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Pay TV Operators
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United Group to integrate Forthnet as telco increases stake in Greek operator
Greek pay TV operator Forthnet has become a part of former United Group. Based in…
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Vodafone handed €12.25 million GDPR fine in Italy over aggressive telemarketing
Vodafone’s Italian business is facing a fine of over €12.25 million over aggressive telemarketing practices….
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MultiChoice partners with Metrological for premium OTT services delivery
Sub-Saharan African video entertainment company MultiChoice Group (MCG) has announced a partnership with Comcast-owned vendor…
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Liberty Global’s Fries looking to Belgian merger, fixed-mobile convergence
Liberty Global is hoping part-owned Belgian operator Telenet will take advantage of the renewed sale…
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Salto close to Bouygues Telecom deal
French Netflix rival Salto is on the verge of striking its first ISP distribution deal…
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Thema launches +D’Afrique VOD offering on Orange
Thema, the Canal+ Group-owned specialist in the edition and distribution of multicultural pay TV offerings,…
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SVOD aggregators are too big to ignore for players looking for global scale
Roku shares leapt to an all-time high this week after industry juggernaut John Malone threw…
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EC passes Virgin Media-O2 merger back to UK regulator
The European Commission has acceded to a request by the UK competition regulator, the CMA,…
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Spain’s Virgin telco running ‘well ahead’ of target
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel Group’s recently launched Virgin telco brand, which it uses to…
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Malone: Amazon, Apple and Roku set to dominate streaming with cable operators ‘missing the boat’
One of Amazon, Apple or Roku could dominate the streaming industry for years to come,…
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Mediaset denies reports of letter from Vivendi, but it is open to talks of alliance
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has denied reports that it received a letter from France’s Vivendi calling…
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SPI International/FilmBox launches seven channels on waipu.tv
Channel provider SPI International/FilmBox has launched seven channels on German IPTV platform waipu.tv. The channels, spanning…
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Com Hem and TV4 agree new expanded deal
Tele2-owned Swedish cable operator Com Hem has followed up its framework agreement with Telia-owned commercial…
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T-Mobile discontinues IPTV service TVision Home
US telco T-Mobile has announced the shutdown of its TVision Home IPTV cable service as…
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vMVPD growth lessens blow of pay TV losses for US operators
The total number of subscribers to the largest US pay TV providers was down by…
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SFR launches voice-activated speaker targeting Box+TV customers
Altice France/SFR is launching a voice-activated connected speaker follow up from its SFR Box 8…
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Trade body GIGAEurope launches with 100% gigabit goal by 2025
Trade association GIGAEurope has officially launched, and has urged the industry to focus on implementing…
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Sky adds HDR movies and series to Sky Q and offline viewing in new update
Sky has begun its roll out of HDR support for Sky Q as part of…
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Vodafone becomes first DAZN pay TV reseller in Germany
Sports streamer DAZN has announced a partnership with Vodafone in Germany, making it the…
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Omdia: 4K TV sales on the up as OTT overtakes pay TV
Sales of 4K TVs have continued to grow during the COVID-19 pandemic even as smartphone…
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Deutsche Telekom takes TV Now in expanded deal with RTL
Deutsche Telekom and RTL Group’s German unit, Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, have agreed an expanded distribution…
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Swisscom taps THEOplayer for blue TV
Swsscom is using technology from video streaming tech specialist THEO Technologies to deliver the blue…
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Vodafone’s German TV base slides but Spain rises
Vodafone’s German TV base decline by 85,000 in the course of the first half of…
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SPI/Filmbox takes TDC to Russia with Orion
Channel provider SPI/FilmBox and its existing partner in the Russian market, pay TV outfit Orion…
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Xbox launch contributes to record traffic for ISPs in the UK
A number of UK ISPs saw record amounts of internet traffic on November 10 as…
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Tricolor employs Orange Business Services’s Genesys Engage for omnichannel contact centre
Russian operator Tricolor has announced a partnership with Orange Business Services to deploy an advanced…
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MultiChoice passes 20m subscriber milestone, launches new box with Netflix included
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice surpassed the 20 million subscriber milestone at the end…
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Deutsche Telekom and Tele Columbus post Q3 TV numbers
Two German TV operators – telecom giant Deutsche Telekom and regional cable operator Tele Columbus…
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Euskaltel launches Netflix Fan, Virgin telco passes 50k milestone
Spanish Basque Country cable operator Euskaltel has launched a new package, Netflix Fan, that includes…
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Proximus picks Technicolor Connected Home for new STB
Belgian operator Proximus partnered with Technicolor Connected Home to deploy its new ‘Proximus Pickx’ V7…