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Vivendi acquires 80% of Dailymotion
Vivendi has acquired an 80% stake in French video site Dailymotion for €217 million. Vivendi…
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MTG takes majority stake in ESL ‘e-sports’ brand
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to acquire a 74% majority stake in Cologne-based e-sports specialist…
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Eurosport Denmark launches today
Today sees the launch of Eurosport Denmark, a dedicated Danish sports channel created through the…
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Netflix cord-cutters ‘on the up’
More US Netflix subscribers are cutting their pay TV cords than ever before, according to…
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BBC Trust calls for managed transition on BBC Three, rejects BBC One +1
The BBC Trust has approved the closure of BBC Three and its reinvention as an…
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Liberty Global ups Pascu to CEE chief
Liberty Global has appointed the current CEO of UPC Romania and Hungary, Severina Pascu, as…
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Virgin hires Sky veteran for digital role
Virgin Media has named former Sky Italia programming chief and JimJam founder David Bouchier as…
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Orange strikes new deal with Partner Communications
Orange has signed a new partnership agreement with Israel-based mobile operator Partner Communications that is…
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Altice interested in acquiring KPN
Undaunted by last week’s rejection of its €10 billion offer by France’s Bouygues for its…
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Netflix expected to add 10m international subs this year
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost 10 million in 2015 to…
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Sky calls for probe into BT’s hold on Openreach
Sky has called on UK competition watchdog the CMA to investigate BT’s Openreach division, accusing…
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Sky to launch dedicated kids app
UK pay TV provider Sky is to launch a dedicated kids app next year and…
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Orange completes successful tender offer for Jazztel
Orange has completed its tender offer for Spanish telco Jazztel, with shareholders representing 94.75% of…
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nc+ teams up with Discovery to secure Polish football rights
Polish pay TV provider nc+ has secured rights to air coverage of Polish football league…
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Archos launching £79 HDMI PC on a stick
France-based consumer electronics supplier Archos is throwing its hat into the growing HDMI dongle market…
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NTV+ secures Wimbledon rights
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has struck a deal with the All England Lawn Tennis…
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Fox names Brian Sullivan as digital chief
21st Century Fox has named former Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan as president of digital…
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Altice hits out at Bouygues rejection
Cable and telecom investor Altice has hit out at Bouygues’ rejection of its €10 billion…
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French regulator looking to ease pay TV channels’ content burden
French media regulator the CSA is looking to ease the content creation obligations imposed on…
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Virgin Media to add BT Sport Europe to line-up
Liberty Global-owned UK cable operator Virgin Media is to add BT Sport Europe to its…
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UPC Poland adds Polsat Food Network HD
Liberty Global-owned channel provider UPC Poland is to add Polsat Food Network HD to its…
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Vivendi confirms Telecom Italia acquisition
Vivendi has acquired 14.9% of Telecom Italia, replacing Telefónica as the Italian telcos’s largest shareholder….
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Sky Deutschland reveals viewing habit variations
Viewing habits for different top titles vary hugely amongst Sky Deutschland’s base, with non-linear and…
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Canal+ denies plan for post-Meheut era
Canal+ Group has denied reports that Bertrand Meheut is preparing to quit his role as…
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TeliaSonera makes management changes
Nordic telco TeliaSonera has made a series of executive management changes. The telco has named…
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Unitymedia to add new HD channels
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia is to expand its HD offering with the addition…
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Bouygues rejects €10bn Numericable-SFR bid
The board of French conglomerate Bouygues has rejected the €10 billion offer placed by Numericable-SFR…
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TDC adds HBO Nordic to TV offerings
Danish telco TDC has signed a deal to bring HBO Nordic, the premium content provider’s…
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Verizon completes AOL acquisition
US telco Verizon has completed its acquisition of AOL for US$50 (€45) a share on…
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UPC Czech passes Horizon milestone
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic has passed the milestone of signing up 100,000…