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Tolpeit named Sunrise CFO

Andreas Tolpeit will become the new CFO and a member of the Sunrise Executive Committee as of September 1st. Tolpeit succeeds Jany Fruytier, who will leave Sunrise on August 31st following a structured transition. Tolpeit most recently CFO of the global private schools group Cognita, where he  improved the company’s financial performance and substantially increased […]

July 20, 2026

Vodafone Spain explains Sat-Connect Europe plan

Vodafone Group has been an enthusiastic supporter of AST SpaceMobile for some years. It has demonstrated video calls via its circuits with AST and has created a joint-venture with AST in the form of a ‘SatCo’ in November 2025. SatCo has morphed into Satellite Connect Europe. Last week, Vodafone Spain (which is not owned by […]

June 28, 2026

Switzerland: YouTube Premium on Sunrise

Sunrise customers in Switzerland can now subscribe to YouTube Premium via the Sunrise website, My Sunrise (customer portal or app), on the TV Box in the TV Shop and in Sunrise shops. With its integration into the Sunrise Entertainment offering, YouTube Premium can now be managed via My Sunrise and invoiced on the Sunrise invoice. […]

June 16, 2026

Fruytier to exit Sunrise

Jany Fruytier, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Swiss telco Sunrise, will step down from his role and from the Sunrise Executive Committee in light of Liberty Global’s intention to appoint him to the role of Chief Financial Officer of Ziggo Group for its anticipated spin-off from Liberty Global. The appointment is expected to become effective […]

June 1, 2026

Switzerland: Sunrise opens up streaming to all

Sunrise is opening up its streaming services to all customers in Switzelrand – even without a TV subscription “In line with our entertainment strategy, we’re making our entertainment offering simpler and more flexible than ever before. The most popular sport and entertainment streaming services can now be subscribed to entirely independently of a TV subscription. We’re […]

March 31, 2026

yallo expands content discovery on yallo TV with Media Distillery

yallo, a full-service telco provider in Switzerland, has expanded yallo TV with an expansion of its Highlights feature with the addition of auto-generated video previews, powered by Media Distillery’s Preview Distillery. This enhancement allows yallo TV to expand the availability of highlights by 20 per cent, helping viewers to discover more engaging content quickly. yallo […]

March 26, 2026

Sunrise confirms 147 redundancies

As part of its continuous development, Sunrise advises it implementing measures for its new corporate organisation. The Swiss telco has stated that that “responsibilities will be more clearly defined with fewer hierarchical levels and larger management spans” within its new corporate organisation. Additionally, shorter decision paths and the consolidation of overlapping functions will make the […]

February 5, 2026

Switzerland: Sunrise launches SuperSearch

Sunrise TV in Switzerland now offers the new SuperSearch function. SuperSearch finds what the user wants across all platforms – with a simple voice command. It uses the artificial intelligence and Google Gemini Flash to do so. “With SuperSearch, we’re setting new standards when it comes to looking for media content. We’re demonstrating the convenience […]

October 13, 2025

Sunrise launches TV Highlights powered by Media Distillery

Media Distillery, the AI technology provider in video user experience (UX) optimisation, and Sunrise Communications AG, Switzerland’s leading challenger, announce the deployment of the Preview Distillery solution to help Sunrise’s approximately 1 million enhanced TV customers more easily discover appealing content. The solution is at the core of Sunrise’s new ‘TV Highlights’ feature. Live at […]

September 4, 2025

Sunrise reports “stabilised revenue” in Q2

Sunrise, the Swiss telco, has reported a “solid but softened” net increase of 18,000 mobile postpaid subscriptions in Q2 2025, while the number of Internet subscriptions remained unchanged on an organic basis. Price increases and the resulting deliberate broad reduction of aggressive price promotions were cited as driving factors. Compared to the previous quarter, revenue […]

August 21, 2025