TOTEM, the European TowerCo wholly owned by Orange, is now operational. Orange says it will allow the company to strengthen its position as a manager and operator of passive mobile infrastructure and to benefit from new sources of growth. Its management and operation will be completely independent following the transfer of all key passive mobile […]
Amagi, a global leader in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has partnered with the global smartphone brand Xiaomi, to manage and monetize their linear TV and Video-On-Demand offerings to their mobile and connected TV consumers across multiple countries. The content would be a part of Xiaomi’s direct-to-consumer app. Xiaomi is a consumer […]
Orange Spain will close down its smallest stores, in a similar decision to Vodafone’s, coinciding with the 4.9 per cent drop in its January to September revenues to €3.5 billion. The business in its 800 stores fell by 25 per cent in the period whereas digital sales grew by 30 to 35 per cent. Hit […]
THEMA Company, a specialist in the distribution of multicultural audiovisual contents, and a subsidiary of Canal+ International, has announced the expansion of its Russian channels’ portfolio with three new channels. THEMA has also announced their launch within ‘Le Bouquet Russe’. on Free’s, Orange’s and Bouygues Telecom’s offers. The three new channels are: Domashniy is a Russian […]
Eutelsat has signed up German telco Deutsche Telecom to distribute its Konnect broadband service from the end of 2021. Both companies are also discussing an extension of their partnership in the future. Deutsche Telekom is already using Eutelsat capacity to provide telecommunications and disaster relief in the areas affected by the floods this summer. Investment […]
The bid for Eutelsat by businessman Patrick Drahi, rejected by the satellite company, might well trigger other bidders to enter the picture. Sami Kassab, equity analyst at investment bank Exane/BNPP, poses some interesting suggestions as to potential rival bidders to Drahi. Kassab argues that the key to anyone’s success in the validation of the bid […]
nangu.TV, the media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, has unveiled a new Android TV Operator Tier set-top box, run on the nangu.TV platform, in cooperation with Orange Slovensko and CommScope. Recently launched in the Slovak market, the new solution gives Orange customers a richer live and on-demand streaming entertainment experience. The joint efforts […]
Orange Spain is strengthening its TV division with a new TV director, Ignacio García-Legaz, the current TV director at Vodafone. He will directly report to the CEO, Jean François Fallacher when he takes up the role in October. With the appointment, Orange aims to give a boost to its TV business as it prepares for […]
Alchimie, an SVoD platform featuring original and exclusive thematic channels published jointly with media groups and talents, today announces the signing of new distribution deals with Orange, Amazon Prime Video and the Spanish platform Movistar. CultivonsNous.tv available on Orange and Amazon Prime Video Co-founded by Alchimie with Edouard Bergeon and sponsored by Guillaume Canet, CultivonsNous.tv […]
Orange Spain has announced the launch of a 5G node in Universidad Politécnica, Valencia over the 700 MHz band to carry out trials and pave the way for commercial services in the future. Orange has invested €523 million in 5G frequencies thus far to provide 5G services to at least 50 per cent of the […]