Switzerland

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Swisscom loses TV and broadband customers

Swisscom lost more TV and broadband customers in the first quarter, contributing to a dip in revenue and EBITDA. On the upside the Swiss telco pointed to growth at its Italian business, Fastweb.

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Liberty Global’s Sunrise reports modest growth in Q1

Liberty Global-owned Swiss telecom Sunrise posted revenues of €798 million, with slower growth during the…

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Liberty Global on track for Sunrise spin-off amid mixed Q1

Liberty Global has said it was on track with its plan to spin off Swiss…

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Swisscom slams regulator’s rejection of point-to-multipoint fibre

Swisscom has condemned a decision by regulator COMCO designed to force it to lay point-to-point…

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ProSiebenSat.1’s Joyn to launch in Switzerland

ProSiebenSat.1’s streaming offering Joyn is to launch in Switzerland in June. The Swiss version of…

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Parrot Analytics: Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel keeps lead in Switzerland

Amazon Prime Video’s Hazbin Hotel continues to be a hit with audiences, leading Parrot Analytics’…

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Swiss Sunrise acquires Lausanne region cable net

Municipal services outfit Lausanne Industrial Services (SiL) has partnered with Liberty Global-backed Sunrise to enable…

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Swisscom’s Blue SuperMax points to super-aggregation future

Super-aggregation “helps customers who don’t want to mess around with too many apps,” according to…

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Liberty Global to spin off 100% of Swiss Sunrise to shareholders

Liberty Global is to spin off 100% of Swiss operating company Sunrise to shareholders. The…

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Museum TV and MyZen TV secure Austrian distribution with Simpli TV

SECOM Group-owned channels Museum TV and MyZen TV have debuted in Austria through a deal…

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Swisscom’s TV base declines

Swisscom’s TV base declined by 2.2% year-on-year to reach 1.537 million by December 31, according…

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Sunrise confirms redundancies

Liberty Global-backed Swiss operator Sunrise has confirmed it is making 166 staff redundant as it…

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DAZN enters distribution agreement with Sky Switzerland

DAZN and Sky Switzerland have signed a new distribution agreement which will see the sport…

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Sunrise adds Apple TV+ to set-top offering

Liberty Global-backed Swiss operator Sunrise has become the first in the country to launch Apple…

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Liberty Global’s Sunrise plans to cut 200 jobs

Liberty Global-owned’s Swiss telco company, Sunrise, has outlined plans to cut 200 jobs as part…

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Swiss court rules against UPC in ice-hockey case

The Swiss Federal administrative court has confirmed a ruling by the country’s competition watchdog that…

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Liberty Global’s Fries: ‘Grinding’ European telecoms industry needs consolidation

The European telecoms business is badly in need of consolidation, according to Liberty Global CEO…

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Swisscom sees TV base decline

Swisscom’s TV base declined by 2.2% in the year to September, taking its total TV…

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Liberty Global falls short as price hike hits customer numbers

Liberty Global’s third-quarter earnings and revenue have fallen short of analysts’ expectations, with the cable…

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Swisscom launches new Android box, Disney+ and streaming ‘super package’

Swisscom is launching a combined pay TV and streaming box based on Android TV and…

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Liberty Global’s Rodriguez: fibre more cost-efficient, DOCSIS 3.1 still has potential

Fibre offers a “significantly more cost efficient” upgrade path for cable “than both DOCSIS 3.1…

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Severina Pascu to step down from Sunrise role

Liberty Global veteran exec Severina Pascu is to step down as deputy CEO and chief…

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Swisscom brings Paramount+ to subscribers

Swisscom has teamed up with Paramount to bring the latter’s streamer Paramount+ to its subscribers…

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Swiss League to air on Sky Sports and CH Media

Switzerland’s second-tier ice hockey competition, Swiss League, is to air on the region’s pay TV…

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wedotv lands on oneplus and Sunrise in Switzerland

Swiss-based AVOD and FAST channel platform wedotv has launched on CH Media Entertainment’s oneplus streaming…

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Swisscom taps Ateme for ‘world first’ public cloud DVR offering

Swisscom has tapped video processing technology specialist Ateme to deploy its OTT solution to migrate…

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Liberty Global posts loss as subscriber dip and inflation hit, VMO2 sees strong Q1

Liberty Global’s earnings moved into negative territory in Q1, with a loss of US$713.5 million…

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Swisscom sees decline in TV subscribers

Swisscom’s TV base declined by 1.8% in the first quarter to end with 1.56 million…

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The Mandalorian dominates Parrot Analytics’ top 10 in Switzerland

Disney+ leading Star Wars series The Mandalorian takes the lead in the latest snapshot of…

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Sunrise to boost TV offering with Zappalot

Liberty Global-backed Swiss service provider Sunrise has launched a new feature to promote use of…