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Pay TV Operators
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Hong Kong’s Now TV taps Viaccess-Orca for addressable TV
Hong Kong pay TV operator, Now TV, has partnered with content protection and advanced data…
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TNT Sports nets WNBA rights in UK and Ireland
Sports pay TV operator TNT Sports will live broadcast Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) games…
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Xavier Niel to buy Ukraine’s Volia and Lifecell in major investment
Iliad Telecom owner Xavier Niel’s NJJ Holding investment firm is to acquire Datagroup-Volia, Ukraine’s leading fixed telecom and pay TV provider.
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Canal+ and MultiChoice agree terms of acquisition deal
Canal+ and MultiChoice have agreed the terms of the French pay TV giant’s proposed mandatory…
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Polsat Box adds new voice functionality to 4K boxes
Polish media group Polsat Plus’s pay TV service Polsat Box has expanded support for voice…
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Macquarie-led consortium to acquire Digi Spain FTTH network
A consortium of Macquarie Capital, abrdn and Arjun Infrastructure Partners is to acquire Digi Spain’s…
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Deutsche Telekom signs ice hockey sub-licensing deal
German telecommunications and content provider, Deutsche Telekom, has inked a sub-licensing agreement with streaming operator…
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Televisa to take 100% control of Sky Mexico
Grupo Televisa has struck a deal with US telco AT&T to acquire its stake in…
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FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality plan
The US FCC is moving ahead with plans to re-designate broadband service providers under so-called…
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KPN teams with ESPN for VR streaming of PSV-AZ match
Dutch telco KPN has teamed up with ESPN to stream this Saturday’s football match between…
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French rugby’s LNR launches rights tender for 2027-31
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has launched a tender for media rights for the…
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Iliad’s Reynaud to become Tele2 chairman
Swedish service provider Tele2 has nominated Xavier Niel’s right-hand man, Iliad Telecom CEO Thomas Reynaud,…
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Singtel denies Optus sale reports
Singapore’s Singtel halted trading of its shares today after being forced to deny reports of…
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Liberty Global: the bellwether for managed service outsourcing
The groundbreaking deal that saw Liberty Global outsource the future development of its entertainment (and…
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Direct-to-TV: the operator dilemma
The virtual set-top box, in the form of an Operator Smart TV, is not about…
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MultiChoice chair Patel to stay on as Canal+ talks continue
Imtiaz Patel, chair of MultiChoice, has agreed to extend his term until the conclusion of…
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Belgium’s Proximus unveils Proximus+ app
Belgian telco provider Proximus has launched the new Proximus+ app which connects all Proximus digital platforms.
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Sky Italia keeps hold of Premier League rights until 2028
Comcast pay TV operator Sky Italia has retained its rights to the UEFA Premier League…
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beIN Sports renews Wimbledon rights in France until 2028
Pay TV operator beIN Sports has renewed its contract with the All England Tennis Club…
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US cabler Mediacom launches Xumo Stream Box
US number five cable operator Mediacom, which operates mostly in the Mid-West and South-East of…
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MásMóvil and Orange España to become MásOrange
The combined entity emerging from the merger of Spanish operator MásMóvil and Orange España will…
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Sky to launch Sky Stream in Germany
Sky is planning to launch its Sky Stream player in the German market this summer,…
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Canal+ gains UEFA Champions League rights in Poland
Pay TV company Canal+ has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to the UEFA Champions League,…
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Disney extends partnership with Serbia’s Telekom Srbija
The Walt Disney Company Central and Eastern Europe have renewed its partnership with Serbian telecommunications…
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Hong Kong’s Now TV secures UEFA Euro 2024 rights
Hong Kong pay TV operator Now TV has secured a deal with UEFA to exclusively…
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TNT Sports extends Premiership Rugby rights
Warner Bros. Discovery‘s TNT Sports has renewed its rights to the Premiership Rugby in the…
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Sky Sports to broadcast IPL and WPL games until 2027
UK pay TV provider Sky Sports has struck a multi-year expanded deal with TATA Indian…
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Eastern European pay TV subs set to fall in next five years
Eastern European pay TV customers will fall to 74 million by 2029, however the number…
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FCC calls for end to ‘misleading’ cable and DBS charges
US watchdog the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that cable and satellite TV providers…
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M7 Deutschland in new deal with Wilhelm.tel
Cable and IPTV channel provider M7 Deutschland has struck an expanded agreement with network operator…