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Carriers Have Only Around 100 Million Pay-TV Users, Less Than 60% Via IPTV

Jan 23, 2012 8:06 PM

Some numbers out today that underscore the challenge telecoms operators have had in attracting customers to their pay-TV platforms, including the newer services like IPTV, against competition from incumbent TV providers and the growing allure of over-the-top services, from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to YouTube.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Satellite, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Video, Companies, Comcast, France Telecom, Google, YouTube, Netflix, Sony, Verizon, Countries, Europe, Russia, France, Latin America, telefonica, telefonica digital

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Roll On, Digital Reorganization. Telefonica Posts First Loss In Nine Years

Nov 11, 2011 7:06 AM

Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket—centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit—and with today’s results it’s easy to see why: the company today released some dismal results for some of its legacy businesses—namely in its home market of Spain—which have resulted in…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Mobile, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Apple, iPhone, O2, Vodafone, Countries, Europe, UK, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Latin America, telefonica, telefonica digital

Yahoo Expands Its Search Distribution Partnership With Telefonica To Spain

Mar 18, 2010 1:45 PM

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) may have lost its search deal with T-Mobile in the U.S. earlier this month—but it is still picking up search partners—at least in Europe. The company is replacing Google (NSDQ: GOOG) as the exclusive search engine on the mobile portal of Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) Espana, the biggest…

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Posted In: Mobile, Search, Companies, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, Spain, telefonica

Kyte’s Second Round: $15 Million Led By Telefonica

Dec 20, 2007 1:19 PM

SF-based video platform Kyte says it raised $15 million in a second round, officially putting a number on previously reported investments from Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Swisscom, and Holtzbrinck Ventures. Om reported last week that Telefonica contributed $5.6 million to the round, but Kyte won’t…

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Posted In: Search, Social Media, Video, Technologies / Formats, docomo capital, kyte, telefonica

‘Lifecaster’ Kyte.TV Gets $5.6 Million From Telefonica

Dec 12, 2007 1:11 PM

Personal broadcasting startup Kyte.tv has raised $5.6 million from Spanish operator Telefonica, (NYSE: TEF) reports Om at NewTeeVee. The company raised an initial venture round of $2.23 million last year and has since taken unspecified investments from Swisscom, Nokia, (NYSE: NOK) Holtzbrinck Ventures and individual investors. Its total haul is…

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Posted In: Social Media, Video, kyte, telefonica

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