(Telecompaper) French tax authorities are in dispute with Canal Plus over three separate claims for back taxes, amounting to around EUR 655 million overall… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-faces-massive-claim-from-french-tax-authorities-in-ongoing-vat-disputes–1517649

(Telecompaper) Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has reached an agreement to add its Atresplayer OTT service to the catalogue of Uruguayan cable operator Nuevo Siglo… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/atresplayer-added-to-catalogue-of-uruguays-nuevo-siglo–1517647

(Telecompaper) Connected home, STB and supply chain solutions vendor Vantiva has announced the successful validation of its 2050 net-zero targets by the independent… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/vantiva-net-zero-target-receives-sbtis-blessing–1517646

(Telecompaper) California ISP Race Communications is expanding its fibre-optic network into four more communities across the state, namely the cities of Merced, Turlock, Porterville, and Atwater… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/race-communications-to-extend-fibre-network-to-82000-more-premises-in-california–1517641

(Telecompaper) Mexican broadcaster and telecommunications operator Grupo Televisa confirmed in an SEC filing that local billionaire David Martinez has increased his stake in the company to 7.8 percent… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/martinez-ups-stake-in-mexicos-televisa-to-78–1517640

(Telecompaper) France’s supreme court (Conseil d’Etat) has rejected an appeal filed by Orange against the EUR 26 million fine imposed by telecom authority Arcep in November 2023… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/orange-france-loses-appeal-against-eur-26-mln-fine-for-missed-fibre-roll-out-target–1517635

(Telecompaper) Streaming video providers spent EUR 23.3 million on above-the-line marketing in the Netherlands in Q3, almost 8 percent more than a year earlier… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/amazon-prime-video-leads-8-rise-in-streaming-marketing-spend-in-netherlands–1517634

(Telecompaper) Networking vendor Juniper Networks reported a near-60 percent jump in product orders in its September quarter, citing demand resilience across its cloud-focused product lines… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/juniper-networks-orders-up-60-percent-in-q3-amid-robust-cloud-demand–1517628

(Telecompaper) CityFibre, UK wholesale full-fibre network agreement, has agreed to sell Lit Fibre’s consumer ISP to its co-founders, Ben Bressler and Tom Williams… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/cityfibre-sells-lit-fibre-consumer-isp-to-co-founders–1517627

(Telecompaper) OpenAI announced the addition of an improved web search function to ChatGPT, to help users of the AI assistant find information online… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/openai-introduces-new-web-search-function-on-chatgpt–1517610