All Content & TV articles – Page 11
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Vodafone feels frozen out by Movistar’s Disney+ win
Rival claims foul play in behind-scenes negotiations with Disney.
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BetaFilm 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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Updated 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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EE 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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Wilder-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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Telefónica 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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European 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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Telekom 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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BT 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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BT 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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BT Sport snags Fury vs Wilder rematch; Stanley Cup finals
BT Sport snag exclusive rights for Fury vs Wilder rematch. Also picks up NHL rights.
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BT TV enters Disney+ talks
BT TV reportedly entered talks with the US content platform, hoping to add the Netflix and Amazon Prime Video competitor to its roster.
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Universal dropped from BT TV
Universal dropped from BT TV Source: Universal TV The Universal channels will be removed from BT TV packages from 27 January 2020. In a letter to its subscribers, BT said “this decision is out of our control and is driven by Universal’s decision to remove the channel ...
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Telekom Deutschland broadcasts on-court audio
TDE became the first sports content provider to record and broadcast the on-court audio of two players during a European basketball game.
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T-Mobile US partner Quibi raises another $400m
TMUS mobile video partner Quibi raised another $400m in its latest round of investment. It also disclosed further details of the deal it announced with TMUS in late-2019.
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Movistar Living Apps extend AURA on 800,000 STBs
Telefónica talks-up connected home capabilities with new apps from partners, but with limited reach. ‘Home-as-a-computer’ a technological focus for the Group, although commercial demand unproven, and early gloomy indications of Movistar Home performance. Latest announcement bolsters Microsoft position as key AI partner for Telefónica.
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Movistar Play now available on smart TVs
Telefónica’s Movistar Play over-the-top pay-TV service has been integrated into Samsung smart TVs in Latin America.
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Vivo brings carrier billing to Brazil
Telefónica|Vivo was the first operator in Brazil to offer carrier billing for Globoplay, a major local video-streaming platform.