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Italian government approves Swisscom’s Vodafone Italia acquisition
The Italian government has granted its approval of Swisscom’s acquisition of Vodafone Italia. The Switzerland…
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Sky veteran Stephen van Rooyen named CEO of VodafoneZiggo
Former Sky UK & Ireland boss Stephen van Rooyen has been named chief executive officer…
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Poland’s Vectra launches sports-themed offering
Polish cable operator Vectra is launching a new sports-themed package, with availability free of charge…
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Telia loses chief operating officer
Nordic telco Telia Company’s COO, Rainer Deutschmann, Is to leave his position on May 31,…
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Mobile growth boosts NOS, with pay TV flat
Portuguese service provider NOS saw revenue rise 5.7% to €403.3 million in the first quarter…
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beIN taps Synamedia for TV advertising service in MENA
MENA pay TV provider beIN Media Group has tapped video software company, Synamedia, for the…
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Canal+ ups stake in MultiChoice again
Canal+ has once again increased its stake in MultiChoice. The French pay TV operator has…
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Digi progresses Belgian launch, new name in Romania
Romania-based multinational operator Digi has opened its new Belgian HQ ahead of the planned launch…
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Telia adds Prime Video to Telia Play offering in Norway
Nordic telecommunications provider Telia is to offer Amazon Prime Video to its Telia Play customers…
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Deutsche Telekom grows ‘ever more popular’ Magenta TV
Deutsche Telekom added 73,000 Magenta TV customers in Germany in the quarter to March, with…
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Vodafone gets final green light for Spanish sale
Spanish regulatory authorities have given final approval to Vodafone’s sale of its local operation to…
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Nuuday sees modest uplift from strong fibre and mobile growth
Danish service provider Nuuday saw a modest uplift in service revenue and underlying EBITDA in…
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Swisscom extends Swiss Super League and Challenge League rights
Switzerland-based telecom provider Swisscom has extended its broadcasting rights to the country’s leading football leagues,…
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Vodafone expects to lose half of German MDU TV customers
Vodafone now expects to lose about half of its 8.5 million multi-dwelling unit (MDU) TV…
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Canal+ to launch new Ciné+ OCS offering
French pay TV operator Canal+ is to follow up its acquisition of Orange’s pay TV…
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Deutsche Telekom launches second generation MagentaTV One box
Deutsche Telekom has launched the second generation of its premium TV box MagentaTV One. Telekom…
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TIM boosts sports content with new WBD deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) and Warner Bros. Discovery have struck an agreement that will see, via…
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Telefónica sees TV base decline
Telefónica saw its global TV base decline by 2.4% year-on-year to 10.206 million at the…
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Canal+ again ups stake in MultiChoice
Canal+ has again upped its stake in South Africa’s MultiChoice by acquiring four tranches of…
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M-net names new technology chief
German fibre-based service provider M-net has named Maximilian Oertle as technical managing director, effective from August 1.
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Vodafone Deutschland unveils new GigaTV Home Sound box
Vodafone Deutschland is to launch a new hybrid cable and streaming GigaTV set-top with integrated…
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Liberty Global: an update
Liberty Global’s management provided an update this week on where the company stands with the…
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e& pours cold water on United Group acquisition report
The UAE’s e& has poured cold water on a report by Bloomberg that it is…
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South African regulator gives MultiChoice and Canal+ more time
South Africa’s Takeover Regulation Panel has granted MultiChoice and Canal+ an extension to the period they have to finalise an agreement to be put to shareholders.
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Swisscom loses TV and broadband customers
Swisscom lost more TV and broadband customers in the first quarter, contributing to a dip in revenue and EBITDA. On the upside the Swiss telco pointed to growth at its Italian business, Fastweb.
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Liberty Global on track for Sunrise spin-off amid mixed Q1
Liberty Global has said it was on track with its plan to spin off Swiss…
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VMO2 ‘gaining momentum’ despite customer losses
Liberty Global and Telefónica-backed UK service provider Virgin Media O2 saw its fixed customer base…
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Waipu.tv secures Disney channels
German streamer waipu.tv has struck an agreement with The Walt Disney Company Germany covering free TV,…
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Virgin Media adds 11 new FAST channels
Liberty Global and Telefónica-backed UK service provider Virgin Media O2 is today has launched 11 new…
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Swisscom slams regulator’s rejection of point-to-multipoint fibre
Swisscom has condemned a decision by regulator COMCO designed to force it to lay point-to-point…