pay tv operators

German public broadcaster ZDF and cable industry trade association DNMG (Deutsche Netzmarketing) have settled a long-running dispute about carriage fees and concluded “a long-term agreement on the distribution of ZDF...

Viaplay Group and Telia have agreed a multi-year partnership in Sweden that will provide customers of both companies with access to a broader range of content. The agreement comes just two months after the two firms...

Portuguese media reports suggest Altice Portugal wants to renew its DTT licence. Having been set a deadline of December 9th to decide, the company has told regulator Anacom that it would like to extend the licence,...

Estonian service provider Elisa has tapped tapped technology outfit 3SS to launch two new apps for smart TVs as part of its next-generation service Elisa Elamus rollout. Owners of Samsung and LG smart TVs can now watch...

Pay-TV revenues and subscriber numbers will continue to exceed those for online services in CEE over the next five years, according to research powerhouse Omdia. The findings were shared today in a presentation at NEM...

Vivendi-owned PayTV provider Canal Plus has secured a broad range of exclusive live rights to UEFA club soccer competitions in Austria. The new deal, which will run from 2024/25-2026/27, grants the broadcaster a line-up...

UAE-based telecoms group e&, formerly known as Etilsat Group, has increased its stake in Vodafone to 11%. The move comes just a few days after Vodafone’s CEO Nick Read announced he was stepping down. No price was...

Maltese service provider GO has committed to invest over €1 million over the next three years to support the production of original TV content to be aired by its TV service, exclusively for its customers through a...

Telecom Italia (TIM) has downgraded its earnings forecast for the current financial year after its Serie A partnership with streaming service DAZN failed to fulfil early expectations. TIM says that organic EBITDAaL for...

Millennial-focused lifestyle programmer Insight TV has launched its Insight TV 4K channel across Comcast’s entertainment platforms, including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and the company’s new XClass TV in the US. The...

Planet Single Pay TV outfit M7 Group has teamed up with its parent company Canal+ Group’s Polish unit to co-produce the pair’s first joint series, which will air  on M7’s platforms across Europe. Planet Single:...

Ted Lasso Pay TV operator Sky has added Apple TV+ to its Sky Q offering and Sky Glass, its recently-launched integrated TV. Sky Deutschland has also added Apple TV+ to its Sky Q offering. In addition to Sky Q set-tops,...

Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has committed to invest over €3 billion by 2027 in upgrading its fixed network. OTE Group plans to bring fibre-to-the-home to to 3 million households and businesses. The company...

Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK has upped its stake in BT to 18%, prompting warnings from the UK government that it may intervene to protect its “national telecom infrastructure” in the case of a foreign...

Spain’s LaLiga has sold domestic broadcast rights for the next five seasons of the league to sports streamer DAZN and Telefónica’s Movistar+ for a total of €4.95 billion. Movistar+ will broadcast a total of five...

Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser Group has secured new financing to the tuen of €5.75 billion euros that it says will make a significant contribution to the expansion of its fibre network to four million households in...