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beIN Media to make Women’s Champions League available for free
beIN Media Group is to make coverage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League available as…
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RAI can cut its stake in Rai Way to 30%, Italian government says
The Italian government has clarified its stance on the decision to allow state broadcaster RAI…
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US pay TV providers continued to lose millions of subscribers in 2021
The top pay TV providers in the US lost just shy of 4.7 million subscribers…
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Magenta Telekom picks Broadpeak for Austrian Magenta TV launch
Magenta Telekom has selected CDN provider Broadpeak to power its launch of Magenta TV in…
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Orange Spain and MásMóvil to merge
Orange and Spanish service provider MásMóvil have entered into exclusive negotiations to merge their Spanish…
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NOS sees strong pay TV and converged growth
Portuguese service provider NOS continued to record strong revenue-generating growth in the fourth quarter of…
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RAI given permission to cut towers business stake by Italian government
The Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has approved a decree that will allow state broadcaster…
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Apple TV+ comes to Comcast STBs
Comcast has announced a distribution deal with Apple to bring Apple TV+ to its entertainment…
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MFE seeking to take ProSiebenSat.1 stake beyond 25%
MediaForEurope (MFE), formerly known as Mediaset, has sought the German competition watchdog’s permission to raise…
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beIN Sports reacts to rejection of Turkish football bid
beIN Sports, owner of Turkish pay TV platform Digitürk, has expressed concern after the Turkish…
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Vodafone Spain adds Cosmo On to VOD offering
Vodafone España is to add Cosmo On, the video-on-demand service of fashion and lifestyle brand…
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Timeless Dizi Channel comes to Nowo in Portugal
SPI/FilmBox has announced a distribution deal for its premium drama channel Dizi in Portugal with…
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Luxembourg’s PostTV adds Disney content on-demand
Disney content on-demand has launched on the PostTV and tele.lu services in Luxembourg. A Walt…
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Sunrise UPC forms streaming partnership with CH Media
Swiss commercial broadcast group CH Media and Liberty Global-backed service provider Sunrise UPC have forged…
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Verizon launches +play content aggregation platform
Verizon has announced the launch of a new ‘entertainment hub’ which will serve to aggregate…
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TIM sets aside €548m for risks associated with DAZN deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has set aside €548 million to cover contractual risks associated with its…
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Tele Columbus strikes deal with ARD
German cable operator Tele Columbus has struck an agreement with public broadcaster ARD covering the…
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China set for slow pay TV growth
The Chinese pay TV is set to remain stagnant in the coming years, claims a…
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Pay TV stability for LATAM
Pay TV subscribers in Latin America are set to remain stable following years of decline…
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HBO Max to enter live sports with US soccer deal
Streamer HBO Max is to make a significant entry into live sports with rights to…
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Bouygues launches new 4K Android box with Salto included
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has launched a new 4K HDR set-top box with an…
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TF1 and M6 to sell channels to Altice to secure merger deal approval
France’s TF1 and M6 and Altice Media have begun exclusive negotiations for the sale of…
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Telefónica and Microsoft expand partnership to focus on consumer market collaboration
Spanish telco Telefónica has announced an expanded global strategic relationship with Microsoft. The partnership will…
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M-net launches new version of TVplus offering
German service provider M-net will tomorrow launch a new version of its IPTV service, TVplus,…
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Canal+ names new public affairs director
Canal+ has named Amélie Meynard as director of public affairs. Reporting to secretary general Laetitia…
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Freenet sees waipu.tv growth offset Freenet TV decline
German service provider Freenet saw growth in its Waipu.tv streaming service offset a decline in…
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Digi sees strong revenue and RGU growth
Romania-based broadband, mobile and pay TV service provider Digi saw strong growth in revenues and…
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vMVPD on the rise in the US
The average US virtual pay TV user in 2021 used 13.5 video services per month…
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Movistar Plus+ launching TV-commerce app as part of AWS partnership
Telefónica is launching a TV-commerce app on its Movistar Plus+ service as part of a…
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Vodafone to sell US$2.5 billion Indus Towers stake
Vodafone is mulling a US$2.5 billion sale of its stake in India’s largest cell tower…