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Pay TV Operators
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Disney’s formula for streaming success
Disney boss Bob Iger packed so much into this week’s quarterly earnings call that attending…
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Swisscom’s TV base declines
Swisscom’s TV base declined by 2.2% year-on-year to reach 1.537 million by December 31, according…
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Canal+ confirms it is now biggest Viaplay shareholder
French pay TV operator Canal+ has confirmed that it has upped its stake in Nordic streamer Viaplay to 29.33%.
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Dutch Eredivisie returns to Japan’s Fuji TV
Japan’s broadcast provider, Fuji TV, has gained back the media rights to Dutch top-tier football…
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Sky hikes TV and broadband prices
UK pay TV operator and broadband provider, Sky, will increase prices across its TV and…
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Denmark’s Norlys integrates Media Distillery to enhance user experience
Denmark’s telecommunications provider, Norlys, has tapped AI outfit specialising in video UX optimisation, Media Distillery,…
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Disney narrows streaming losses as it bets on investment in Epic Games
Disney lost 1.3 million Disney+ streaming subscribers in its first fiscal quarter but reduced the…
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Bouygues Telecom names consumer marketing chief
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has named Aurélie Stock-Poeuf as director of marketing for consumer…
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YouTube TV passes eight million subscriber milestone
YouTube TV now has over eight million subscribers, according to the video streaming site’s CEO…
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Virgin Media adds over 100 channels to Stream box offering at no extra cost
Liberty Global’s UK-based services provider, Virgin Media O2, has introduced over 100 channels to its…
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Everyone TV: Freely offers ‘best option for live TV’ in streaming age
Freely is “built on the spirit of collaboration” in partnership with global TV manufacturers to…
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Vodafone sees ‘return to negative growth’ in Germany from MDU TV rule change
The change in German law to prevent housing associations from bundling TV with rental costs…
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Dutch telcos give up on Eredivisie-Disney deal complaint but keep offer open
The Dutch telecom consortium attempting to wrest Eredivisie football rights from Disney has given up…
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Viacom18 set to take majority stake in Disney’s Indian operations
Viacom18, the Indian firm backed by Reliance Industries, Paramount Global and James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree…
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Vodafone rejects Iliad’s Italian offer
Vodafone has rejected Iliad Group’s upped offer to acquire its Italian operation, saying it would…
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Canal+ makes bid to acquire MultiChoice
Canal+ Group has made a US$1.7 billion bid to acquire South Africa’s Multichoice. The Vivendi-owned…
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Free launches Freebox Ultra Wi-Fi 7 box with Canal+ live channel included
French service provider Free, owned by Iliad Telecom, has unveiled its latest Freebox, the Freebox…
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Sky to cut 1,000 jobs
Pay TV operator Sky is looking to cut about 1,000 jobs in the UK this…
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Vivendi now looking at four-way split
Vivendi has updated on its plan to split up into separate listed companies, first announced…
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Vodafone España to add OneToro TV to line-up
Vodafone España is to add premium subscription channel OneToro TV to its programming line-up in…
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Sky launches dedicated tennis channel
UK pay TV operator Sky’s sports unit Sky Sports is to launch a dedicated tennis…
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Tele2 sees TV revenue and subs dip as Sweden and Baltics boost overall numbers
Nordic telco Tele2’s revenue from digital TV declined by a further 3% in the final…
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Gen Z consumers look to smartphones for video
Nearly twice as many Gen Z consumers use a smartphone to watch video in a…
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WWE’s McMahon resigns following trafficking allegation
WWE parent TKO’s executive chairman Vince McMahon has resigned in the wake of sex-trafficking allegations…
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Big Media and Nunez NFE create JV to run JOJ World documentary channel
US-based factual production company and channel provider, Big Media has tied with Slovakian production company,…
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Movistar Plus+ to broadcast LIV Golf 2024 and 2025 tournaments
LIV Golf 2024 tournaments will feature on Telefónica’s streaming brand and pay TV service, Movistar…
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Comcast talks up US-focused ‘Peacock and linear as one’, bats away merger speculation
Comcast aims to “manage Peacock and our linear TV businesses as one” rather than to…
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Telia sees TV advertising decline but pay TV revenues rise
Nordic telco Telia’s TV and media arm had a mixed final quarter of the year,…
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ESPN+ to stream WSL’s 2024 Championship Tour
Disney-owned sports entertainment leader, ESPN, has landed the streaming rights to the World Surf League’s…
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Peacock adds 3m subs in Q4 as Comcast exceeds expectations
Comcast-owned streamer Peacock was the cable and media giant’s standout performer in Q4, with subscribers…