All Content & TV articles – Page 11
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Content & TVCOSMOTE TV eyes 4K expansion with Synamedia
Synamedia boasts another telco contract, this time with the Greek incumbent. Cosmote looks to pursue 4K streaming and growing OTT proposition with deployment of scalable, edge solution.
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Content & TVTelefónica intent on seeing off F1 rivals
Telefónica could pay up to €100m for in-demand motorsport rights as it defends its bundled content price premium.
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PremiumTelefónicawatch roundup - May 2020
Developments from across Telefónica Group entities. TBS taps ST Engineering iDirect for further hub; former contect centre subsidiary Atento flags waning ties to Group; Group becomes inaugural member of GSMA’s 5G IoT for Manufacturing Forum.
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PremiumTelefónica to integrate DTS
Operating business said to be moving to next stage of TV asset tidy-up.
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PremiumTelefónica set to win UEFA cups
Economic uncertainty said to have left Telefónica as the only serious bidder for Spanish rights to UEFA club competitions for planned 2021-24 seasons. Deal expected to see operator shell out €1.1bn, the same price it paid when it sub-licensed rights for the 2018-21 period.
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PremiumMovistar Play IPTV platform gets Colombian original series
Telefonica premiered its first Colombian-made original series on the Movistar Play IPTV platform in mid-April 2020.
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Suppliers & SCMSynamedia flags Vodafone contract
Synamedia flagged a “multi-year contract” with Vodafone, focused around the Group’s TV stack consolidation plans.
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PremiumVodafone feels frozen out by Movistar’s Disney+ win
Vodafone Spain claims foul play in behind-scenes negotiations with Disney.
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PremiumBT Sport, Samsung trial 8K broadcasting
BT Sport teamed with Samsung and other partners in another trial of 8K broadcasting.
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Content & TVBT Sport may back-peddle on Six Nations bid
Public negativity towards potential pay-TV broadcasting of Six Nations rugby may deter BT Sport from participating in bidding for upcoming rights.
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PremiumVodafone promotions put Gigabit ball back in Telekom Deutschland’s court
Slowdown in Telekom Deutschland broadband user growth evidently concerning leadership and stakeholders. Focus increases on whether FTTP plans need a rethink, to strengthen position.
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Public AffairsT-Mobile US challenged over TVision promotion
TMUS was challenged over statements promoting TVision Home, its fledgling pay-TV product. Cable rival Charter Communications took an official challenge to self-regulatory body the National Advertising Division.
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PremiumVodafone feels frozen out by Movistar’s Disney+ win
Rival claims foul play in behind-scenes negotiations with Disney.
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PremiumBetaFilm buys Movistar+’s Libertad series
Beta Film, a Germany-based distributor that has been closely involved with international sales of Telefónica’s original titles, acquired the worldwide broadcast rights to Movistar+’s new Spanish-language historical drama series “Libertad”.
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PremiumUpdated BT TV aims for platform flexibility
Integration of Sky’s Now TV into BT’s YouView-based platform enabling Consumer to offer a more rounded pay-TV product with simplified access to a range of OTT services. New packages built on apparently contradictory goals of leveraging demand for flexible on-demand services while also tying customers into two-year contracts. Sky ...
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PremiumEE offers complimentary BritBox
EE is to offer new and existing pay-monthly mobile and tablet customers a free six-month subscription to BritBox.
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PremiumWilder-Fury bout exclusive on BT Sport
The Deontay Wilder–Tyson Fury heavyweight boxing rematch broadcast on BT Sport’s pay-per-view (PPV) channel was tagged as one of the most lucrative PPV TV events ever held.
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PremiumTelefónica signs deals to transmit RTVE channels overseas
Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), Telefónica’s television broadcast services arm, agreed a “multi-year” renewal agreement with satellite operator Hispasat to distribute the channels of Spanish national broadcaster Radio y Televisión Española (RTVE) across Latin America.
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Public AffairsEuropean Court of Justice rules on StreamOn
Telekom Deutschland will have been watching with interest as a long-running legal dispute over its StreamOn media service was taken to the European Court of Justice.
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Discovery, Telekom Romania in deadlock
Telekom Romania remained at loggerheads with media and TV group Discovery over the nature of their commercial partnership.