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Pay TV Operators
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Canal+ begins marketing revamped offering
Canal+ Group is moving ahead with the relaunch of its domestic French pay TV services…
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Arqiva reportedly ‘making plans’ for £5 billion sale
UK transmission and media services provider Arqiva is making plans for a £5 billion (€5.9…
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Zee buys channels as Reliance exits general entertainment TV
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has acquired a pair of channels from Indian compatriot Reliance Capital, confirming…
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Afrostream secures French first-run rights to Black-ish
SVOD service Afrostream has secured exclusive first-run rights in France for ABC Studios’ show Black-ish….
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Vivendi maintains top shareholder status in Telecom Italia
Vivendi has acquired additional shares in Telecom Italia, allowing it to maintain its position as…
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Cyfrowy Polsat to premier popular comedy on Ipla OTT TV service
Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat is to make up to 14 new episodes of…
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Sky Deutschland sees pirates condemned
Sky Deutschland has secured a victory in its battle against piracy with the conviction of…
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YouView launches next-gen platform, TalkTalk to roll out from Monday
UK connected TV platform YouView has unveiled the next-generation version of its platform, which UK…
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Alden could walk free in Kenya murder case
Richard Alden, the former CEO of East African pay TV provider Wananchi Group and Spanish cable operator…
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Broadcaster streaming services beat Netflix, Amazon
Streaming services from broadcasters and pay TV operators are giving Netflix and Amazon Prime Video…
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Canal+ inks international Disney deal
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights…
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New Filmbox Live service launches on UPC DTH
SPI International/Filmbox Channels Group has struck a deal with Liberty Global’s UPC DTH in the…
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EWE and VSE Net turn to Deutsche Netzmarketing-backed platform for TV
German broadband service providers EWE and VSE Net have become the latest German operators to…
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Amazon ‘exploring’ live sports offering
Amazon is weighing up plans to break into the world of live sports streaming, according…
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Freeview reveals new Freeview Play devices
Free-to-view UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview has revealed a range of new devices that Freeview Play,…
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Amazon claims Grand Tour smashes ratings record
New Jeremy Clarkson vehicle The Grand Tour has become Amazon Prime Video’s biggest premiere launch,…
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Buzzfeed staying ‘fully indie’ after NBCU investment
NBCUniversal has ploughed another US$200 million (€188 million) into online news and video company BuzzFeed….
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Liberty Global confirms Reid as C&W CEO
Liberty Global has confirmed John Reid as CEO of its recently-acquired Caribbean unit Cable &…
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French operators reportedly lining up to claim reparations in ‘gun-jumping’ case
French service providers Orange, Bouygues Telecom and Free are likely to seek reparations from Altice…
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Multimedia Polska taps ADB for catch-up TV and NDVR
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has tapped set-top box and TV technology provider ADB to…
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Fight Sports secures carriage with DNA in Finland
Combat sports specialist CSI Sports has secured carriage for its Fight Sports HD channel with…
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Sky taps Ooyala for syndicated Premier League clips
UK pay TV operator Sky has tapped Telstra-owned online video platform provider Ooyala to automate…
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Former Canal+ boss Meheut joining SFR
Bertrand Meheut, the former CEO of Canal+, is to join cable and telecom group Altice’s…
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Mediaset reportedly in contact with Sky; drops Vivendi shares seizure bid
Mediaset is in contact with Sky over a possible deal for control of troubled pay…
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HDR due next year as DVB approves UHD-1 Phase 2 specification
The DVB Steering Board hailed a “major milestone for the industry” as it approved the…
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‘Netflix of African-American movies’ goes live
Brown Sugar, a new subscription video-on-demand movie service billing itself as “Netflix, only blacker”, has…
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Amazon Prime undercuts Netflix with Grand Tour pricing offers
Amazon has slashed its Prime subscription rate in tandem with the launch of its £160…
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Vice’s first non-English channel rolls next week
The French version of Viceland will launch on November 23, marking the first time the…
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ASA calls for change to broadband speed claim adverts
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has called for a change to the way broadband speed claims…
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Sky Germany agrees multi-year deal with WWE
Sky in Germany has agreed a new multi-year with World Wrestling Entertainment to distribute pay-per-view…