(Telecompaper) French pay-TV operator Canal Plus has retained the live rights for the Formula 1 championship in a multi-year distribution deal that extends the current partnership to 2029… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-extends-exclusive-rights-to-formula-1-in-france-to-2029–1420608

(Telecompaper) Snap has added a new ASL Alphabet lens, developed with SignAll. Users can use the lens to start learning American Sign Language… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/snaps-new-lens-teaches-american-sign-language–1420611

(Telecompaper) New Zealand operator Chorus has announced that current director Mark Cross will succeed Patrick Strange as chairman. Strange will stand down at Chorus’ next annual shareholders meeting in October… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/chorus-board-chair-cfo-resign–1420574

(Telecompaper) Philippines fiber broadband operator Converge ICT Solutions has listed on the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp (PDEx) its maiden bond issue of PHP… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/converge-lists-php-10-billion-bond-issue-on-pdex–1420573

(Telecompaper) MaxLinear has released two 1000Base-T Ethernet Switches (GSW125, GSW145) and a quad-port 2.5GBASE-T PHY (GPY245), expanding its Ethernet product… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/maxlinear-releases-ethernet-switches-quad-port-for-extreme-temperatures–1420535

(Telecompaper) A quarter of TV owners in Germany (25%) have subscribed to an additional streaming service in the past two years, according to a survey conducted by GFU… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/quarter-of-german-tv-viewers-took-new-svod-service-in-past-2-years–1420532

(Telecompaper) Spanish satellite infrastructure provider Hispasat has reached a new wholesale agreement, this time teaming up with the National Association of Local… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/hispasat-and-aotec-team-up-to-bring-100mbps-broadband-to-rural-localities–1420533

(Telecompaper) Viaccess-Orca (VO) announced that Orange Belgium launched its new TV service with Viaccess-Orca’s Secure Video Player (VO Player). VO’s Secure Video Player is deployed on TV decoders and mobile apps… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/viaccess-orca-supports-launch-of-orange-belgiums-new-ott-services–1420530

(Telecompaper) Ting Internet, a division of Tucows, plans to bring its fibre internet services to Aurora (Colorado). At completion, the network will pass over 130,000 serviceable addresses… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ting-internet-to-deploy-fibre-network-in-aurora-colorado–1420528

(Telecompaper) Tencent has decided to close down its video game streaming platform Penguin Esports from 7 June, citing a change in its business strategy, CNBC reported… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/tencent-to-close-penguin-esports-streaming-platform-in-june–1420523