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Orange grows TV subscriber numbers by 10%
Orange reported 6.77 million IPTV and satellite customers in the first quarter of the year,…
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Telefónica taps Alcatel-Lucent for cloud DVR
Telefónica’s Movistar TV is delivering its cloud DVR service using technology supplied by Alcatel-Lucent, the…
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Vodafone revises Orange fibre deal as it completes Ono acquisition
Vodafone has completed the acquisition of Spanish cable operator Ono and has revised its fibre-sharing…
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Discovery hires BBC business boss
Discovery Networks Western Europe has poached Dominic Coles, the BBC’s business operations boss, to become…
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Stanley takes on digital role at Warner Bros
Warner Bros Home Entertainment UK, Ireland, Spain and Nordics home entertainment group chief John Stanley…
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Telefónica buys into Italian Premium as Mediaset sells in Spain
Mediaset has agreed to sell an 11.11% stake in its Italian pay TV unit to…
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Mediaset likely to sell Canal+ stake, holding out for ‘strategic partnership’
Mediaset executive vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi has given the strongest indication yet that his group will…
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Europe approves Vodafone-ONO deal
The European Commission has cleared Vodafone’s planned €7.2 billion takeover of Spanish cable operator ONO…
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Hispasat chooses SSL for new satellite
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has contracted Space Systems/Loral to build its new Hispasat 1F satellite,…
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Wuaki.tv plans French, German and Italian expansion
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv is expanding its European footprint to a total of…
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Telefónica offers to buy out Mediaset’s Canal+ stake
Telefónica has offered €295 million to acquire Mediaset’s 22% stake in Spanish pay TV operator…
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YouTube launches for international gay channel Here TV
US-based gay cable net Here TV has launched paid-for YouTube channels in 16 international markets….
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Telefonica looking to buy remaining DTS stake from Mediaset
Telefonica is reportedly seeking to up its stake in Spanish pay TV company DTS to…
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Spain’s Telecable eyes 4K move
Spanish operator TeleCable is trialling 4K with a view to possibly supporting the technology from…
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Spain tops 400,000 TiVo customers
Spanish cable operator ONO has passed the 400,000 TiVo customer mark, with users of the…
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Abertis sells final 5% Eutelsat stake for €275 million
Spanish infrastructure firm Abertis has sold its remaining 5.01% stake in satellite operator Eutelsat to…
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Telefónica seals deal to take control of Canal+ Spain
Prisa and Telefónica have definitively agreed the sale of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV…
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Wuaki goes live on Chromecast in Spain
Streaming and download-to-own service Wuaki has launched on Chromecast devices in Spain. The firm said…
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Televes to exhibit a range of service solutions
Spain-based TV technology company Televes will demo its latest TV and broadband service solutions for installers,…
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Sevilla FC taps TDF’s Arkena for online video platform
Football club Sevilla FC, the winner of yesterday’s Europa League championship final in Turin, has…
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Mediaset hit by slow Italian ad market
Mediaset turned in a net loss for the first quarter on lower revenues in both…
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Hispasat acquires new frequencies for Latin America
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has secured new orbital rights at the 61° West position through…
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Strong TV performance lifts Telefónica
Telefónica had 3.6 million pay TV customers globally, up 8% year-on-year, at the end of…
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Prisa accepts Telefónica’s offer for pay TV unit
Spanish media group Prisa has accepted Telefónica’s €725 bid for its 56% stake in pay…
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ONO’s TiVo subs close to half of TV base
Almost half of Spanish cable operator ONO’s TV base now take its TiVo advanced TV…
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Telefónica in €725 million bid for control of Digital+
Telefónica has made a €725 million bid for a controlling stake in Prisa-backed Spanish pay…
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Mediaset looking to decide future of pay TV platform by June
Mediaset vice-chairman Piersilvio Berlusconi confirmed that the Italian media company had received interest from international…
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Canal+ Yomvi passes one million milestone
Spanish OTT service Canal+ Yomvi is now delivering its service to over a million devices,…
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Mediaset plays down report of Al Jazeera, Canal+ pay TV tie-up
Mediaset has played down reports that it is on the brink of forging a wide-ranging…
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Spain’s Movistar TV wins exclusive football rights
Spain’s Movistar TV has secured exclusive rights to Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup…