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Pay TV Operators
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Sky launching two new factual channels
Pay TV operator is launching two new factual channels, Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature. The new launches follow…
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Virgin Media tops Ofcom’s UK pay TV complaints table
Virgin Media generated the highest volume of pay TV complaints of all UK services providers…
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NTV+ passes OTT TV milestone
Russian pay TV service provider NTV+’s OTT TV service passed the 150,000-subscriber milestone in 2019,…
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Xavier Niel consolidates control of Free
French telecom entrepreneur Xavier Niel has consolidated his control of Iliad Telecom/Free after a successful…
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Telekom Romania ups prices
Deutsche Telekom’s Romanian business, Telekom Romania, has announced a blanked price increase across all of…
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Sky looks to Sky Q and Italian broadband to accelerate growth as Comcast delivers solid results
Sky will look to accelerate take-up of Sky Q and roll out broadband in Italy…
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Cord-cutting comes with ‘pros and cons’ says Liberty Global’s Fries
Cord-cutting comes with “pros and cons” for fixed line operators such as Liberty Global as…
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Fix & Foxi joins Vodafone line-up along with extended VOD content
Vodafone Deutschland has added Your Family Entertainment AG’s (YFE) children and family channel Fix &…
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Sky Deutschland adds sports highlights to Sky Q and Sky Go
Sky Deutschland has added highlight video content from its live sports channels to its Sky…
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FTTH surges as copper declines in global broadband report
The number of global fixed broadband subscribers grew by 2.17% in Q3 2019. According to…
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Swisscom integrates Netflix in Swisscom TV X offering
Swisscom is launching a new TV package that incorporates Netflix at a discounted price. The…
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Italian court hearing pushed back as Vivendi acts on exclusion of Simon Fiduciaria from EGM
The Milan court considering Vivendi’s case against Mediaset over the latter’s plans to create a…
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CityFibre announces restructured Vodafone deal, FibreNation acquisition
Vodafone has announced a restructuring of its deal with CityFibre with a view to accelerating…
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Polish watchdog clears way for cable consolidation
Polish competition regulator the UOKiK has approved the acquisition of cable operator Multimedia Polska by…
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Vivacom to distribute quartet of Russian international channels
Bulgarian service provider Vivacom is to provide satellite distribution for a quartet of popular Russian…
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SPI/FilmBox and D-Smart extend partnership
Content provider SPI/FlimBox has renewed and extended its partnership with Turkish pay TV operator D-Smart….
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Business consortium looking to acquire majority in Telefónica LatAm
A group of Latin American businessmen from multiple countries have banded together to present a…
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Horse & Country acquires US streamer, will come of Sky at end of month
Equestrian sports network Horse & Country TV (H&C) has acquired leading US equestrian streaming provider,…
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UFC signs deals with Facebook and Russia’s Tricolor
Combat sports competition the UFC has inked a one-year deal with Facebook. The arrangement will…
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BT signs distribution deal for Google Stadia
BT and Google have announced a distribution deal for the latter’s Stadia cloud gaming platform….
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Piracy to exceed US$67 billion by 2023
The value of pirate video services accessed by pay TV and non-pay TV consumers has…
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Tyson Fury turns down £10 million Sky Box Office bid for Wilder rematch
BT Sport has seen off the challenge of Sky Sports in order to win the…
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Liberty Global: Coopmans in as CEO of UPC Switzerland; Pascu moves to Virgin Media as deputy CEO and CFO
Following its failed sale to Sunrise, Liberty Global’s UPC Switzerland has announced that Severina Pascu…
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Free introduces YouTube Kids to Freebox
French operator Free has announced the integration of YouTube Kids into its Freebox set top…
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The Q India comes to Airtel Xstream
Youth broadcaster QYou Media has signed a deal with Bharti Airtel to bring The Q…
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Vivendi and Mediaset trade accusations in wake of controversial EGM
Vivendi has accused Mediaset of an “unlawful refusal” to allow a key shareholder to vote…
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UPC Poland launches commercial premises pack, adds to Horizon Go line-up
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Poland has launched a new offering aimed at pubs and…
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Deutsche Telekom names new brand chief
Deutsche Telekom has named Ulrich Klenke as chief brand officer, succeeding Hans-Christian Schwingen, who is…
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Adult channel Vivid Red HD to launch on Nova in Greece
Greek digital satellite pay TV operator Nova has signed a distribution deal with adult entertainment…
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Mediaset bars Simon Fiduciaria from EGM after court rules against Vivendi
Mediaset has barred Simon Fiduciaria, holder of a 19.19% stake in the company, from attending…