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Altice
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Altice’s NextRadioTV joins retransmission fee battle
Altice-owned broadcast outfit NextRadioTV is planning to follow in the footsteps of commercial broadcaster TF1…
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Service providers slam new EU e-privacy rules
A group of 50 European service providers, media groups and publishers have called for an…
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Canal+ drops TF1 channels as pair fail to strike deal
Canal+ has ceased broadcasting TF1’s channels and digital services after failing to strike a deal…
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Portuguese watchdog: zero-rated offers break net neutrality rules
Portuguese regulator ANACOM has ordered the country’s main telecom operators to change their broadband offerings…
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Richard: Orange will not take part in future French consolidation
Orange will not participate in any future consolidation of the French multi-play telco business, according…
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M6 strikes carriage deal with Bouygues Telecom
French commercial broadcaster M6 Group has struck a distribution agreement with Bouygues Telecom, adding to…
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Portuguese watchdog opens in-depth investigation into Altice
Portuguese competition regulator the Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) has opened an in-depth investigation into Altice’s…
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CSA steps in as TF1’s dispute with operators deepens
French media regulator the Conseil Supéreiur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has volunteered to mediate in the…
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Altice France’s Turrini leaves, replaced by Dreyfuss
Altice France/SFR’s secretary-general, Régis Turrinni, has left the company, to be replaced to Altice’s communications…
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Drahi takes charge as Altice moves to spin off US operation
Altice is to spin off its US operation and restructure its European and pay TV…
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Sprint hires ex-Altice chief Combes as president and CFO
US mobile telecom operator Sprint has hired former Altice chairman and CEO Michel Combes as…
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France looks to extend network tax to cable and fibre
French parliamentarians have proposed extending a tax hitherto placed on copper telecom lines to cable…
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Orange to invest in fibre rather than football, calls for more content partnerships
Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has reiterated that his company will not bid for premium football…
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Altice to sell Swiss assets
Altice is to sell its Swiss telecom solutions business and data centre operations to InfraVia…
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Altice Portugal names CFO
New Altice Portugal president Alexandre Fonseca has named Alexandre Matos as the company’s new chief…
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SFR chief says operator will ‘take a look’ at Ligue 1 rights
New SFR CEO Alain Weill has said that the Altice-owned service provider will take a…
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Altice’s SFR rethinking sports strategy
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is planning a radical rethink of its sports strategy to…
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Portuguese watchdog given green light to act on fibre pricing
Portuguese regulator ANACOM has secured a mandate from the country’s government to regulate the wholesale…
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New chief for Portugal Telecom
Alexandre Fonseca (pictured) has been named as executive president of Portugal Telecom by the operator’s…
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Altice to de-lever, promises no new M&A as it seeks to end share slide
Altice has confirmed that it plans to de-lever its balance sheet and bring leverage down…
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Altice Portugal backs new eSports event
Altice Portugal is to create what it claims to be the biggest eSports event yet…
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Altice Portugal strikes deal with Netflix
Altice Portugal/Meo has added Netflix to its TV offering via the MEObox. The global subscription…
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Free and Bouygues rise as SFR falls
French multi-play service providers Iliad Telecom/Free and Bouygues Telecom have both turned in solid numbers…
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Altice’s shares slide as management change fails to boost confidence
Altice’s shares have continued to fall precipitously following the management changes implemented by the company’s…
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Drahi steps in as Altice CEO resigns after share price nose-dives
Michel Combes has resigned as Altice chairman and CEO following the company’s worse-than-expected quarterly results…
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TF1 to provide new digital services, end retrans dispute with Altice
Altice France/SFR appears to have given ground on paying for carriage to secure a deal…
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Content investment will ‘bring customers back’, says Altice chief
Investing in content will “give customers more reasons to come back to SFR” and will…
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Altice launches One box for US market
Altice’s US arm has launched its new advanced set-top, the Altice One. The new box,…
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Portuguese regulator calls time on excessive fibre wholesale pricing
Portuguese regulator ANACOM has called for the government to force a reduction in prices charged…
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Portuguese regulator fails to agree position on Altice Media Capital deal
Portuguese media, communication and society regulator the Entitade Reguladora para a Communição Social (ERC) has…