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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.
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PremiumTelekom Deutschland in talks for 2024 UEFA contract
Talks are underway with free-to-air broadcasters on sub-licencing of rights to matches in the 2024 UEFA European Championship.
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PremiumBT adopts encoder to fight broadcast piracy
BT becomes first UK broadcast provider to use encoder. Video compression solutions specialist Ateme gets partnership.
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PremiumBT Sport launches Monthly Pass, expands Ultimate 4K UHD
BT Sport Monthly Pass competes with Sky Sports offering. 4K UHD HDR channel BT Sport Ultimate gets expansion.
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PremiumBT Sport snags Fury vs Wilder rematch; Stanley Cup finals
BT Sport snag exclusive rights for Fury vs Wilder rematch. Also picks up NHL rights.