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The ongoing fight for Ligue 1
The bidding war to attain the next round of rights to the French professional League…
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Tata Group reportedly in talks to buy Temasek stake in Tata Play
Indian conglomerate Tata Group has begun talks with Singapore state investment outfit Temasek, the owner…
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Russia’s Tricolor unveils homegrown media hub Seliger
Russian pay TV provider Tricolor has unveiled a new multimedia hub, dubbed Seliger, to journalists…
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FIFA taps Sky Media as ad sales house for FIFA+
FIFA has appointed Sky Media, the advertising sales house of pay TV operator Sky, as…
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Berlusconi’s eldest children to take joint control of media empire
No single child of the late Silvio Berlusconi is to have a controlling interest in…
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Iliad closes in on 10m milestone in Italy
Iliad Telecom has said it is close to passing the milestone of passing 10 million…
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UK lagging on broadband price and affordability
The UK is lagging behind other major European economies in broadband affordability, according to a…
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Tele Columbus expanding FTTH footprint in Berlin
German cable operator Tele Columbus Group, which operates under the PŸUR brand, is to extend…
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Vivacom calls Yettel and A1’s concerns following CPC decision an act of “collusion”
Vivacom has called the statements made by A1 and Yettel (Bulgaria) operated by PPF Telecom…
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Movistar Peru adds Disney+ & Star+ to TV offering
Telefonica’s Movistar Peru has announced it has struck a deal with with The Walt Disney…
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Play expands TV package with new TVP thematic channels
Poland’s Play expands its TV packages offering with the addition of four TVP thematic channels…
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América Móvil declining pay TV revenues soften top line growth
Mexico-based Latin American and European telecom giant América Móvil, owner of Telmex, Claro and Telekom…
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UK’s Connect Fibre taps Netgem to add TV service to broadband offering
UK fibre-to-the-home network operator Connect Fibre has chosen Netgem to provide a TV offering for…
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Vodafone UK offers free strawberries and cream as part of Wimbledon campaign
Vodafone UK is offering free strawberries and cream to its customers this summer in time…
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Skytel and Mirada join forces to launch GO+ in Mongolia
Mongolia’s Skytel has announced it has launched the new pay TV service GO+, powered by…
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Canal+ and LFP chiefs in war of words ahead of Ligue 1 rights round
France’s Canal+ and Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) have become embroiled in a war of…
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Hungary’s 4iG sells Digi mobile infrastructure following Vodafone migration
Hungarian telecom and IT group 4iG is sell the former Digi’s mobile infrastructure following a…
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UK’s Nexfibre opens net with Virgin Media O2 as anchor client
UK consumers and businesses can now connect to the network of Nexfibre, the fibre JV…
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Sky Deutschland to cease making scripted originals
Sky Deutschland, the German division of Comcast-owned European pay-TV giant Sky, is to cease making…
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Orange taps Vantiva for new Livebox as Belgian Gigabit broadband battle heats up
Orange Belgium has tapped Vantiva, the broadband and video technology outfit formerly known as Technicolor,…
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United Media secures exclusive MotoGP rights
MotoGP and United Media, the media arm of Southeast Europe service provider United Group, have…
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Virgin Media O2 opens Gamepad free gaming space at O2 Arena
Liberty Global and Telefónica-owned UK operator Virgin Media O2 has opened the Virgin Media Gamepad, a…
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Denmark’s Norlys furthers national reach ambition with Fibia deal
Danish energy and telecom company Norlys is close to achieving national reach for its TV…
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Pilot WP launches on Panasonic TVs, powered by Redge Media
Polish online pay TV service Pilot WP has launched on Panasonic connected TVs, deployed by…
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Telia names Tim Pennington interim EVP and CFO
Nordic telco Telia Company has appointed Tim Pennington as interim executive vice president and CFO,…
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Tele Columbus upgrading Leipzig network to FTTH
German cable operator Tele Columbus has begun work on delivering fibre connectivity to homes in…
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Liberty Global: five takeaways from the BofA Securities C-Suite TMT conference
Liberty Global’s leadership usually have interesting and illuminating stories to tell and chief financial officer…
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TIM enters exclusive talks with KKR over sale of NetCo
Italy’s biggest telecommunications services provider Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced exclusive negotiations for the sale…
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Ofcom and UK telcos commit to bring more women to tech roles
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has teamed up with the UK’s biggest telecoms companies…
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Why MultiChoice is looking to the Rest of Africa for growth
MultiChoice Group has been contending with regulatory, tax, and economic headwinds, particularly in its home…