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Iliad Telecom
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Free holds back on box as subscriber losses continue
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has held back on unveiling its much-hyped new TV and…
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Canal+ loses Ligue 1 football to Mediapro in major upset
In a major blow to pay TV leader Canal+ Spanish broadcasters and producer Mediapro has…
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New management for Iliad Telecom/Free as fixed base dips
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has named chief financial officer Thomas Reynaud as its new…
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TF1 secures carriage deal with Free
France’s TF1 Group has put the final piece in place to secure universal fixed-line IPTV…
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M6 breaks new ground in distribution deal with Free
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a distribution agreement with IPTV operator Free/Iliad Telecom to…
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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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Xavier Niel ‘close’ to taking majority control of Eir
Xavier Niel, the French telecom entrepreneur and owner of multi-play service provider Iliad Telecom/Free, is…
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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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Iliad’s Niel promises new Freebox as competition bites
Iliad Telecom/Free founder Xavier Niel has promised to bring forward the launch of a new…
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Report: Free now has 20% stake in Canalplay
French service provider Free has acquired a 20% stake in Canal+’s subscription video-on-demand service Canalplay…
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Free extends fibre reach with Axione deal
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has signed a deal with deliver services over public fibre…
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Free first operator to add LaCinetek movies on-demand offering
French service provider Free has added movies on-demand service LaCinetek to its Freebox offering –…
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Free teams up with Huawei to launch Chinese pack
French service provider Free has launched a new package of Chinese channels in partnership with…
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France’s Free sees revenue boost from Canal+ deal
Iliad Telecom-owned French service provider Free received a boost to fixed-line ARPU last year from…
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Free launches Arabic and Vietnamese bouquets
French service provider Free has added two new à la carte bouquets targeted at Arabic…
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Mediawan to acquire AB Group as first step in Euro-content strategy
Mediawan, the media investment consortium set up by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder Xavier…
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Free now second-placed in French fixed-line market
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has taken second place in the country’s broadband internet market…
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Iliad to become Italy’s fourth mobile player
France’s Iliad Telecom has signed a deal with Hutchison and VimpelCom to acquire assets that…
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Free raises fresh debt
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has raised fresh funds totaling €650 million in the form…
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Free launches first 4K TV channel Festival 4K
French service provider Free has staked its claim to be the first in the country…
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Thema launches Le Bouquet Espagnol on Free
Channel distributor Thema last week struck an agreement with French service provider Free to carry…
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SFR-Numericable reportedly renewing interest in Bouygues
French quad-play service provider SFR-Numericable has indicated to analysts that it is willing to pay…
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Netflix fails to secure Free deal, sets out goals for France
French telco Iliad Telecom/Free has joined Orange in declining to distribute Netflix when it launches…
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Free makes fixed-line progress despite tough competition
French multi-play operator Iliad Telecom/Free had close to 15 million fixed and mobile subscribers at…
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OTT service Jook Video secures deal with Free
AB Group-owned French OTT TV service provider Jook Video has secured a partnership with telecom…
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Iliad Telecom confirms bid for US T-Mobile
Following various press reports, French multi-play provider Iliad Telecom, which operates in France under the…
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Report: Iliad offer falls short of Bouygues expectations
France’s Iliad Telecom has in recent weeks made an offer for Bouygues Telecom that falls…
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Bouygues in deal to sell mobile net to Free to secure SFR
Bouygues Telecom has entered into exclusive talks with Iliad Telecom to sell its mobile telecom…
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Free completes refinancing
French service provider Iliad Telecom, operator of the Free brand, has completed a five-year refinancing…
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Iliad and Bouygues file complaints about Numericable
French ISPs Iliad Telecom and Bouygues Telecom have filed complaints against cable operator Numericable as…