SES will pay its shareholders its dividend of 25 Euro-cents on October 16th “in line with its commitment to shareholder returns”. The 25 cent payment is the same as has been paid for a number of years. However, SES has over the past year or so promised an improved rate of dividend payments. Its announcement […]
Smartphone shipments into Europe (excluding Russia) fell by 9 per cent to 28.7 million units in Q2 2025, according to Canalys (now part of Omdia). A restrained consumer and economic outlook is still limiting demand, making Europe the worst-performing smartphone region worldwide in Q2. On the vendor ranking table, Samsung sustained a confident lead, despite […]
Spending on US sports rights has surged 122 per cent over the past decade according to insight from Ampere Analysis. Over the same period, total TV industry revenues increased by just 24 per cent, meaning investment in rights has grown five times faster than the broader market. Sports rights now account for 14 per cent […]
The Bundesliga has extended its deal with south-east European broadcaster United Media for the next four years to screen the best of the German footnall league across nine territories including the Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus until the end of the 2028-29 season. “Working with long-term partners lays the foundation for delivering a world-class product […]
Summaries of the US-EU trade deal show the EU has conceded network charges for US content generators. This seems to put to bed the ‘fair share’ argument. European telcos have long lobbied that a lot of the traffic they carry is generated by US big tech – especially video streaming platforms – and that it’s […]
In 2024, 97 per cent of people in the EU aged 16-29 years reported using the internet every day compared with 88 per cent of the total population, a difference of 9 percentage points (pp). This gap has been consistently narrowing during the past decade. In 2014, 87 per cent of young people used the internet daily, […]
In 2024, people in the EU widely used the internet for cultural purposes. The most common activity was watching TV or videos online, reported by 79 per cent of internet users, according to data from Eurostat. This was followed by reading online news sites, newspapers or news magazines (70 per cent), listening to or downloading […]
A study reveals that the telecom customer journey in the EU is significantly impacted by 34 distinct regulatory obligations stemming from nine sector-specific and 19 horizontal regulations. The study, prepared for Connect Europe by consulting firm Arthur D. Little, highlights the overly complex telecoms framework further complicating the achievement of Europe’s single market due to […]
MINI customers in the UK, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland can now activate the Personal eSIM of their MINI with Transatel’s Ubigi 5G data plans to enjoy WiFi connectivity on-board, irrespective of […]
A1 Group and SPI International have announced a strategic, long-term partnership designed to enhance how content is delivered, distributed, and experienced across Southeast Europe. The agreement outlines the technical distribution of all SPI channels in Europe, the distribution of 14 TV channels and SVoD service from SPI. A1 Group will serve as the technical gateway […]