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Anodot and Altice Portugal partner

Anodot, the autonomous business monitoring company, has announced that Altice Portugal, a telecommunications service provider in Portugal, has selected the company to help alleviate critical issues such as availability and reliability of service while positively impacting operational costs, brand reputation and overall customer experience. Altice Portugal is a global telco and multimedia operator that extends […]

March 30, 2022

HBO Max on Vodafone TV in 4 EU countries

Vodafone is to offer the WarnerMedia streaming platform, HBO Max, to the Vodafone TV offering in Portugal, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic. HBO Max will replace the existing HBO branded on demand services in these countries. HBO Max, which launched in these four countries (and more) this week, will be accessible through a number […]

March 9, 2022

HBO Max rolls out in 15 more EU countries

HBO Max, the SVoD service from WarnerMedia, is now available in 61 territories globally after launching in 15 additional European countries, including the Netherlands, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The platform launches with a promotion offering all customers in Central and Eastern Europe and Portugal more than 30 per cent off the monthly price for […]

March 8, 2022

Dizi launches with Nowo in Portugal

SPI/FilmBox continues its European expansion with a new deal for the drama hub Dizi in Portugal with telco Nowo – which already carries multiple other SPI brands.“Our Dizi brand, which currently boasts a catalogue of some of the best Turkish drama series, has been making waves globally since its launch. The increasing demand for the […]

March 7, 2022

CMTV most watched channel in Portugal for first time

For the first time in its history, Portuguese cable TV channel CMTV achieved a higher audience share than the main TV channel of Portuguese public broadcaster RTP 1. On February 5th, CMTV registered an average daily share of 10.7 per cent, compared to 9.1 per cent for RTP1. This was also the best result ever […]

February 8, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Mediapro acquires World Padel Tour rights

Mediapro has acquired the international audiovisual broadcasting rights to World Padel Tour. The agreement gives the audiovisual rights for World Padel Tour to Mediapro for the upcoming seasons. World Padel Tour has chosen Mediapro to help with the roll-out of international expansion of the competition. With this coming together, World Padel Tour said it has […]

February 1, 2022

Data: Pandemic doubles SVoD subs in Portugal

The amount of Portuguese people subscribing to video SVoD such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video has more than doubled during the pandemic. As a result, Portugal was the fourth EU member with the highest growth of subscription-based streaming services, according to a report on OTT services by the country’s National Communications Authority (Anacom). The […]

January 18, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Chefclub launching animation series

Chefclub, the digital brand, has announced its expansion into the world of animation with Chefclub Friends, an edutainment series for 5 to 7 year olds starring the beloved animated mascots from Chefclub’s dedicated kids’ network, Chefclub Kids. Chefclub Friends is an action-comedy edutainment series that sets out to build on Chefclub’s guiding principle: having fun […]

January 13, 2022

Alpac Capital takes majority stake in Euronews

Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris has agreed a deal to sell his majority stake in Euronews, the pan-European TV news network, to Portuguese investment firm Alpac Capital. Alpac will acquire the 88 per cent of Euronews’ shares owned by Sawiris’s Luxembourg-based holding Media Globe Networks (MNG) for an undisclosed amount. The deal should be closed by […]

December 20, 2021

CNN leads news channels in Portugal

After just two weeks of broadcasting, CNN Portugal has achieved the leading position among news channels in Portugal, with a 2.3 per cent share. CNN Portugal was the leading news channel in 11 of its first 12 days on air, and led in nearly all time slots and among all age groups, reports Portuguese daily […]

December 9, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome