Jul 31 2017
TF1 withdraws services from SFR
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded that the service provider stops retransmitting its free-to-air channels, including its flagship channel. TF1, the leading French commercial broadcaster, has been in a battle with the country’s TV operators over its demand that they pay retransmission fees, and has been […]
Oct 4 2017
Sky threatens to drop RTÉ
Sky will drop RTÉ from its platform if the Irish Government does not continue to oblige the public service broadcaster to offer its channels to pay-TV companies for free. Sky, which is 39 per cent-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, told the Oireachtas communications committee on Tuesday that there “could only be losers” were […]
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By Expat • Ireland • Tags: retransmission fees, RTÉ, Sky Ireland, Virgin Media