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AMTC NEWS
Friday 7 August 2026 2 min 6 stories

AMTC News — 7 Aug 2026 (EN)

Today's briefing: World Cup adds one million MagentaTV customers · Disney streaming profit doubles · UK clears Paramount-Warner deal · Dolby Vision Two reaches Hisense televisions.

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AMTC News — 7 Aug 2026 (EN)

In this briefing

sports streaming

World Cup adds one million MagentaTV customers

Deutsche Telekom added around one million television customers during the second quarter, driven by exclusive World Cup coverage on MagentaTV.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
streaming earnings

Disney streaming profit doubles

Disney's streaming operating income more than doubled in its fiscal third quarter as subscription revenue and customer growth outweighed weaker advertising.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
media ownership

UK clears Paramount-Warner deal

Britain's competition authority cleared Paramount Skydance's proposed Warner Bros Discovery acquisition, removing a major hurdle for the one-hundred-ten-billion-dollar transaction.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
picture technology

Dolby Vision Two reaches Hisense televisions

Dolby and Hisense began the first global rollout of Dolby Vision Two, delivering the new HDR system through firmware to selected televisions.

Source broadbandtvnews.com (opens in a new tab)
sports production

IMG takes over WTA production services

Women's tennis has selected a new production partner to handle host broadcasts and world feeds alongside connectivity, distribution and short-form coverage.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)
local language television

Star Wars gets a Welsh-language premiere

Lucasfilm, Disney and S4C will premiere a Welsh-language Star Wars: A New Hope on Christmas Day, under the title Gobaith Newydd.

Source tvbeurope.com (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Every story in this briefing links back to the original reporting.

Full transcript
Deutsche Telekom added around 1 million television customers during the second quarter, driven by exclusive World Cup coverage on Magenda TV.