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Beltelecom’s Smart Zala launches on Samsung smart TVs
Belarus service provider Beltelecom’s multiscreen service Smart Zala is now available via Samsung smart TVs….
Canal+ Spain secures Copa América rights
Pay TV operator Canal+ España has secured the exclusive Spanish rights to air coverage of…
Sunrise TV services available on Fribourg fibre network
Swiss service provider Sunrise is making TV, internet and call services available on the fibre…
TVbeat launches Croatian dataset
TV analytics provider TVbeat has launched a Croatian dataset for broadcasters and advertising agencies in…
Sky launches Online TV Box in Italy
Sky in Italy has launched a Roku-powered Sky Online TV Box, a streaming device that…
BT strikes download-to-own deal for HBO shows
BT TV is to become the first UK pay TV provider to offer a buy-to-keep…
Liberty Global to distribute Lat Am tracking shares on July 1
Liberty Global is to implement the distribution of its LiLAC tracking stock on July 1,…
Mediaset acquires stake in Catalan broadcaster
Broadcaster Mediaset España has struck an agreement with media group Godó to acquire a 40%…
Sky to massively expand kids VoD offering
Pay TV operator Sky is expanding its kids on-demand offering in the UK and Ireland….
CNBC extends distribution deal with OSN
Business news channel CNBC has renewed its distribution deal with Middle East pay TV operator…
UPC Ireland launches new hospitality WiFi offering
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Ireland’s hospitality services provider unit Bitbuzz has launched a new…
M-Go reportedly to stream HDR 4K content this year
Technicolor and DreamWorks-owned streaming service M-Go is reportedly planning to launch an HDR 4K service…
BBC updates iPlayer on BT Vision set-tops
The BBC has updated the version of its BBC iPlayer service that is available on…
Comcast adds TVE access to HBO, Showtime via Amazon Fire TV
Comcast subscribers in the US can now access the HBO Go and Showtime Anytime TV…
Malone: Vodafone-Liberty Global combination would be ‘great fit’
A combination of Vodafone and Liberty Global would be a “great fit” for the latter,…
Vodafone plans mobile TV push with app overhaul
Vodafone has announced plans to enrich its My Vodafone app “in a massive way”, adding…
Altice steps into US cable in US$9 billion deal
Cable and telecom investor Altice, the majority owner of France’s Numericable-SFR, is moving into the…
EC authorises Orange’s €3.4 billion acquisition of Jazztel
The European Commission has authorised Orange’s €3.4 billion buyout of Jazztel, after Orange made a…
MTG announces wide-ranging management shake-up
There have been wide-ranging management changes at the Modern Times Group as the free and…
Italian regulator orders investigation into Serie A allocation
Italy’s antitrust regulator has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the division of Serie…
Deutsche Telekom buys remaining Slovak Telekom stake for €900m
Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that it is buying the 49% stake of Slovak Telekom that…
Vodafone’s TV customer base now 9.1 million
Vodafone closed the quarter ending March 31 with 9.1 million TV customers and 11.3 million…
Three in 10 UK viewers say TV programming is getting worse
Three in 10 adult TV viewers in the UK said they felt that the quality…
Telefónica to aggregate content buying across territories
Telefónica plans to realise major synergies from aggregating TV content acquisition across all the territories…
Broadband and pay TV take Kabel Deutschland past €2bn milestone
Vodafone-owned German cable operator Kabel Deutschland saw its broadband and premium pay TV base chalk…
Tele Columbus teams up with Drillisch for quad-play
German cable operator Tele Columbus has teamed up with network-independent mobile service provider Drillisch to…
OTE launches TV everywhere service, secures Bundesliga rights
Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek pay TV operator OTE last week launched a new TV everywhere service,…
Orange signs up with Banaxi for new SVoD service
Banaxi, the central European on-demand service backed by OTT technology provider NetRange, has struck a…
Amazon ‘dropping Viacom reality shows’
Amazon will remove numerous Viacom reality series from its US Prime Instant Video service, according…
DanceTrippin TV launches app for Roku and Amazon Fire TV
Music channel DanceTrippin TV has launched a smart TV app for Roku and Amazon Fire…