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StarTimes picks up French La Liga rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Spanish football league La Liga has sold a package of broadcast rights to digital TV…
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US piracy a US$1 billion industry
Content piracy in the US is now a billion dollar industry, claims a new report….
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Mediaset edges towards Vivendi talks as merger hits roadblock
Mediaset has abandoned its existing plan to merge its Italian and Spanish arms under a…
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Comcast drops plan for NBC Sky World News service
Comcast has reportedly shelved plans for the international news channel it hoped to rollout this…
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TV ‘hugely impactful’ on subscriber take-up, says Liberty Global’s Fries
TV remains a crucial part of the multi-play bundle and a profitable one for Liberty…
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Movistar+ launches on Apple TV
Telefónica has made its pay TV service Movistar+ available on Apple TV – the latest…
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Liberty Global returns to customer growth, O2 JV ‘on track’
Liberty Global has been able to confirm its full-year financial guidance after turning in solid…
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New chief for M7 Deutschland
Marco Hellberg has been named as the new head for M7 Deutschland, which supplies channels…
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AMC Networks International launches four channels in Luxembourg
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has launched four new entertainment channels on Post Luxembourg’s PostTV, the…
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DreamWorks channel launches on StarTimes in Africa
NBCUniversal International Networks’ (NBCUIN) DreamWorks family entertainment channel has launched across sub-Saharan African on the…
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Canal+ may pull out of French digital-terrestrial platform at end of year
Canal+ may pull out of France’s digital-terrestrial TV platform when its licence expires at the…
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United Group completes acquisition of Bulgaria’s Vivacom
South-eastern European broadband and pay TV provider United Group has completed the acquisition of Bulgaria’s…
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NENT Group hires Peter Nørrelund as it looks to expand streaming and sports portfolios
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has announced the appointment of Peter Nørrelund as its EVP…
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Canal+ rebounds with strong international growth and Disney+ deal
Vivendi-owned Canal+’s international expansion has begun to pay significant dividends, with the pay TV operator…
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Mediaset suffers major setback as Vivendi secures MFE legal victory
Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish arms under a new Dutch-registered holding company…
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Altice confirms guidance after solid Q2 despite media decline
Altice Europe has managed to confirm its financial guidance for the full year after turning…
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Proximus to accelerate fibre build-out, sees solid TV growth
Belgian telco Proximus, which managed to grow its TV and broadband base in Q2, has…
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Comcast: Sky retains customers but suffers revenue dip as Peacock hits 10 million subs
Sky managed to retain almost all of its customers through the coronavirus pandemic, but still…
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Telefónica sees pay TV fall and OTT rise as it commits to full fibre coverage
Telefónica has posted Q2 numbers that saw its global pay TV base decline by 6%…
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Orange TV growth slows but base passes 10 million
Orange saw its TV customer base pass the 10 million mark in the second quarter,…
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Telenet sees convergence growth as TV base dips
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet saw continued growth in its fixed-mobile convergence base of…
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Cyta taps Verimatrix to secure IPTV services
The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) has opted to secure its IPTV services with Verimatrix’s Video Content…
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Vodafone Deutschland on track to make Germany ‘Europe’s Gigabit leader’
Vodafone Deutschland has said it is ahead of track to meet its objective of delivering…
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Bezeq’s Yes taps Synamedia for broadcast-equivalent latency for OTT TV
Bezeq-owned Israeli pay TV service provider Yes is using Synamedia’s video network portfolio to deliver…
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ESPN extends African reach with MultiChoice deal
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice and Disney have struck a deal that will see…
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Canal+ Polska extends OTT streamer to iOS, Android and Android TV
Polish pay TV provider Canal+ Polska has extended the off-net OTT offering it launched in…
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Korean cable consolidation continues with KT Skylife acquisition of Hyundai HCN
Korean telco KT’s pay TV unit KT Skylife has been selected as the preferred bidder…
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M7 Deutschland signs up new distribution partners
M7 Deutschland, the arm of the Canal+-owned M7 Group that supplies entertainment services for cable…
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Pay TV set for modest growth in Japan despite cord cutting
The pay TV sector in Japan is set for modest growth in the coming years….
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Canal+ to launch Ethiopia’s first premium DTH platform
Vivendi-owned French operator Canal+ will launch Ethiopia’s first premium DTH platform at the beginning of…