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    Eutelsat confirms Russian suspensions

    Eutelsat confirms Russian suspensions DECEMBER 22, 2022 10.13 EUROPE/LONDON BY JULIAN CLOVER Eutelsat Communications has confirmed it will impose “restrictive measures” on Russian broadcasters “as soon as possible”. Following a decision by the French Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and...
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    Tunisia launches first home-made satellite

    Tunisia launches first home-made satellite Source: Xinhua| 2021-03-22 19:34:56| TUNIS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian satellite Challenge ONE was launched on Monday from the Baikonur base in south-central Kazakhstan aboard the Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket which also carried other satellites...
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    Future of Eir Sport in doubt after rights refusal

    Future of Eir Sport in doubt after rights refusal March 19, 2021 13.00 Europe/London By Julian Clover Eir Sport could be facing closure after it decided not to participate in the next round of sports rights auctions. The move is likely to signal an end to the five-year old channel, although...
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    Eutelsat procures 36D satellite

    Eutelsat procures 36D satellite March 22, 2021 08.54 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul Eutelsat has signed a contract with Airbus for the procurement of Eutelsat 36D to succeed Eutelsat 36B, expected to reach its end of life at the end of 2026, at its key 36 degrees East orbital position. The...
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    Sky wins key football rights

    Sky wins key football rights March 22, 2021 12.38 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul Sky Sports has announced a ground-breaking, three-year deal with the FA to become the primary broadcaster of the Barclays Women’s Super League (BFAWSL) from September this year. The deal will see Sky Sports show...
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    Covid-19: US sports fans stay loyal to TV

    Covid-19: US sports fans stay loyal to TV | 03 May 2020 In research examining how media is helping Americans cope during the coronavirus pandemic, marketing insights organisation VAB has found that despite having none of their usual programming to watch, viewers have expanded outside...
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    Coronavirus viewing increases RTL viewing

    Coronavirus viewing increases RTL viewing By Julian Clover European media group RTL has seen an increase in the net reach of its TV channels, resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic. Viewing times and digital usage have also increased, but CEO Thomas Rabe has warned cancellations of...
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    Polsat to buy Interia

    Polsat to buy Interia May 1, 2020 12.50 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul Poland’s Telewizja Polsat has entered into a preliminary agreement to buy Interia Group from Bauer Media Group for PLN422 million (€92.8 million). According to the broadcaster’s parent company Cyfrowy Polsat, the...
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    French competition authority rejects Molotov’s TF1-M6 complaint

    French competition authority rejects Molotov’s TF1-M6 complaint May 1, 2020 13.35 Europe/London By Julian Clover l’Autorité de la concurrence has thrown out a complaint by the French streaming platform Molotov that had accused commercial channels TF1 and M6 of having “brutally and abusively”...
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    BT Sport introduces monthly pass

    BT Sport introduces monthly pass Joseph O'Halloran | 13 December 2019 Looking to offer more flexibility in its access options, and capture a large subscription-phobic audience, UK incumbent telco BT is to offer a no-contract way to watch BT Sport. BTsport Sala 7Feb2019 Available...
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    CANAL+ Group, beIN Sports begin distribution talks

    CANAL+ Group, beIN Sports begin distribution talks Joseph O'Halloran | 10 December 2019 French media giant CANAL+ Group has confirmed that it has entered into exclusive talks with beIN Sports with a view to entering an exclusive distribution and sublicensing deal in France. beIN...
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    ABS-CBN files $4m piracy suit in US

    ABS-CBN files $4m piracy suit in US December 13, 2019 10.36 Europe/London By Robert Briel Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN has filed a $4m lawsuit against a Texas resident and a streaming service for allegedly pirating its content through illegal set-top boxes. Anthony Brown and 1700 Cuts...
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    A+E Networks launches new OTT channel on Samsung TV Plus

    A+E Networks launches new OTT channel on Samsung TV Plus December 13, 2019 11.06 Europe/London By Robert Briel A+E Networks has announced the launch of Lively Place, a new OTT channel available on Samsung TV Plus. Lively Place curates non-fiction lifestyle programs from A+E Networks’ deep...
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    Sky Deutschland launches low-price sports streaming package

    Sky Deutschland launches low-price sports streaming package December 13, 2019 09.44 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has introduced a new, low-priced sports package on its streaming service Sky Ticket for €9.99 per month. The Sport Ticket contains all...
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    Supponor, FC Barca strike virtual advertising deal

    Supponor, FC Barca strike virtual advertising deal October 21, 2019 Supponor, a global player in virtual advertising technology within live tier 1 sports, has announced the signing of a long-term agreement with FC Barcelona to supply their virtual advertising technology at all La Liga home...
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    Red Bee, Spring Media launching women’s football OTT service

    Red Bee, Spring Media launching women’s football OTT service October 21, 2019 Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media is partnering with Red Bee to launch Wnited – a global OTT service dedicated to women’s football. Going live in Q1 2020, Wnited will aggregate high-level multi-camera content...
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    Breaking Bad movie draws 6.5m US views in 3 days

    Breaking Bad movie draws 6.5m US views in 3 days By Nik Roseveare October 21, 2019 Viewing figures for El Camino, the movie sequel to the celebrated Breaking Bad TV show, draw an around 6.5 million viewers for Netflix across its opening weekend in the US. The figures are based Nielsen’s SVOD...
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    Eir to move to Apple TV 4K set-tops

    Eir to move to Apple TV 4K set-tops October 18, 2019 11.45 Europe/London By Julian Clover Ireland’s Eir has become the latest operator to adopt Apple TV as its primary set-top box. In a revamp of its TV offer, the telco will supplement is own original channels with those on the Apple TV box...
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    Police raid Dutch data centre, shutting down pirated-content site

    Police raid Dutch data centre, shutting down pirated-content site October 20, 2019 16.39 Europe/London By Robert Briel Police raided commercial and residential properties in the Netherlands, France, and Germany Wednesday as part of a copyright-violation investigation of Share-Online.biz, the...
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    New sports channels from nc+

    New sports channels from nc+ July 12, 2019 09.03 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul The Polish DTH platform nc+ has added two new proprietary sports channel to its offer. Known as Canal+ Sport 3 and Canal+ Sport 4, they are dedicated to coverage of the Polish premier football league PKO...
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