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Belgium

VOO (giga)boosts broadband services with DataMiner

VOO, the Belgian telecommunications quadruple-play operator operating in Brussels and the Wallonia region, has chosen to extend its existing DataMiner platform.VOO has recently launched its new ‘GIGABOOST’ option, allowing for internet speeds up to 1 Gbps. They have made this strategic decision to address an overall increase in concurrent use of broadband related to new […]

November 25, 2021

Orange Belgium in VOO acquisition talks

Orange Belgium is in negotiations with Nethys for the acquisition of 75 per cent of VOO – a telco that owns the cable network in the Walloon region and part of the Brussels region. VOO offers a portfolio of fixed and mobile telephony, broadband Internet and television services. Following a competitive selection process, Orange Belgium […]

November 23, 2021

Eleven Belgium scores Ligue 1 rights

Eleven Belgium will be bringing fans live and exclusive coverage from Ligue 1, Frances’s top flight football league, for the next three seasons. This agreement was negotiated with beIN Sports, the global sales partner of Ligue 1 Uber Eats. Eleven will make the best of the action from the French league available on its OTT […]

November 17, 2021

Belgium: World Padel Championship on Eleven

Eleven Belgium will be bringing fans all the action from the XV World Padel Championship in Doha, from November 15th to 20th. Eleven will offer live and exclusive coverage of the competition via its award winning OTT platform. The world championship, now in its 15th year, has enjoyed a rapid rise in popularity in Belgium […]

November 11, 2021

Telenet grows 4G, 5G and WiFi networks with Sandvine

Telenet, a mobile and cable broadband operator in Belgium, is driving its new ‘amazing customer experiences’ campaign with the help of Sandvine’s Application and Network Intelligence portfolio. Using a combination of real-time data, machine learning-powered analytics, and inline actions, Telenet says it is taming network congestion and creating high-quality application experiences across its networks by […]

November 11, 2021

UEFA Nations League final grows TV audience

The UEFA Nations League final tournament held in Italy from October 6th to 10th featuring France, Spain, Italy and Belgium, became the tournament’s most-watched edition yet. The overall live match television audience increased by 30 per cent compared with the inaugural UEFA Nations League finals in Portugal in June 2019. The tournament, which was won […]

October 19, 2021

HCL Technologies, Proximus strategic partnership for Benelux market

HCL Technologies (HCL), a global technology company, has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Proximus Group, Belgium’s leading digital services and communications solutions provider, to transform its data centre business and create a resilient digital foundation. HCL will help Proximus and its internal business achieve a significantly higher flexibility and reliance as the foundation to […]

September 29, 2021

Bank predicts next Viaplay markets

Investment bank Berenberg, in a major report on Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) and the prospects for further expansion for the broadcaster, suggests some appealing markets which NENT might be looking at to launch its Viaplay service. NENT is due to hold its Capital Markets Day (CMD) on September 22nd when it might make announcements as […]

August 31, 2021By Chris Forrester

Belgium: Eleven extends Serie A rights

Eleven will continue to bring Serie A exclusively to fans in Belgium until 2023/24, following the completion of a new three-year deal. The agreement was brokered by Infront, Serie A’s exclusive international media rights partner. Eleven Belgium has been the home of Serie A since the platform’s launch in 2015 – bringing audiences comprehensive coverage […]

August 20, 2021

Muylkens appointed MD of Zappware

Koen Muylkens has been appointed Managing Director of Zappware, a provider of digital TV solutions. Muylkens is taking over the responsibilities of Patrick Vos, who will become an executive director at the Swiss group’s head office in Zurich. Previously, Muylkens set up and managed the Belgian R&D centre of the Paris-based digital home connectivity company […]

July 27, 2021