024
Deutsche Telekom has signed a deal with UEFA which it will become the official national…
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Polsat wins Polish rights to Saudi Pro League
Poland’s pay TV provider Polsat has acquired the rights to the Saudi Pro League in…
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Finland’s Elisa names Finnair boss as new CEO
Finland-based service provider Elisa has named Topi Manner as its new CEO. The appointment follows…