Sky and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced an expanded long-term partnership, broadening their collaboration to bring WBD content to Sky and NOW customers in the UK and Ireland. Building on the current content available on Sky Cinema and Sky Atlantic, the new agreement will now include the ad-supported version of Max, WBD’s streaming service, […]
At the end of Q3 2024, 4.6 million subscribers accessed pay-TV services in Portugal, a 1.7 per cent increase year-on-year – the slowest growth since 2006. According to data published by the National Communications Authority (Anacom), the pay-TV penetration rate reached 43.6 per cent, up from 43.4 per cent in Q2 2024. Optical fibre (FTTH/B) […]
Canal+ has announced that it will soon withdraw its four pay-TV channel, Canal+, Canal+ Cinéma, Canal+ Sport and Planète+, from DTT in France. The French broadcaster said it “continues to suffer tax and regulatory decisions that penalise its operations in France”, such as an increase in tax paid to the CNC (The French National Centre […]
Sky Deutschland will remain the home of the Bundesliga in Germany until 2029. From 2025/26, Sky Sport will present more Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 action than any other provider with the following content: 87 per cent of the total of 617 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches, the relegation games and the Supercup seven of the […]
On December 2st, TNT Sports Box Office amd Sky Sports Box Office will both show Usyk v Fury 2: Reignited – the highly anticipated unified heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Live from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, coverage will be live from 4pm GMT. After an epic encounter back […]
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed that a long-running lawsuit brought by IBCAP member DISH Network against Jadoo TV and its US-based CEO, Sajid Sohail, has resulted in a final judgment of $24,969,911 (€23.7m) and a permanent injunction against Jadoo TV, and Sohail individually. Jadoo TV also agreed to permanently cease all […]
Sky has announced its new entry-level TV pack, Essential TV, which offers content from Sky, Netflix and discovery+, for £15 a month. Sky Essential TV, as well as the existing Sky Ultimate TV pack, are both available through Sky Stream and Sky Glass. The new Essential TV package includes Sky Atlantic, Netflix Standard with Ads […]
Romanian telco operator DIGI has launched its pay-TV service in Spain offering over 100 TV channels for €7 a month. Combined fibre optic broadband and pay-TV will cost €17 a month, or current FTTH subscribers can just pay an additional €7 for the TV service. DIGI TV will offer cinema, TV series, sports, documentariesm music […]
For the third time in 12 months, Movistar has announced it will increase its subscription fees (from January 13th 2025) by an average of €3 a month. The Spanish pay-TV platform has justified the new increase in its tariffs on the grounds that the company is investing extensively in networks and new technology to improve […]
SkyShowtime is continuing to expand its entertainment offering with its first partnership in Hungary, partnering with Magyar Telekom, one of the country’s leading telcos. SkyShowtime will be available and bundled with a Magyar Telekom TV subscription for the first time as part of their Telekom TV L and IPTV L packages, with two new linear […]