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O2 Czechia unveils win-win deal with TV Nova’s Voyo
O2 Czechia will be the first IPTV provider in the Czech market to offer TV…
Canada’s Shaw uses Q4 results to urge regulator deal approval
Canadian telco Shaw Communications’ results for the year ended August 31, 2022 have shown a…
Xavier Niel circles France’s DTT platform ahead of frequency renewals
Speculation is bubbling up in France around the possibility that telecom tycoon Xavier Niel, owner…
Deutsche Glasfaser and Vodafone Deutschland in new wholesale deal
German fibre network operator Deutsche Glasfaser and Vodafone Deutschland have concluded a wholesale agreement for…
GO Malta taps Imagine Communications for new playout and media management system
Service provider GO Malta has installed a complete playout and media management architecture from Imagine…
Veon sells Russian operation to management
Netherlands-based holding company Veon has sold its Russian operation VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline…
Pay TV in Spain shows robust performance, despite streamer expansion
Newly published data from Spanish regulator the CNMC shows that PayTV in Spain has continued…
MásMedia TV partners with StreamVX to reduce streaming carbon footprints
Spanish white label B2B platform operator MásMedia TV, which provides an IPTV service for operators,…
Corus networks chief Daniel Eves steps down, replaced by Jennifer Abrams
Leading Canadia media company Corus Entertainment has announced that Daniel Eves, SVP, networks will step…
MásMóvil’s Yoigo gets LaLiga Smartbank
Spanish service provider MásMóvil has added Spain’s second division football competition, LaLiga Smartbank, to the…
BBC First launches on Digi Romania
The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Studios has secured a berth for drama channel BBC…
Sky adds linear channel to its Sky Kids portfolio, commissions originals
From February, Sky is launching a 24-hour ad-free Sky Kids channel which it says will…
beIN offers 22 live Qatar World Cup games for free to MENA audiences
On the eve of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, beIN Media announced that…
KPN adds ESPN channels to DTT platform Digitenne
Dutch telco KPN has added sports channel ESPN to its DTT platform Digitenne. From January…
DreamWorks channel launches in France on SFR
NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer has launched 24-hour kids and family channel DreamWorks for the…
Tele Columbus in wholesale deal with 1&1 Germany
German cable operator Tele Columbus has struck a new wholesale deal with alternative broadband provider…
French reports suggest Canal+ is poised to acquire pay TV rival OCS
After a protracted period of courting, French media giant Canal+ is on the verge of…
EU competition watchdog to probe Telenet and Fluvius fibre plan
The agreement between Liberty Global-backed Belgian service provider Telenet and fibre network outfit Fluvius to…
Digi shows robust growth in Romania, while expanding in Spain and Italy
Romanian PayTV market leader Digi Communications has reported a 19% increase in revenues for Q3,…
Vodafone’s ‘resilient’ results and efficiency targets fail to impress markets
Vodafone Group revenue grew by 2% to €22.9 billion for the first half of financial…
Iliad Group posts strong customer growth
France’s Iliad Group has posted strong Q3 results, with solid subscriber growth in its home…
Sky Austria MD upped to Sky Deutschland commercial chief
Sky Austria managing director Neal O’Rourke is to become Sky Deutschland’s chief commercial officer in…
Viaplay: adjusting aim to hit the target
There have been some signs of late that the second tier of streaming platforms below…
Pay TV platform Sky sub-licences cricket event to Channel 4 in the UK
In a further sign of growing co-operation between free-to-air and pay TV broadcasters on sports…
Deutsche Telekom TV base sees modest growth in Q3
Deutsche Telekom saw modest growth in its TV base in the third quarter. The telco…
Virgin telco adds LaLiga Smartbank and movie channels to TV offering
Virgin telco, the rest-of-Spain service provider brand launched by northern Spanish cable group Euskaltel but…
BBC iPlayer on course for ‘best year ever’
The BBC says that its iPlayer on-demand service is “well on track for its best…
Proximus turns to 3SS for TV everywhere offering
Belgium’s Proximus has tapped technology outfit 3 Screen Solutions’ 3Ready as the basis for its…
Singtel results dented by currency exchange and lower PayTV revenues
Singapore telco Singtel has posted net profits of US$834m for H1 2023, up 23%, boosted…
VodafoneZiggo’s Ziggo Sport takes Champions League, Europa League rights
Dutch service provider VodafoneZiggo’s sport TV unit Ziggo Sport has acquired the exclusive 2024-27 media…