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Vivendi looks to Universal IPO as music group and Canal+ prove bright spots in muted quarter
French media group Vivendi has said that it plans to list Universal Media Group. Universal…
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Acorn TV launches on Vodafone TV in Spain
Best-of-British streaming service Acorn TV is to launch on Vodafone España’s TV service in Spain….
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Tricolor strikes movie deal with NBCUniversal
Russian pay TV service Tricolor is boosting its feature film offering through new deal with…
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Cogeco rejects revised C$11.1bn Altice USA bid
The Audet family, which holds a controlling interest in Canada’s Cogeco, has rejected a revised…
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Proximus teams up with On Rewind for interactive sports player
Belgian telco Proximus has signed up with technology outfit On Rewind to provide its All…
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Tele2’s Com Hem and Boxer to add Discovery’s Dplay to offering
Tele2-owned Swedish cable operator Com Hem and digital-terrestrial pay TV sister company Boxer have agreed…
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Sky adds kids content from DreamWorks in NBCU deal
Sky has announced a new long-term partnership with sister company NBCUniversal to bring DreamWorks animated…
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Less than half of US households will be MVPD subscribers by 2025
More than half of US broadband households will live without an MVPD service by 2025….
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Cord-cutting accelerated by pandemic, claims report
The global Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating trends in cord-cutting, a new report has said. According…
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Netgem launches Super WiFi on Videofutur
TV and broadband technology company Netgem has launched Super WiFi, a new service designed to…
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Premier League introduces PPV for the first time
The English Premier League has announced an extension of its blanket broadcast rules that will…
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Liberty Global passes threshold for Sunrise acquisition
Liberty Global’s Swiss subsidiary UPC Switzerland has secured 82% of the share capital of mobile-focused…
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Nordic pay TV outfit Allente taps 3SS and Kaonmedia for upgraded service
Allente, the new pay TV provider resulting from the recent merger between Viasat Consumer and…
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WarnerMedia’s TNT Now joins Orange TV in Spain
WarnerMedia’s TNT Now video-on-demand offering is now avaialbel on Orange España’s TV service. The addition…
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Telefónica launches Fortnite Living app on Movistar+
Telefónica has announced a partnership with Epic Games to bring the Fortnite Living app exclusively…
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Pay TV revenues to decline in spite of increasing subscriber numbers
While the number of pay TV subscribers are continuing to rise, the segment’s global revenue…
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Liberty and Telefónica warn of potential delay as CMA requests EC to refer Virgin Media-O2 merger back
Liberty Global and Telefónica have warned of a potential delay to the merger of their…
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MultiChoice invests further in Ethiopia with Premier League deal
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice Group’s SuperSport service has added rights to the Ethiopian…
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Vodafone Spain launches new convergent packages
Vodafone España has launched One Hogar Ilimitable, a new set of convergent packages combining what…
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BT extends BritBox partnership with six-month free trial
BT TV subscribers will get a six-month complimentary subscription to BritBox, the companies have announced….
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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland sign 10-year fixed line deal including FTTH access
Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland/O2 have announced a 10-year extension to their fixed line…
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Sky Sports sees record day with peak of 3.3 million viewers
Sunday October 4 was a record-breaking day for Sky Sports, the pay TV broadcaster has…
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Com Hem offers Apple TV 4K
Tele2-owned Swedish cable operator Com Hem has begun offering Apple TV 4K boxes as part…
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Jeroen Bronselaer upped to CEO of SBS by Telenet
Belgian telco Telenet has announced the appointment of Jeroen Bronselaer as the CEO of SBS….
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Teleste sells German services business to Circet
Broadband technology Teleste has signed an agreement to sell its services business in Germany to…
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Canal+ takes 6.5% stake in MultiChoice
French pay TV operator Canal+ Group has taken a 6.5% stake in South Africa-based pay…
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Fiit exercise app launches on Sky Q
Exercise app Fiit has launched on Sky Q in the UK. The operator claims that…
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Cyta partners with Irdeto for DRM tech
Cypriot telco Cyta has announced a partnership with Irdeto which will see the digital platform…
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RTL Deutschland strikes extended deal with Tele Columbus
RTL Deutschland has struck a new and extended distribution agreement with cable operator Tele Columbus…
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Vodafone Spain names new CEO
Vodafone España has named Colman Deegan as its new CEO, effective from November 1. Deegan,…