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Eleven expands in SE Asia on back of Astro STL deal
Sports broadcaster Eleven has struck a four-year partnership with Malaysian pay TV operator Astro that…
Orange Belgium announces deal to acquire 75% minus one share of VOO
Orange Belgium has announced an agreement with Nethys to acquire 75% minus one share in…
Digi completes sale of Hungarian unit
Romania-based international service provider Digi has completed the sale of its Hungarian subsidiary to local…
GO Malta commits to invest €1m in original content
Maltese service provider GO has committed to invest over €1 million over the next three…
TIM fires profit warning as DAZN football deal underperforms
Telecom Italia (TIM) has downgraded its earnings forecast for the current financial year after its…
Insight TV launches 4K channel on Comcast
Millennial-focused lifestyle programmer Insight TV has launched its Insight TV 4K channel across Comcast’s entertainment…
M7 and Canal+ Poland team up for first original series
Pay TV outfit M7 Group has teamed up with its parent company Canal+ Group’s Polish…
Box Broadband taps Netgem for TV rollout
UK alternative internet service provider Box Broadband, which serves a combination of rural and non-rural…
Sky adds Apple TV+ to Sky Q
Pay TV operator Sky has added Apple TV+ to its Sky Q offering and Sky…
OTE commits to €3bn investment in fibre
Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has committed to invest over €3 billion by 2027 in…
Patrick Drahi ups stake in BT, prompting government threat of intervention
Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK has upped its stake in BT to 18%, prompting warnings from…
DAZN and Movistar+ divide LaLiga rights
Spain’s LaLiga has sold domestic broadcast rights for the next five seasons of the league…
Deutsche Glasfaser secures €5.75bn in funding for FTTH
Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser Group has secured new financing to the tuen of €5.75 billion euros…
LaLiga clubs endorse CVC deal
Spain’s LaLiga has signed a strategic partnership deal with private-equity outfit CVC after securing the…
Tet makes OTT platform available as white label product
Latvian service provider, technology and entertainment company Tet, formerly Lattelecom, is to make the technology…
AMCNI and M7 strike expanded deal in CEE
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) and Canal+-owned pay TV operator M7 Group have struck an expanded…
Liberty Networks Germany begins rolling out FTTH
Liberty Networks Germany, Liberty Global’s new German joint venture with InfraVia Capital, has begun rolling…
Telecom Italia’s FiberCop secures new partner
Telecom italia (TIM Group) fibre infrastructure operator FiberCop has signed an agreement with internet service provider Netoip that will…
Axian taps Zattoo for Madagascar IPTV rollout
Axian Group has signed an agreement with TV-as-a-service provider Zattoo to use the latter to…
4iG acquires majority stake in ALBtelecom
Hungarian IT outfit and service provider 4iG has acquired an 80.27% in Albanian telco ALBtelecom….
Sky agrees to make F1 finale FTA on Channel 4
UK pay TV operator Sky has struck a partnership with terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 that…
Alteox Media Consulting and Post Luxembourg partner for cloud TV offering
Alteox Media Consulting struck an agreement with telecom operator Post Luxembourg that will combine the…
European telco sector set for resurgence, says Jefferies
The European telecom sector looks set for resurgence in 2022 amid top-line growth, potential consolidation…
Cable Bahamas taps WISI America for ABR video
Cable Bahamas, a triple play provider for the Bahamian population, has chosen WISI America, the…
Viaplay to launch in Netherlands in March
Nordic Entertainment Group’s (NENT Group) Viaplay streamer will launch in the Netherlands on March 1…
ViacomCBS’s Paramount+ to launch in South Korea in partnership with CJ ENM
US-based ViacomCBS has struck a comprehensive global partnership with South Korea’s CJ ENM, which includes…
TIM reorganises management with technology and strategy chiefs to go
Telecom Italia (TIM) is reorganising its management, with Nicola Grassi, chief technology and operations officer,…
RTVS taps M7 for channel distribution
Slovak public broadcaster RTVS has turned to Luxembourg-based pay TV outfit M7 Group, owned by…
Moonbug Kids lands on OSN
Moonbug Entertainment has partnered with MENA entertainment hub OSN to launch the first Moonbug Kids…
Virgin Media O2 completes Gigabit upgrade
UK service provider Virgin Media O2 has said it has completed the upgrade of its…