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United Group in talks to buy Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group
United Group, the Balkan telco and media company, in talks to acquire Bulgaria’s leading media…
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CMA launches probe of Virgin Media-O2 merger
UK competition regulator the CMA has referred the proposed merger of Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media…
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Swiss watchdog approves Sunrise delisting
Swiss stock exchange body SIX Exchange Regulation AG has approved the delisting of the registered…
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Russia’s Duma passes first stage of controversial cable TV monitoring bill
Russia’s parliament, the Duma, has passed the first reading of a controversial bill that would…
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DAZN teams up with KDDI for 5G sports experience
Sports streamer DAZN has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company KDDI, to bring customers in Japan…
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Canal+ scores major court victory in Paramount film licencing deal
Vivendi-owned French pay TV operator Canal+ has won a court battle to stop Paramount Pictures…
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OTT churn down in US as pandemic accelerates vMVPD adoption
The churn rate for OTT services in the US is down, according to a new…
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Orange invests in GitOps creator Weaveworks
Orange Ventures, the venture capital fund of the French telco, has invested in GitOps creator…
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Starhub taps Broadpeak for converged IPTV and OTT service
Singapore service provider StarHub has chosen content delivery network (CDN) and streaming video tech specialist…
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Liberty Global looks to fixed-mobile convergence and local IPOs
Liberty Global is set to benefit significantly from its realisation of fixed-mobile convergence in the…
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Berenberg bullish on Viaplay launch plans for Baltic and Poland
Nordic Entertainment Group’s (NENT Group) prospects for success in the Baltic states and Poland have…
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Turkish Dizi Channel debuts in Switzerland on Salt
SPI/FilmBox and Swiss telecommunications provider Salt have partnered to bring SPI’s global Turkish drama channel Timeless Dizi Channel…
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Telekom Srbija to deploy Irdeto Control
Serbian broadband and pay TV operator Telekom Srbija has announced a partnership with Irdeto. The…
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Omdia: India to see acceleration in consolidation and content spend
The pay TV and OTT video businesses in India are both set for likely consolidation…
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Canal+ to stay on digital-terrestrial in France
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured agreement from media regulator the Conseil Supérieur de…
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Omdia: MENA pay TV faces shift to OTT and break up of sports rights
The TV business in the Middle East and North Africa region faces big changes over…
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France’s Hadopi counts cost of piracy: 12m users, €1bn loss of earnings
Close to 12 million French internet users consumed pirated content last year, representing a loss…
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Sunrise UPC unveils exec committee and management structure
Sunrise UPC – the new combined Swiss operator from the merger of Sunrise and Liberty…
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Now TV takes first steps into esports with Qlash partnership
Sky has taken its latest step into esports via a partnership between its streaming service…
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Vodafone Deutschland offering GigaTV on Apple TV
Vodafone Deutschland has begun providing its TV service, GigaTV, along with Apple’s premium entertainment device,…
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Wind Vision launches on web for PC users
Greek service provider Wind Hellas’s Wind Vision TV service is now available via the web…
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Controversial FCC chair Ajit Pai to step down January 20
Ajit Pai, the head of the US’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced that he…
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Hopster launches on ComHem Play+
Early learning digital service Hopster is now available via Swedish cable operator ComHem’s streaming service…
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Altice Europe investor accuses Drahi of ‘illicit’ move to transfer value
A minority investor in Altice Europe has objected to the all-cash offer launched by founder…
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STC CEO announces resignation
Nasser Al-Nasser, the CEO of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), has announced his resignation. The telco…
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Omdia: pay TV operators have limited time to move to aggregator model as cord-cutting accelerates
Pay TV providers have a narrow window to make the shift to become aggregators of…
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New Thai internet TV service becomes home of HBO
Jasmine International-owned Internet service provider Triple T Broadband has launched new internet TV service for…
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New Zealand pay TV revenues to decline in spite of rising subs
The pay TV market in New Zealand is set for revenue decline in spite of…
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Drahi launches public offer to take Altice Europe private
Altice Europe boss Patrick Drahi has launched his planned public offer to take the company…
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Sunrise rolls out first 5G stadium app for FC Basel 1893
Swiss alternative telco Sunrise, set to merger with Liberty Global’s UPC Switzerland, has launched the…