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Berlusconi slams Vivendi over change of mind on Premium
Mediaset chairman Pier Silvio Berlusconi has hit out at Vivendi and categorically rejected the French…
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Canal+ name to disappear as Telefónica rebrands channels
Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…
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Telefónica sees solid TV growth as FX and debt take toll
Telefónica saw solid growth in pay TV customers in the second quarter, with the total…
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Sky teams with Telefónica in Germany
Sky Deutschland has teamed up with Telefónica Deutschland to make its revamped online TV service,…
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Telefónica O2 Deutschland launches TV app
Telefónica O2 Deutschland is to launch a mobile TV service in partnership with TV Spielfilm….
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Vodafone in Spain turns to regulator to secure Formula 1
Vodafone España has appealed to the countries telecom regulator, the CNMC, to force Telefónica to…
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Telefónica sees strong TV growth
Telefónica’s total TV base increased to 8.4 million at the end of the first quarter,…
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La Liga for Telecable, but not Euskaltel
Spanish regional cable operator Telecable has secured the rights to distribute Catalan broadcaster Mediapro’s beIN…
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Telefónica confirms Alierta replacement
Spanish telco Telefónica’s board has approved the appointment of José María Alvarez-Pallete as executive chairman…
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Vivendi reportedly close to securing Mediaset deal
Vivendi is close to securing a deal to take control of Mediaset’s pay TV arm,…
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Mediaset CFO dampens Vivendi pay TV speculation
Mediaset Premium is doing well and the Italian broadcaster sees it as a core part…
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Telefónica sees strong TV growth in Spain and Latin America
Telefónica had 8.3 million TV customers at the end of the year, up 12% year-on-year,…
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Telefónica to spin off infrastructure arm
Telefónica is to spin off its infrastructure arm under a new name – Telxius –…
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Mediapro chief: no exclusivity implied in Telefónica deal
Catalan broadcaster Mediapro’s president Jaume Roures has reportedly told the Spanish competition regulator, the CNMC,…
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Virgin Media CEO calls for Three-O2 mobile green light
Virgin Media CEO Tom Mockridge has spoken out in favour of the EC giving a…
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Mediaset Spain pulls out of Yomvi
Mediaset España has pulled its channels from Telefónica’s Yomvi OTT platform to focus on its…
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Movistar+ launching new flagship channel today
Telefónica’s Movistar+ is launching a new flagship channel brand today. Canal #0, replacing the former…
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Telefónica offering beIN Sport at no extra cost to subscribers
Following its recent deal with Catalan broadcaster Mediapro, Spanish telco Telefónica has added the beIN…
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Mediapro reportedly ready to distribute football to Telefónica rivals
Spain’s Mediapro is capitulating to pressure from the country’s competition watchdog and leading service providers…
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Telefónica renews partnership with Sunrise
Spain’s Telefónica has renewed its partners programme agreement with Swiss service provider Sunrise Communications. Sunrise,…
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Spanish SVOD net catches Plague with first original
Spanish subscription-on-demand platform Movistar+ has moved into the original programming game, ordering scripted series La…
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Telefónica and Mediapro facing potential regulatory challenge
Spain’s competition regulator is calling on Telefónica and Mediapro to amend their recently signed deal…
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Vodafone and Orange demand Telefónica shares football rights
Vodafone Spain and Orange Spain have called on Telefónica to be forced to distribute its…
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Telefónica strikes football deal with Mediapro
Telefónica has struck a €2.4 billion deal with broadcaster Mediapro that will enable it to…
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Spanish commercial channels call for level playing field
UTECA, the body that represents Spanish TV commercial terrestrial channels, has called on the next…
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Telefonica’s Movistar bottom of Netflix’s first Spanish ISP ranking
Telefonica was ranked bottom of Netflix’s internet service provider (ISP) speed index during the first…
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Telefónica to launch TV services in seven new Lat Am countries
Telefónica is to launch video services in seven new Latin American markets next year. The…
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Telefónica giving away integrated TVs in Screen Fusión offering
Telefónica is launching Screen Fusión, an offer targeted at new and existing Movistar subscribers, that…
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BeIN Sports snatches top-tier Spanish football from Telefónica
Catalan broadcaster Mediapro has snatched key Spanish top-tier football rights for the recently launched BeIN…
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CNMC publishes draft rules on fibre access in Spain
Spanish regulator the CNMC has published draft rules on the regulation of wholesale broadband markets…