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Italy
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Telecom Italia says content convergence is paying off
Telecom Italia (TIM) said that its “content convergence strategy” contributed to a 6.5% quarter-on-quarter increase…
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Mediaset sees revenues and profit drop in Q1
Italy’s Mediaset saw its Q1 2018 revenues and profit drop significantly year-on-year, despite what the…
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Mediaset to supply channels to Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia (TIM) and Mediaset have struck a commercial agreement that will result in TIMVision…
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Vivendi loses control of Telecom Italia, but Genish stays on
Vivendi lost control of Telecom Italia (TIM) at the end of last week, with its…
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Mediapro mulls ‘pulling out’ of Spanish football as rights battle gears up
Spanish broadcaster, producer and pay TV channel provider Mediapro is mulling a plan to pull…
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Discovery teams up with Walter Presents for Italian drama service
Channel 4’s VOD service for foreign-language drama, Walter Presents, will be teaming up with Discovery…
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France Télévisions forges programming alliance with ZDF
France Télévisions and Rai are to forge an alliance with ZDF that will encompass co-production,…
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Telecom Italia plays down report that Genish may quit if Elliott successful
Telecom Italia has contested a headline in the Sunday Telegraph that implied interim chief executive…
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Telecom Italia names new chief technology officer
Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Elisabetta Romano as its new chief technology officer. Romano, who…
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Comcast makes £22bn cash bid for Sky
Comcast has made a firm cash offer for Sky that values the pay TV operator…
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Vivendi secures Genish confirmation ahead of TIM battle
Vivendi scored a partial victory at the first of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) two shareholders’ meetings…
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Mediaset back in the black
Italian broadcaster Mediaset returned to the black last year, posting a net profit of €90.5…
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Vivendi secures reprieve in Telecom Italia battle with Elliott
Vivendi has secured a reprieve in its battle with US hedge fund Elliott Advisors for…
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Vincent Bolloré hands Vivendi reins over to his son
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
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Sky reports 10% earnings increase despite ‘challenging environment’
Sky reported a 10% increase in earnings for the nine months to March 31, despite…
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Elliott on the offensive again in Telecom Italia battle with Vivendi
‘Activist investor’ Elliott Advisors has issued a rebuttal of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) rejection of its…
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Telecom Italia counters Elliott plan with new presentation
Telecom Italia (TIM) has rejected ‘activist investor’ Elliott Management’s plans to break up the company…
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Mediapro Serie A deal hits hurdle
Mediapro’s successful bid for Italian Serie A football rights has hit a significant hurdle after…
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TIM opens new movies window with Vision Distribution deal
Telecom Italia-owned television service TIMVision has struck a deal with independent producers group Vision Distribution…
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Vivendi submits slate ahead of Telecom Italia board battle
Vivendi has submitted its slate of candidates for the board of Telecom Italia (TIM) as…
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Telecom Italia: plot thickens ahead of crucial vote
Italian investment group Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is preparing to take a stake in…
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Mediaset combines pay TV activity with Sky in wide-ranging deal
Mediaset has struck a wide-ranging pay TV deal with Sky that puts a likely end…
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Sky Italia to launch fibre offering
Sky Italia has struck a long-term deal to launch a fibre-only broadband service from next…
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Vivendi buys time in TIM battle with mass board resignation
Vivendi has bought itself time to regroup and persuade Telecom Italia (TIM) shareholders to support…
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Telecom Italia goes live with first homegrown TV shows
Telecom Italia’s on-demand video service TIMVision has started airing its first film and TV productions…
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Telecom Italia names new CCO
Telecom Italia (TIM) has named Pietro Scott Jovane as chief commercial officer. Jovane, who holds…
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Gloves come off in Vivendi battle for Telecom Italia
Vivendi and activist investor Elliott Management are now engaged in a battle over the future…
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Italian watchdog green-lights Mediapro Serie A deal
The Italian competition watchdog, the AGCM, has approved the award of Serie A rights to…
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Hedge fund calls for ejection of Vivendi from Telecom Italia board
US activist investor Elliott Management has formally submitted a request to Telecom Italia (TIM) to…
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Macquarie outlines scenarios for Sky, Comcast, Disney and Fox
Analysts at infrastructure investment group Macquarie have outlined four scenarios for Sky following Comcast’s announcement…