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Sky Italia secures exclusive Champions League rights
Sky italia has secured exclusive Italian rights to 185 out of 203 UEFA Champions League…
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Paramount cutting 25% of US-based team
Paramount Global is cutting around 25% of its US-based team across Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and…
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SK Telecom claims top spot for IPTV growth
South Korea’s SK Telecom had 9.401 million pay TV customers at the end of March,…
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Matt Stagg exits Warner Bros. Discovery
Matt Stagg, BT Sports director of mobile and immersive is stepping down from his role…
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Canal+ Group hires former Salto exec Thomas Follin
Canal+ Group has hired the former managing director of the recently shut-down Salto, Thomas Follin…
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Liberty Latin America sees video subscriber losses
Liberty Latin America lost 6,200 net video subscribers in the three months to the end…
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Liberty Global’s Fries: number of streamers likely to drop
US studio consolidation will likely wittle down the number of streamers within three years as…
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US pay TV outfit DISH suffers big subscriber drop
US satellite TV outfit DISH TV saw its pay TV subscriber count plummet in the…
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Swisscom sees decline in TV subscribers
Swisscom’s TV base declined by 1.8% in the first quarter to end with 1.56 million…
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OTE TV base edges up as move to fibre accelerates
Greek telco OTE TV subscriber base reached 649,000 in the first quarter of 2023, an…
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AAPA slams EC antipiracy initiative as inadequate
The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has slammed the European Commission’s recently published recommendation on combating…
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Sri Lankan operators Airtel and Dialog to merge
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel has secured an agreement with Malaysian holding company Axiata Group…
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Dutch operators firm up Eredivise offer to pre-empt vote on extending ESPN deal
The Dutch consortium of operators that has combined to secure rights to the country’s top…
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Vodafone and Three owner ‘close to finalising deal’
Vodafone and Three-owner CK Hutchison are very close to securing an agreement to merge their…
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RTL+ launches on Vodafone Deutschland
The RTL+ streaming service is now available on Vodafone Deutschland’s TV platform as a pre-installed…
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Via Licensing and MPEG LA combine to form Via LA
The two major video technology patent licensing pool groups, Via Licensing and MPEG LA, are…
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Tele Columbus names ex-Vodafone exec as consumer business chief
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Jochen Busch as chief consumer officer. The appointment…
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Vodafone Spain swaps out legacy set-tops
Vodafone España has begun swapping out of a large number of legacy set-top boxes and…
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Virgin Media tops Ofcom pay TV complaints table
Virgin Media generated the most complaints about pay TV to UK media and telecoms regulator…
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Movistar Plus+ unveils new management structure
Spanish pay TV operator Movistar Plus+ has simplified its structure with a new organisational model…
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Comcast receives earnings boost after ‘tough moment’ of Shell shock
Comcast’s first quarter results provided a minor boost following the shock departure of NBCUniversal CEO…
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Vodafone confirms Margherita Della Valle as first female CEO
Vodafone has confirmed that chief financial officer Margherita Della Valle will be its new Group…
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Xavier Niel’s Iliad reportedly in talks with Vodafone again
Xavier Niel’s Iliad Group is once again in talks with Vodafone about a potential tie-up,…
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Telenet sees broadband and TV numbers drop
Belgian service provider Telenet saw its broadband subscriber base decline slightly on an organic basis…
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NOS reports solid start to 2023
Portuguese cable operator NOS reported a solid start to 2023, with customer numbers for all…
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Telia reports revenue loss across TV and media unit
Scandinavian telecommunications operator Telia has revealed a loss of revenue in its TV and media…
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Comcast adds raft of FAST channels to Xfinity Stream
US cable giant Comcast is adding a raft of over 20 FAST channels to its…
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SPI International expands presence in Bulgaria
Canal+ owned SPI International has unveiled SPI/FilmBox channels have launched on the new interactive television…
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Viaplay paying subscribers grow by 60%, launches on Roku in UK, US and Canada
Streaming service Viaplay’s global paying subscribers grew by 60% in the year to March, rising…
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Bouygues Telecom launches ‘European first’ live shopping service on TV
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has launched a new live shopping TV app on its…