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Serbian anti-piracy success for ACE

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to reducing online piracy and protecting the creative marketplace, has successfully completed its first action in Serbia, resulting in the closure of Premiumcccam. Premiumcccam (.net) was a card-sharing and IPTV subscription service. It provided access to more than 6,000 TV channels and content from […]

July 14, 2021By Colin Mann

Canal+ extends Premier League rights

Canal+, the French pay-TV broadcaster owned by Vivendi, has renewed the rights to the Premier League from 2022 to 2025, and will show all 380 games per season. All matches will air across the Canal+ channels, as well as on streaming service myCANAL and, in particular, on the Canal+ Premier League digital channel. Maxime Saada, […]

July 8, 2021

LUXE.TV 4K content on UMAX and Hobby Life channels in South Korea

THEMA Asia Pacific, a Canal+ Group company has announced a partnership between LUXE.TV 4K and two TV channels in South Korea, UMAX and Hobby Life. With the acquisition of more than 50 hours of LUXE.TV and LUXE.TV 4K premium programming, UMAX and Hobby Life’s audiences will now be able to enter the world of luxury […]

July 7, 2021

AMC Networks signs multi-territory agreement with M7

AMC Networks International (AMCNI) and M7 Group, owned by European pay-TV provider Canal+, have announced a multi-year, multi-territory extension to their long-standing strategic partnership in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement covers the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, and secures enhanced distribution for the entire AMCNI pay-TV channel portfolio in each country including linear […]

June 28, 2021

Ethiopia: FightBox launches with Canal+

SPI/FilmBox and Canal+ Group have announced the launch of SPI’s combat sports entertainment destination FightBox on the latter’s platform in Ethiopia. FightBox will be offered in the English language and will be available to subscribers in the basic ‘DESTA’ package. “I am very happy to be supporting Canal+ Group in this new adventure. We have […]

June 17, 2021

M6 International announces new commercial launch on Comores Telecom

THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced the launch of M6 International channel on Comores Telecom – the leading mobile and fixed-line services provider operating in Comoros and addressing more than 650 000 customers. Through its newly launched IPTV offer ‘Nafassi Fibre’, Comores Telecom is now offering its subscribers access to the content of M6 […]

June 8, 2021

Telefónica wins Canal+ takeover court battle

The Spanish Court Audiencia Nacional has refused appeals from a group of telcos – Vodafone, Orange, Euskaltel, R and Telecable, among others – and TV company Mediapro regarding the acquisition by Telefónica of Canal+ which was authorised by the regulator CNMC in April 2015. The ruling states that the conditions imposed by the CNMC on […]

May 24, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

FreeCast launches Mis Canales package for SelectTV

FreeCast is launching a new bundle of Spanish language family entertainment, dubbed “Mis Canales” available on SelectTV. At only $7 per month, the robust entertainment offering of 25 pay channels complements the existing 15+ free Spanish language channels that SelectTV’s current U.S. Hispanic audience already enjoys. New customers to the SelectTV platform will pay $10.99 […]

May 21, 2021

Report: W Europe TV sports subs returning to pre-Covid levels

In Western Europe at the end-2020, the number of subscribers to premium sports channels has almost returned to its pre-covid levels, reports Dataxis. Sports broadcasters had been stripped of live programming because of the cancellation of almost all live sports events for several months last year. However, the churn and the loss in subscribers did […]

May 17, 2021

Qello Concerts by Stingray now available on Wink service powered by Rostelecom

THEMA RUS, Canal+ International group company, has announced that the “Concerts” subscription from Qello Concerts by Stingray is now available on Wink, the digital video service of Rostelecom. Qello Concerts turns your TV-screen into a real stage: spectacular concerts of all genres and for all ages, from legends of the past to modern music chart […]

May 17, 2021