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Netia launches new Android TV-based 4K Dolby Atmos box
Polsat Plus-owned Polish telecom operator Netia has launched its first Android TV-powered set-top in a…
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Orange taps SoftAtHome for LiveBox 7 speed test
Orange France has tapped SoftAtHome to provide an ‘eco-conscious’ speed test for its recently launched…
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DAZN and Sky Sports to deliver joint coverage on Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou fight
The highly anticipated Riyadh Season’s Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou fight will air on both…
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US DoJ set to probe Disney-WBD-Fox sports streamer plan
The US Department of Justice is to probe the joint sports streaming platform that Disney,…
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Vodafone Spain strikes deal to make DAZN available to TV subs
Vodafone España has struck a deal with sports streamer DAZN that will see it make…
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TNT Sports secures rights to HSBC SVNS rugby
BT and Warner Bros. Discovery-owned UK sports broadcaster TNT Sports has bolstered its rugby portfolio…
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Foxtel secures 18 app partners for Hubbl launch including Netflix, Disney+, & Paramount+
Australia’s pay TV provider, Foxtel, will roll-out 18 global and local apps on new streaming…
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MultiChoice takes Disney linear channels until 2027
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has signed a multi-year distribution deal with The Walt…
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Sky Sports draws record audience for 2024 Super Bowl, averaging at 514k viewers
Sky Sport’s coverage of the 2024 NFL Super Bowl event last week averaged at 514,000…
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Amazon licenses The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm to Warner Bros. Discovery in Poland and Italy
Amazon has licensed high-profile shows The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Seasons One and Two,…
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Ziggo Sports lands Dutch rights to Top Rank Boxing
VodafoneZiggo’s sports provider, Ziggo Sports, has acquired the rights to Top Rank Boxing, broadcasting at…
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KPN adds movies-on-demand service Cinetree to offering
Dutch telco KPN has added local movies-on-demand offering Cinetree to its TV line-up. KPN said…
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Liberty Global’s big restructure
Liberty Global made a raft of big announcements today that could radically reshape the company….
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Joyn joins Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV in Germany
ProSiebenSat.1’s streaming service, Joyn, has launched on Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV in Germany. Joyn content will…
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Sky Sports renews Netball Super League rights, with free coverage on YouTube
UK’s Sky Sports will keep its broadcasting rights to Netball Super League (NSL) in a…
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Liberty Global to spin off 100% of Swiss Sunrise to shareholders
Liberty Global is to spin off 100% of Swiss operating company Sunrise to shareholders. The…
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Virgin Media expects EBITDA hit as it ups investment
Virgin Media O2, Liberty Global’s UK joint venture with Telefónica, expects stable or declining revenue…
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TNT Sports secures FA Cup rights in four-year deal
The English Football Association and BT-Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture TNT Sports have agreed a…
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Hong Kong’s Now TV launches addressable TV advertising service
PCCW-owned pay TV platform, Now TV, has launched an addressable TV advertising service to enable…
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Orange sees modest rise in TV base
Orange saw its TV subscriber base increase modestly in the fourth quarter of 2023 amid…
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Paramount begins lay-offs, with 800 employees to go
Paramount Global has begun the planned lay-offs of around 800 of its US based staff, with affected employees informed yesterday.
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Investors line up for round two bidding for Altice fibre and Portuguese assets
Multiple investors have been shortlisted by Altice Group for the sale of its highly-prized French…
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Digi debuts 5G in Spain
Romanian and international service provider Digi has debuted 5G mobile services in the highly competitive Spanish market, where it is hoping to acquire assets due to be sold off to secure regulatory approval for the impending merger of rivals MásMóvil and Orange España.
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Openreach unveils new high-speed broadband tiers
Openreach, the BT-owned infrastructure outfit, has notified UK service provders that it plans to launch what it describes as two new ‘turbo-charged’ speed tiers.
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Denmark’s Norlys names new fibre chief
Danish service provider and energy company Norlys has named Carsten Bryder Thejls as the new head of its fibre division.
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Love Nature and Deutsche Telekom expand partnership to Eastern Europe
Love Nature has expanded its partnership with telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom Group across Eastern Europe.
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Virgin Media O2 reportedly revives talks to acquire TalkTalk consumer arm
Virgin Media O2 is back in talks with TalkTalk about a potential takeover of the latter’s consumer division, according to recent reports.
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StarHub sees entertainment subscribers fall
Singapore service provider StarHub’s entertainment subscriber total fell by 10% year-on-year to 337,000 at year-end, dropping by 10,000 during the last quarter.
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Sky Deutschland remains exclusive home to Premier League in Germany
Sky Deutschland holds onto its exclusive rights to the Premier League in Germany in a newly struck extended deal with the UEFA running through to the end of the 2027/28 season.
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VodafoneZiggo hires Thomas Helbo as chief technology officer
Industry veteran Thomas Helbo will serve as the newly appointed chief technology officer at Liberty…