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Pay TV Operators
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UPC Cablecom extends catch-up service, fast internet
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom has extended its Replay catch-up TV service on…
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Payner Media signs up with Telekom Austria for satellite distribution
Payner Media, owner of Bulgarian music channels Planeta HD and Planeta Folk, has contracted Telekom…
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Shares in Sky spike after report of rebuffed Vivendi approach
Shares in Sky spiked by about 5% yesterday after the Sunday Telegraph reported that 21st…
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Manhattan to release Freeview Play set-tops next year
Set-top box maker Manhattan TV is set to launch three devices that support Freeview Play…
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BT Sport teams up with Ericsson for UHD channel launch
BT Sport has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with Ericsson, which will…
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Com Hem extends housing association contract
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has extended its contract with Stockholm-based cooperative housing association SKB,…
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Vodafone recognises higher losses from Ono
Vodafone has estimated that cable unit Ono made losses of €642 million last year after…
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Belgacom completes Proximus rebrand
Belgacom has completed its rebrand to Proximus, having first grouped all its products and services…
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BBC DG: licence fee has ’10 years life left’, reforms needed
The BBC licence fee model has got “10 years life in it”, according to director…
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Vivendi expected to strike Telecom Italia deal
Vivendi is expected to announce a deal to take a stake in Telecom Italia this…
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Numericable-SFR makes bid for Bouygues Telecom
Altice-backed French telco Numericable-SFR has made an offer to acquire Bouygues Telecom, Altice has confirmed….
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Germany closes €5.08 billion spectrum auction
German regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, closed its mobile broadband spectrum auction on Friday, raising a total…
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Virgin Media brings ultrafast broadband to Manchester
Virgin Media is rolling out ultrafast broadband in Manchester in the first phase of its…
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UPC Romania launch for Food Network
Food Network has launched on UPC Romania, thanks to a recent deal between the channel’s…
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Tele Columbus debuts on small cap index
German cable operator Tele Columbus’ shares are being listed on the country’s SDAX index from…
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Telco Lebara makes European OTT play
Lebara, a telecoms company that offers low-cost international calls, has moved into the over-the-top (OTT)…
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Canal+ co-founder launching online TV service
Former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure and Jean-David Blanc, the founder of AlloCiné, are launching a…
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Vodafone Germany appoints Telekom Austria CEO as next boss
Vodafone Germany has announced plans to appoint Hannes Ametsreiter as its next CEO, following news…
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Microsoft launches high-end TV dongle in India
Microsoft has partnered with Mumbai-based electronics firm iBall to launch a high-end “PC-on-a-stick” HDMI device in…
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Fox Play VoD service launches in Poland
Fox International Channels (FIC) has launched a new on-demand service, Fox Play, for pay TV…
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UK SVoD subscriptions to double by 2019
Subscription video-on-demand services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video and Now TV will see their UK…
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BT claims EE deal will create a ‘UK digital champion’
BT has said that its planned buyout of UK mobile operator EE will create a…
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Comcast reportedly interested in T-Mobile US deal
US cable giant Comcast is said to have held talks with Deutsche Telekom about a…
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IPTV now available in nine MENA countries
Fourteen service providers across nine countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) now…
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Amazon debuts latest kids originals
As its push into original kids content deepens, Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its…
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Murdoch confirms Fox CEO change
21st Century Fox has confirmed James Murdoch will succeed his father Rupert as company CEO….
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Sky plans Now TV updates, monthly sport option
Sky has outlined a string of updates for its stand-alone Now TV service, including an…
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Analogue-to-digital TV deadline reached with much work to do
The official deadline for for switchover from analogue to digital TV in Europe, Africa, the Middle…
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Nickelodeon joins OSN Play online service
Children’s network Nickelodeon has launched on OSN Play, the online TV service from Middle East…
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UK pay TV subscriber numbers up 7% in past year
The number of UK pay TV subscribers grew by more than 1 million in the…