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Canal+ name to go as Telefónica rebrands nets
Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…
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Mediaset rejects revised Vivendi deal
Mediaset yesterday poured cold water on Vivendi’s overtures in search of a revised agreement to…
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Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
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A (Movi)star is born
A new player is joining Europe’s top drama producers: Spain’s leading pay TV platform Movistar…
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Telefónica tops 8m TV subs
Telefónica had 8.3 million TV customers at the end of the year, up 12% year-on-year,…
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NAPTE: Spanish pay service orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improve comedy…
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Report: HBO Now faces Netflix in Spain
Premium over-the-top service HBO Now will reportedly launch in Spain by the year-end. The Time…
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Sky tipped to overtake Liberty Global in Europe
Sky’s subscriber base is expected to overtake Liberty Global’s in western Europe in 2017, according…
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Telefónica scores €600m La Liga deal
Telefónica has struck a €600 million (US$664.8 million) deal with Spain’s La Liga to secure…
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Telefonica completes Canal+ Spain takeover
Telefónica has closed its acquisition of Prisa’s 56% stake in France pay TV outfit Canal+…
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Telefónica completes Mediaset Premium deal
Telefónica has completed its acquisition of a stake in Mediaset’s Italian pay TV arm, Mediaset…
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International and SVOD drive Canal+
International growth and subscription video-on-demand in France lifted pay TV operator Canal+’s third quarter performance,…
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Mediaset to spin-off premium pay arm
Mediaset is to spin off its premium pay TV arm into a new company on…
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Telefonica visits Gracepoint
Spain’s Telefonica has acquired Broadchurch remake Gracepoint from Shine International, which has also done a…
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EC leaves Canal+ call to local watchdog
The European Commission is to leave a decision on the acquisition of Canal+ España by…
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Vivendi accepts Telefonica’s €7.5bn Brazil cable offer
Vivendi has decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with Telefónica for the sale of its…
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Analysis: Telefonica’s TV content carrot
Spanish telecoms company and former Endemol owner Telefonica is embroiled in a fight to acquire…
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Telefónica takes Mediaset stake
Mediaset has agreed to sell an 11.11% stake in its Italian pay TV unit to…
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Mediaset set to offload Canal+ stake
Mediaset executive vice-president Piersilvio Berlusconi has given the strongest indication yet that his group will…
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News brief: Wellness cable channel extends to Colombia
A new wellness and well-being cable channel has launched on Colombian pay TV platform Movistar….
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Telefónica moves for Mediaset’s Canal+ stake
Telefónica has offered €295 million (US$400 million) to acquire Mediaset’s 22% stake in Spanish pay…
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Telefónica seals €750m deal for Canal+ Spain
Prisa and Telefónica have definitively agreed the sale of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV…
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Telefonica’s €725m Spanish pay TV takeover offer accepted
Spanish media group Prisa has accepted Telefónica’s €725 bid for its 56% stake in pay…
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Prisa relaunches TV offer amid $1.1bn takeover reports
Shares in Prisa have surged on reports that Telefónica is close to signing a deal…
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Telefónica stakes international claim with new TV and film Studio
Spanish telco Telefónica has put all of its production units into a single Studios division…
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Sky inks £180m deal for Telefonica’s UK broadband business
BSkyB has agreed to buy Telefonica UK’s broadband business, in a deal that will establish…