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Pay TV Operators
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Bouygues Telecom launches 5G B.tv key offering
France’s Bouygues Telecom has launched a new HDMI key giving access to TV services to…
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DAZN Women’s Football launches on Virgin TV
Sports streamer DAZN has inked the first of its kind deal in the UK with…
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CommScope fails to find access nets buyer after torrid year
Broadband technology player CommScope was unable to put a positive spin on Q4 and full…
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Vodafone and OXG to build FTTH to 900k Berlin homes
Vodafone Deutschland and OXG, the fibre joint-venture it created with Altice last year, have said…
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United Group completes acquisition of Bulgaria’s Bulsatcom
South-eastern Europe pay TV and telecoms operator, United Group, has finalised the acquisition of Bulgarian…
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Latin American pay TV to flatten over next six years
The pay TV decline in Latin America is expected to lose momentum and settle at…
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Watchdog: Canal+ must make mandatory bid for MultiChoice
South African competition watchdog the Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) has ruled that Canal+ must make…
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Swisscom close to €8bn deal to acquire Vodafone Italia
Swisscom is in exclusive talks to acquire 100% of Vodafone’s Italian business and merge it with its own Swiss subsidiary, Fastweb.
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iQiyi doubles down on originals, AI and international growth
Leading Chinese streamer iQiyi aims to double down on its strategy of building a strong…
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ESPN extends USL rights, airing over 400 live games
Disney’s sports entertainment giant ESPN has struck a new deal with the United Soccer league,…
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Netgem combines gaming with TV in Zeop service
TV technology and white label service provider Netgem has unveiled a new service combining live…
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TiVo Broadband signs up first operator customers
Xperi-owned video technology outfit TiVo has signed up the first four operators to take its…
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Charter reportedly mulling acquisition of Altice USA
US cable giant Charter Communications is reportedly mulling a bid to acquire Altice USA. According…
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Moonbug Channel launches on Allente
Candle Media-owned kids programmer Moonbug Entertainment has struck an agreement with Nordic pay TV operator…
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Ukraine’s Volia adds new channels to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is to add two new channels to its programming line-up –…
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Xavier Niel to acquire leading stake in Tele2
Xavier Niel, owner of Iliad Group, is to acquire a 19.8% stake in Swedish operator…
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Manuel Cubero joins Tele Columbus supervisory board
Cable industry veteran Manuel Cubero del Castillo-Olivares has joined the supervisory board of German cable…
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German cable outfit DNMG launches FAST platform Tivee
German cable industry trade association Deutsche Netzmarketing GmbH (DNMG) is launching Tivee, a new FAST…
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Five big operators team up for ‘telco-specific’ LLM AI
A group of leading international telecom operators has teamed up to build Large Language Model…
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Proximus sees ‘constrained’ TV losses in Q4
Belgian telecom operator Proximus reported what it described as ‘constrained’ TV and fixed voice losses…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s evolving Max strategy
Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled new details of its international expansion plans for its Max streamer…
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Warner Bros. Discovery returns to streaming growth
Warner Bros. Discovery returned to streaming subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, adding 500,000 customers…
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Deutsche Telekom expands TV base in Germany and Europe
Deutsche Telekom’s domestic German Magenta TV service expanded its base by over 200,000 last year…
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North America to lose 10 million pay TV subs by 2029
North America’s pay TV subscriber base will see a steady decline in the next six…
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Sky offers one-month free trial of Sky Stream
UK pay TV operator, Sky, is offering its TV customers a one-month free trial for…
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Telefónica sees TV base decline, with positive signs in Spain
Telefónica saw its global pay TV base decline by 3.1% in the year to December,…
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Turkcell taps Cisco and Qwilt to boost streaming and data delivery
Turkish telecommunications operator, Turkcell, has teamed up with tech outfits Cisco and Qwilt to enhance…
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TV Sarpi/Ayety taps inext’s set-top boxes and IPTV solutions
Georgian telecom operator TV Sarpi/Ayety has chosen Ukraine’s inext, manufacturer of Android set-top boxes and…
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Canal+ renews Champions League rights in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Leading French pay TV outfit, Canal Plus, has renewed the rights to the UEFA Champions…
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EC approves Orange-MásMóvil merger, Telefónica slams remedies
The European Commission has given a green light to Spanish operator MásMóvil’s merger with Orange…