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Vodafone Spain launches new converged Netflix bundle
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (158+ words) January 11, 2026 17.02 Europe/London By Julian Clover Vodafone Spain has unveiled a new converged "home" bundle combining 600Mbps fibre, a landline with unlimited calls, two mobile lines and Vodafone TV with Netflix included, priced at "39 a month for three months, rising to…...
Appeal launched over Czech DTT spectrum
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (137+ words) January 5, 2026 11.57 Europe/London By Julian Clover TV platform Telly and the Czech Association of Satellite Operators (esk" asociace satelitn'ch oper"tor, ASO) have lodged an appeal at the EU's top court in a long-running dispute over the Czech Republic's extension…...
MagentaTV adds Sportdigital FAST Channels Scooore and Landlust TV
2+ week, 6+ day ago (547+ words) German telco Deutsche Telekom has expanded the FAST offering on its TV platform MagentaTV with the addition of Scooore and Landlust TV. Both channels, provided by Hamburg-based broadcaster Sportdigital, are now available to all MagentaTV customers, further broadening the platform's…...
Freeview Australia to launch DVB-I trial
3+ week, 3+ day ago (301+ words) December 18, 2025 10.51 Europe/London By Julian Clover Freeview Australia is to begin local testing of DVB-I, the IP-delivered broadcast standard designed to make free-to-air TV available through a single channel guide with or without an aerial. The validation programme is due…...
Audience measurement bodies assess HbbTV for viewing analysis
3+ week, 4+ day ago (347+ words) December 17, 2025 11.16 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent As television viewing continues to spread across broadcast, streaming and connected TV environments, audience measurement is becoming one of the industry's most complex challenges. At the asi International Television & Video Conference 2025 in…...
Telenet adds natural search to TV-box
3+ week, 5+ day ago (297+ words) Telenet is adding AI-powered natural language search to the voice control on its Telenet TV-box, promising faster discovery across live TV and integrated streaming apps with results shown in a visual, on-screen overview." The Belgian operator said it launched voice…...
YouTube TV to introduce genre-based channel plans in early 2026
3+ week, 5+ day ago (129+ words) YouTube TV will roll out a new set of "YouTube TV Plans" from early 2026, adding more than 10 genre-specific packages alongside its main 100+ channel service. In a blog post, YouTube's head of subscriptions Christian Oestlien said the aim is to give…...
Italian competition authority fines Sky Italia €4.2m over ‘unfair’ price practices
1+ mon, 9+ hour ago (152+ words) December 11, 2025 12.20 Europe/London By Julian Clover Italy's competition authority has fined Sky Italia "4.2 million for unfair commercial practices linked to subscription price rises, Now TV offers and retention deals. The sanction, published in the Competition and Market Authority's 47th bulletin, follows…...
Omdia: YouTube TV set to overtake Charter and Comcast by 2027
1+ mon, 10+ hour ago (251+ words) YouTube TV is on course to become the largest pay-TV operator in the United States by 2027, overtaking both Charter and Comcast, according to new Omdia forecasts unveiled at NEM Zagreb. Mar'a R'a Aguete, Head of Media and Entertainment at Omdia,…...
Zattoo: From Platform to Portfolio – The Composable Future of TV
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (275+ words) December 8, 2025 06.00 Europe/London By J'rn Krieger Broadband TV News speaks with J'rg Meyer about the company's new modular product architecture and how it redefines flexibility for operators in the streaming economy. BTN: Talk us through the modules briefly. Meyer: Zattoo…...