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Pay TV Operators
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MultiChoice taps Arris for new DVR
South African pay TV provider MultiChoice tapped technology provider Arris to provide its recently-launched DStv…
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Shifting sands: pay TV in the Middle East
While MBC continues to dominate free TV in the Middle East, moves by beIN Media…
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Mubi CEO: this is our House of Cards moment
Movies on-demand service Mubi is making a wider push into exclusive first-run content, with CEO…
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NBCU to expand Hayu SVOD service’s reach
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, will widen its reach with new rollouts, download…
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Mediaset demands Vivendi honour deal as seizure bid heads for court
Mediaset still expects Vivendi to honour the terms of the aborted strategic agreement between the…
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MTG veteran Hermansson leaving
The executive chairman of MTG’s digital MTGx division, Mathias Hermansson, is leaving the company. Hermansson…
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Sky Deutschland’s Star Wars move pulls in the crowds
Sky Deutschland’s latest experiment in pop-up channels – a Star Wars-dedicated service that aired from…
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Altice could reportedly sell off some press titles
Altice-owned French service provider SFR could spin off or sell part of the portfolio of…
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Altice suffers fresh regulatory blow as it accepts ‘gun-jumping’ fine
Cable and telecom group Altice and its French subsidiary SFR have been fined €80 million…
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iTélé dispute over controversial presenter enters new phase
Canal+-owned news channel iTélé’s management have produced a new offer aimed at staff wishing to…
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Liberty Global: mobile is ‘strategically critical’
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has described mobile as “strategically critical” and outlined ambitious plans…
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Liberty to make ‘selective’ content investments
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company will be “selective” about content…
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Africa launch for CBeebies
The BBC’s preschool channel CBeebies is launching in East Africa on the Zuku pay TV…
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Telecable finds new path for mobile after thwarted Yoigo move
Zegona Communications-owned Spanish regional cable operator Telecable has struck a deal with Telefónica that will…
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Altice adds English national rugby to sporting line-up
Altice, the owner of French service provider SFR, has struck an agreement with the English…
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Netflix rolls out Comcast X1 boxes
Netflix will launch widely on US pay TV operator Comcast’s X1 set-top boxes this week….
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Sunrise tempts newcomers with free digital TV
Swiss service provider Sunrise is offering its digital TV service free of charge for one…
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OSN launches dedicated Bond channel
Middle East pay TV operator OSN is launching a pop-up James Bond channel that will…
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Vimeo to launch subscription video offering
Vimeo has announced plans to launch a subscription video offering on top of its existing…
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Liberty Global goes into red, strong progress for advanced TV
Liberty Global fell into the red in the third quarter thanks to trading losses on…
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Swisscom TV growth fails to offset fixed-line decline
Swisscom added 40,000 TV customers in the third quarter to take its total to 1.44…
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Former BT CEO launches VC fund KEEN Venture Partners
KEEN Venture Partners, a new venture capital firm co-founded by former BT CEO Ben Verwaayen,…
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Netflix, Amazon UK subscribers shun ‘normal’ TV
Almost half of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video subscribers in the UK rarely watch ‘normal’…
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VR revenues in the US to reach US$38bn in 2026
US virtual reality revenues will experience “very modest growth” in the next two years but…
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AT&T and DirecTV facing legal threat over information sharing
The US Department of Justice is taking legal action against DirecTV and its new owner…
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Bewkes: AT&T will ‘accelerate’ HBO Now growth
The international distribution of the HBO Now SVOD service will be “accelerated” by the sale…
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TDC finds TV going tough as competition bites
Danish telco TDC saw a net loss of 4,000 TV customers in Denmark in the…
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Sky 1 launches in Germany
Sky has launched its flagship entertainment channel Sky 1 in Germany. The UK-based pay TV…
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Disney and Fox to join Hulu’s new OTT streaming service
Disney and Fox have come on board Hulu’s new channels streaming service. The deals mean…
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Ziggo outlines plans to replace shut-down HBO service
Liberty Global-owned Dutch cable operator Ziggo is to launch a new movies and series package…