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ITV and BT Sport to simulcast Queensberry boxing
BT Sport and ITV have signed a rights sharing deal for Boxing bouts featuring fighters…
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Comcast ups Khoury to CCO
Sky owner Comcast has announced the appointment of Jennifer Khoury as its chief communications officer. …
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US Pay TV penetration drops to two thirds with 6 million subs cutting cord in 2019
US pay TV providers lost 6 million subscribers in 2019. According to analyst MoffettNathanson, the…
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Telefónica takes hit amidst restructure
Telefónica shares took a dive in early trading after the company posted a fall profits…
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Vodafone’s AbCom acquisition approved
Vodafone’s acquisition of AbCom has been approved by Albania’s competition authority. AbCom, the largest cable…
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Deutsche Telekom sees TV numbers grow in ‘most successful year’ ever
Deutsche Telekom saw 74,000 customers in its domestic German market sign up for its MagentaTV…
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Mediaset gives itself extra time after Spanish court rejects merger appeal
Mediaset has filed its plan to merge its Italian and Spanish unites with the Dutch…
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Veon names interim Beeline CEO
Russia’s Veon has named Viktor Biryukov as interim CEO of its domestic service provider arm,…
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Cellcom and Bezeq both in talks to buy Golan
Telco Cellcom Israel is in talks to acquire Golan Telecom, the operator has confirmed. On…
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BT revamps pay TV packages with flexible structure
BT has launched a range of new ‘flexible’ TV packages as it looks to disrupt…
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Liberty Global mulls UK fibre JV and wholesale options to ‘crystallise value’ of network
Liberty Global is looking to “continue crystallising value” in its core markets through fixed-mobile combinations…
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German operators take legal action against Liberty Global-Vodafone approval
German regional network operator NetCologne has confirmed it is taking legal action to challenge EU…
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NENT Group extends Disney distribution deal
Disney has struck an extended content deal with Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), providing the…
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Liberty Global hit by UK subscriber decline
Liberty Global’s fourth quarter results were hit by accelerating TV losses and an overall decline…
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Canal+ becoming ‘aggregator of apps’, international subs now in majority
Canal+ is “evolving from an aggregator of content to an aggregator of apps” through distribution…
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UK pay TV operators must now warn customers of end of contracts
From tomorrow, UK broadband and pay TV service providers must ow warn their customers when…
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Megogo launches new Megogo Box
Eastern European streamer Megogo has announced the launch of a new IPTV box. The new…
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Telefónica launches new Movistar+ voice remote
Spanish pay TV operator Telefónica has announced the launch of a new voice remote control…
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Orange sees TV base rise, but competition in key markets intensifies
Orange saw its global TV base rise in the last quarter of 2019, but the…
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Telekom Deutschland chief Wössner to quit
Telekom Deutschland chief Dirk Wössner is to leave Deutsche Telekom group at the end of…
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AfricaXP taps Eutelsat to extend DTH TV offering in Africa
Channel network and content distributor AfricaXP has signed multi-year agreements with satellite operator Eutelsat for…
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Denmark’s Stofa to take control of Aalborg antenna association
Danish cable operator Stofa is to take control of operational activities and customer relationships of…
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Euskaltel brings Virgin brand to Spain for national quad-play service
Zegona, the largest shareholder in Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, has succeeded in its aim…
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Telenet teams up with DPG Media to launch ‘Flemish Netflix’
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has joined forces with DPG Media, the owner of…
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Federal judge bats away T-Mobile/Sprint antitrust concerns
The controversial merger between US telcos T- Mobile and Sprint has won approval from a…
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Canal+ seals beIN distribution and sublicensing deal
Canal+ and beIN Sports have entered into an exclusive distribution and sublicensing deal. The closed…
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TDC hit by declining TV base and rising content costs
A combination of a decline in TV numbers and an increase in TV costs weighed…
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Cellcom Israel ends labour dispute with workers
Telco Cellcom Israel has reached an agreement with its employees ending a labour dispute, the…
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Free to launch next-generation box ‘within weeks’
French service provider Free plans to launch a new version of the Freebox, its flagship…
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NENT follows up Premier League deal with new Bundesliga agreement
Nordic free and pay TV and streaming service provider Nordic Entertainment (NENT) has extended its…