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NENT Group and Telia fail on new distribution agreement

By Julian Clover

Around 470,000 TV customers in Norway will lose access to channels including TV3, V4 and TV6 after the channels’ owners NENT failed to agree a new carriage agreement. … [Read More...]

Newsline

North American OTT TV revenues to double

March 1, 2021 By Chris Dziadul

North American OTT TV episode and movie revenues are set to reach $94 billion in 2026. … [Read More...]

Cellnex to buy Cyfrowy Polsat company

March 1, 2021 By Chris Dziadul

Cyfrowy Polsat has agreed to sell its subsidiary Polkomtel Infrastruktura to Cellnex Poland, a subsidiary of Spain’s Cellnex Telecom, for PLN7.07 billion (€1.56 billion). … [Read More...]

BT adds Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 to Big Sport package

Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2 are being added to BT’s Big Sport and VIP packages ahead of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. … [Read More...]

New leadership at Ultra HD Forum

LG’s Nandhu Nandhakumar has succeeded Thierry Fautier as president of the board of the Ultra HD Forum. … [Read More...]

MTV Play launches on Virgin TV

MTV’s direct-to-consumer SVOD streaming service, MTV Play, is to launch on Virgin TV, ViacomCBS Networks UK has announced. … [Read More...]

NDR offers radio stations via DTT

German public broadcaster NDR is adding radio stations to its DTT offering. … [Read More...]

Telekom gains in Czech and Slovakia

Deutsche Telekom subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and Slovak saw growth in their TV subscriber bases in 2020. … [Read More...]

AT&T to spin off DirecTV

Private equity company TPG Capital is to become a 30% shareholder in a new video unit being established by AT&T. … [Read More...]

WDR rents Astra transponder for regional windows in HD

German public broadcaster WDR will transmit all regional windows of its TV channel WDR Fernsehen in HD quality on Astra (19.2° East) from March 3, 2021. … [Read More...]

Eleven partners with Telenet

Eleven Belgium has entered into a partnership with Telenet to bring its subscribers the best of the latter’s Play Sports offering. … [Read More...]

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Central & East Europe

Vivacom buys cable operator

The Bulgarian incumbent Vivacom has acquired the cable operator N3 for an undisclosed fee. … [Read More...]

New channel for seniors in Poland

Poland’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has awarded a DTT licence to a channel named Silver TV. … [Read More...]

Magyar Telekom grows profit and TV business

Magyar Telekom increased its TV subscriber total by 6.9% in its home market Hungary in 2020, ending the year with a total of 1,238,262. … [Read More...]

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Channels

Sky concern over Italian football rights agreement

Sky Italia has written to the Italian football league expressing concern over an agreement between fellow bidders DAZN and Telecom Italia Media (TIM). … [Read More...]

Amino receives Amazon Prime Video approval

Amino has received certification from Amazon for the Prime Video application, across its Amino Amigo 7X and Kamai 7BA Android TV devices. … [Read More...]

NENT Group expands Norwegian RiksTV distribution

NENT Group has extended its partnership with the Norwegian DTT and online provider RiksTV. … [Read More...]

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Editors’ Choice

LG opens up webOS to third parties

LG Electronics has opened up its webOS TV platform ecosystem to other manufacturers. … [Read More...]

CGTN China seeks French broadcast licence

CGTN, the Chinese language news channel found by Ofcom to be controlled by the Chinese Communist party, is seeking a new licence with the French authorities. … [Read More...]

Pay-TV boost for Digi

Digi Communications’ TV business grew strongly in Romania in 2020. … [Read More...]

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BTN Virtual Interview

Video Interview: RDK’s Steve Heeb

In this video interview between Broadband TV News editor Julian Clover and Steve Heeb, President of RDK, viewers will hear the latest update about the RDK, and its community of more than 430 technology companies around the globe. … [Watch Now...]

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Berk Uziyel

Q&A with Berk Uziyel, CEO at SPI International

Last year, SPI International acquired the Dutch premium movie channels and SVOD assets of Film1 from Sony. Robert Briel talks to SPI International CEO Berk Uziyel about the experiences with the acquisition. … [Read More...]

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February 26, 2021 By Chris Dziadul

What does the future hold in store for Liberty Global’s operation in Poland? … [Read More...]

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