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Pay TV Operators
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ViacomCBS ‘working on plan’ for new combined streaming service
ViacomCBS is working on a plan to combine existing streaming offerings including CBS All Access…
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Swisscom grows TV base despite saturated market
Swisscom managed to grow its TV base by 2.4% to 1.56 million in the year…
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Vodafone to avoid Unitymedia box swap-out as it integrates TV offering
Vodafone plans to integrate the TV service of Unitymedia, Liberty Global’s German unit which it…
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Mediaset España shareholders approve MFE but court maintains suspension of plan
An extraordinary general meeting of Mediaset España’s shareholders this week approved amendments to the articles…
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Minerva and Com Net approve WISI for YourTV Now
Minerva Networks and Com Net Inc (CNI) have approved broadband and TV technology company WISI,…
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Vodafone hails ‘encouraging’ success of converged offers after Liberty Global acqusition
Vodafone is seeing “encouraging” take-up of converged offers in the markets where it integrated assets…
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EU monitor orders Telia to revise streaming auction after Tele2 complaint
Swedish telco Tele2’s appeal to the EU monitoring trustee over the terms of rival Telia’s…
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Nordic Entertainment secures exclusive six-year Premier League deal
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) has secured the exclusive Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish media rights to…
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Viaplay subs up 25% as NENT Group rounds out positive first year
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has seen solid growth to its Viaplay streamer, with it…
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Bouygues Telecom announces Amazon Prime deal
French operator Bouygues Telecom has signed a deal with Amazon to bring Prime Video to…
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Sky announces carbon neutral initiative
Comcast-owned Sky has announced a global initiative for the operator to go net zero by…
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Delta Fiber Nederland agrees tech deal with Broadpeak
Delta Fiber Nederland has launched a new video service powered by CDN vendor Broadpeak’s multicast…
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Vivendi to appeal as Italian court rejects bid to stop Mediaset merger
Vivendi has vowed to appeal a court ruling in Milan that rejected its request to…
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A1 Bulgaria signs on Agama for CDM solution
A1 Telekom Austria’s Bulgarian mobile operator operator, A1 Bulgaria, has agreed a deal to implement…
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Tele2 takes aim at streaming future with Comhem Play+
Tele2 has launched its new standalone streaming service, Comhem Play+, to compete with Sweden’s already…
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Canal+ Polska investors working on possible IPO
ITI Neovision, the holding company for Polish pay TV operator Canal+ Polska, is “working with…
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TDC names former Bang & Olufsen chief as new CEO
Danish telco and cable operator TDC has named Henrik Clausen as its new CEO. Clausen,…
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Sky to market Watch4 in Germany
Sky’s advertising business Sky Media will exclusively market AVOD Watch4 in Germany. Under this deal,…
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United Group gets green light for Tele2 acquisition
Tele2’s planned sale of its Croatian unit to Western Balkans service provider United Group has…
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Sport and TV bright spots for underwhelming BT; Sky deal delivery “very close”
Sport and TV has proved a positive for BT in a quarter that was “slightly…
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Telia chief takes aim at streaming future as TV4 dispute reignites
Nordic telco Telia aims to is “determined that we will make sure that TV4 and…
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Altice Europe chief says RMC Sport will hold on to Champions League
Service provider Altice Europe will not surrender its hold on UEFA Champions League football rights…
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Vodafone agrees US$2.4 billion Egypt sale to STC
Vodafone looks set to exit the Egyptian market with Saudi Telecom (STC) agreeing a deal…
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Com Hem furious over Telia streaming rights move
Conflict between Tele2-owned Swedish cable operator Com Hem and its owner’s main rival in the…
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KPN loses TV customers following integration of low-cost brands
KPN lost 14,000 TV customers in a rough fourth quarter for the Dutch telco, including…
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Altice’s Hot submits bid for Partner
Altice Europe has confirmed speculation that its Israeli subsidiary Hot Telecommunications has put in a…
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Tele Columbus names new CEO
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Dr Daniel Ritz as its new CEO and…
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Netgem adds BritBox to UK line-up
Netgem is to add ITV and BBC streaming JV BritBox to the line-up of services…
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La Liga TV launches in Ireland
Following its launch on Virgin and Sky in the UK earlier this month, pay TV…
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European Commission adds Saudi Arabia to piracy “priority list”
The European Commission has said that Saudi Arabia is “causing considerable harm to EU businesses”…