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Ericsson moves closer to flogging media unit

Ericsson has reportedly hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in an effort to get rid of its draining media business units.

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• 21 Jun 2017

Apple hires industry heavyweights to make content less rubbish

Apple has announced the hire of Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, who join from Sony Pictures Television where they have served as presidents since 2005.

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• 19 Jun 2017

Vivendi coup of Telecom Italia complete as Chairman replaced

Having got the green light from the European Commission Vivendi has replaced the artist formerly known as Telecom Italia’s Chairman with its own CEO.

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• 01 Jun 2017

Europe says Vivendi can help itself to Telecom Italia if it wants

The European Commission has said it’s got no problem with Vivendi acquiring ‘de facto control’ over Telecom Italia so long as the latter flogs its stake in a services group.

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• 30 May 2017

Amazon cuts bigger slice out of the content pie

Amazon has announced the launch of Amazon Channels in the UK and Germany to allow Prime members to add channel subscriptions for a monthly subscription fee.

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• 23 May 2017

Ofcom says 700 MHz interference for 86k people isn’t worth bothering about

Ofcom has launched another consultation over the reallocation of the 700MHz band, coming to the conclusion that it was right to move digital terrestrial television (DTT) elsewhere.

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• 09 May 2017

On-demand video killed the TV star

New research from Accenture has revealed consumers are losing interest in watching TV shows on a TV, as laptops, desktop PCs and smartphones continue to rise in prominence.

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• 25 Apr 2017

Convergence is great, but who’s going to pay for it?

With the telco industry constantly trying to recoup lost revenues the multi-play business model has become a hot industry trend, but is this diluting the service for the customer?

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• 29 Mar 2017

Let’s not get too excited about IPTV just yet

While the digital economy is driving diversification and fragmentation, traditional broadcasters haven’t got too much to worry about just yet.

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• 29 Mar 2017

Vodafone, Sky NZ merge gets slapped down

The proposed merger of Vodafone and Sky in New Zealand has been denied by the New Zealand Communications Commission.

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• 23 Feb 2017

2017 Predictions: What the industry thinks

While 2016 proved to be a solid year for incremental advancements in 5G, IoT and cloud computing, 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.

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• 23 Dec 2016

Netflix house of cards set to collapse – Ovum

Analyst firm Ovum reckons Netflix’s spending on original content is unsustainable and something’s got to give.

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• 24 Nov 2016

Online overtakes TV as UK’s preferred platform for content

Ofcom has released research which confirms what we all expected; consumer behaviour surrounding how the UK consumes media is changing, and changing fast.

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• 16 Nov 2016

Apple launches one TV App to rule them all

Gadget giant Apple has unveiled a new app for watching TV that is has bravely called TV App, and which it hopes we will use for all our TV needs.

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• 28 Oct 2016

Ofcom says never mind the b*llocks

With little actual regulation on its plate for the time being Ofcom has decided to spend its time researching the UK’s attitudes to naughty words and gestures in broadcasting.

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• 30 Sep 2016

Ericsson bets on the multiplay experience

Hidden in a relatively obscure software release is a sign from Ericsson that it thinks the future is multiplay and it fancies its chances if that’s the case.

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• 28 Sep 2016

BT embarks on crusade to dominate UK premium TV

UK telco BT has launched the latest phase of its grand plan to wrest control of the UK premium TV market from Sky with its largest ever marketing campaign for BT TV.

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• 26 Sep 2016

It’s official, Netflix is taking Liberties to get eyeballs

Spending days on end in front of the tele making arse-prints on the sofa has gotten easier following a landmark deal between Liberty Global and Netflix.

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• 14 Sep 2016

Exclusive – mobile delivers half of record BBC Olympics traffic

Coverage on mobile saw the BBC deliver record-breaking coverage for the recently-concluded 2016 Olympic Games, with the broadcaster providing Telecoms.com with some exclusive insight.

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• 24 Aug 2016

Liberty Global commissions original drama series

All3Media will produce four original drama series for cable platforms owned by its co-parent, Liberty Global – reports TBI Vision.

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• 03 Aug 2016