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SPI launches Dizi on Allente across Nordic markets
Canal+ subsidiary company, SPI International, is launching Turkish drama channel Dizi and Dizi on-demand content…
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Western Europe’s OTT revenue to rise to $48bn by 2029
Western European OTT TV and film revenue will rise by 55% in the next six…
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Swisscom acquires Vodafone Italia in €8bn deal
Swisscom has confirmed it will acquire Vodafone’s Italian operation for €8 billion on a debt…
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Iliad targets €10bn after ‘year of exceptional growth’
France’s Iliad Group has posted solid year-end results, with subscribers and revenues up significantly during…
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Swiss Sunrise acquires Lausanne region cable net
Municipal services outfit Lausanne Industrial Services (SiL) has partnered with Liberty Global-backed Sunrise to enable…
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White label cloud gaming outfit Gamestream raises €4.5m
White label cloud gaming services provider Gamestream says it has raised €4.5 million with Audacia…
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Vodafone Deutschland boss Philippe Rogge to depart
Vodafone Deutschland boss, Philippe Rogge, plans to step down and will exit the company at…
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France’s Iliad Group names Aude Durand deputy CEO
French telecom operator Iliad Group has promoted Aude Durand to deputy chief executive officer. Durand…
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Proximus launches new box, TV platform to follow
Belgium’s Proximus is to start distributing a new TV Box from Friday that features integrated Wi-Fi…
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Spanish government approves Orange-MásMóvil merger
The Spanish government has approved the merger of Orange España with MásMóvil, paving a way…
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TV operators look to ‘segment market’ but will retain STBs
TV operators are unlikely to abandon the set-top box to reduce capex but may use…
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Vodafone and Allente: beyond super-aggregation
Service providers need to look beyond super-aggregation of video to integrate multiple services while catering…
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Allente: super-aggregators ‘need access to data’ from apps
Super-aggregators such as Allente need more than anything else to get access to data from…
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Swisscom’s Blue SuperMax points to super-aggregation future
Super-aggregation “helps customers who don’t want to mess around with too many apps,” according to…
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Western Europe to lose 9m pay TV subs by 2029
Pay TV subscribers in Western Europe will sink to 93 million by 2029, forecasts market…
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South Africa’s DoJ and MultiChoice team up to fight piracy
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and pay TV service Multichoice have signed an anti-piracy memorandum.
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TNT Sports secures MotoGP broadcasting rights in US
Warner Bros. Discovery‘s sports broadcaster TNT Sports will air the motorsport series, MotoGP, in the…
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Canal+ grows subscriber base as it preps international moves
Canal+ Group added 900,000 new subscribers last year as it accelerated its drive to pursue an international growth strategy.
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Nuuday sees improved top line in Q4
Danish service provider Nuuday was boosted by a recovery in its mobile base and solid…
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Charter bundles ESPN+ for Spectrum TV Select Plus subs
US cable giant Charter Communications is taking another step towards streaming super-aggregation by bundling Disney’s ESPN+ with its Spectrum TV Select Plus package.
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ESPN and ICC expand LatAm and Caribbean deal
Disney’s sports provider ESPN has extended its broadcasting partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC)…
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Comcast takes step into sports betting with DraftKings tie-up
US cable giant Comcast is making it easier for subscriber to place bets on live…
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VodafoneZiggo names external and legal affairs chief
Liberty Global and Vodafone-owned Dutch service provider VodafoneZiggo has named Anne Hustinx as executive director…
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NOS telco operations drive revenue growth in 2023
Portugal’s service provider, NOS, grew its consolidated revenue by 5% year-on-year in the financial year…
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Liberty Global appoints Severina Pascu in new role
Liberty Global has named Severina Pascu the newly created role of senior vice president, commercial…
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Echostar ‘doubt about ability to continue as going concern’
DISH Network owner Echostar has admitted that the company may not be able to survive…
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Tele Columbus to upgrade Lichtenberg homes to FTTH
German cable operator Tele Columbus expanded a partnership with housing group WGLi (Wohnungsgenossenschaft Lichtenberg eG),…
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Poland’s Polsat and UFC extend broadcast partnership
Poland’s pay TV provider Polsat and martial arts franchise UFC have renewed their broadcasting partnership….
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Apple TV+ launches on Ziggo in the Netherlands
Leading streaming platform Apple TV+ has launched on VodafoneZiggo‘s pay TV provider Ziggo in the…
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Canal+ wins delay but will make bid for MultiChoice
Canal+ has said it will go ahead and make a mandatory offer for the shares…