SPI/FilmBox has signed a distribution agreement with Salt Mobile. The deal will see Swiss telco Salt Mobile broadcast four thematic channels from SPI’s portfolio. The channels are: FunBox UHD, Fast&FunBox HD, FightBox HD and the newly launched esports channel Gametoon HD. All of the channels will be available in English, with FunBox UHD also available […]
Switzerland’s competition watchdog is to launch an in-depth examination of telecom operator Sunrise’s planned acquisition of UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global. Sunrise said the announcement of the detailed probe of the deal by COMCO/WEKO was in “in line with [its] expectation”. COMCO said that its preliminary look at the deal had revealed some indications that […]
Swiss service provider Sunrise says it has been “broadly supported” its acquisition of Liberty Global’s Swiss unit by investors and expects the deal to be closed in the fourth Quarter following a final regulatory approval. Sunrise CEO Olaf Swantee has already said he believed the deal could win shareholder approval despite resistance from the company’s […]
Sunrise, the Swiss network operator, has launched a new multiscreen TV platform as an OTT service. The service, named Sunrise TV neo, is available as an app for Apple TV, smartphones and tablets, and PC. Sunrise TV neo consists of more than 230 TV channels, with over 110 in HD quality, and becomes the first […]
CEO Mike Fries hailed UK operation Virgin Media’s ability to deliver “improved subscriber trends” and its “compelling new fixed-mobile convergence bundles”, despite pressure on cable service ARPU in the market. He said that the company’s Swiss operation, the sale of which is now under review by the Swiss Competition Authority, was producing “emerging green shoots” […]
Swisscom grew its TV base by 4,000 subscribers in Q1 in what the company said was a “saturated” market that was “driven strongly by promotional offerings”. The 0.3% quarter-on-quarter increase in the Swiss telco’s TV base took its total to 1.52 million, with Swisscom saying that the growth was driven by its bundled offering. The […]
Liberty Global-owned UPC Switzerland’s sports service MySports has extended its cooperation agreement with regional TV channel TeleTicino for another year, giving the service continued live access six qualifying round matches between top ice-hockey teams HC Lugano and HC Ambri-Piotta in the 2019-20 season. “We are proud of the fact that the positive cooperation between MySports […]
Liberty Global’s Swiss unit UPC Switzerland, currently in the process of being sold to local alternative telco Sunrise, has launched a series of new offers targeted at businesses. UPC Switzerland is offering six packages with up to 1 Gbit/s upload and download speeds, including a 20% discount on mobile subscriptions. The Internet speed for the […]
Liberty Global has agreed to sell its wholly-owned Swiss operation, UPC Switzerland, to local operator Sunrise for a total enterprise value of CHF 6.3 billion (€5.6 billion). The deal will establish Sunrise – which is Switzerland’s number two player in mobile, TV, fixed broadband and fixed voice behind Swisscom – as the “leading converged challenger” […]
Liberty Global’s announcement of the sale of its operation in Switzerland (see separate story) came as the company posted mixed Q4 and full-year results, with an acceleration in video losses in the three months to December. Liberty Global lost 32,500 revenue-generating units in Q4, meaning its gain for the year overall was 30,000. The company […]
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