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Year2017
UK government rejects BT’s £600 broadband offer in favour of regulation
The UK government has rejected BT’s offer to voluntarily invest up to £600 million to…
PwC: Netflix as popular as pay TV in the US
Netflix uptake is now as strong as pay TV use in the US with 73%…
Caavo to launch first set-tops in February
Sky-backed US set-top box start-up, Caavo, is due to launch the first 5,000 units of…
Report: CEFC and Penta bid US$2bn for CME
Chinese energy and finance firm CEFC and Eastern European investment group Penta have reportedly submitted…
Stranger Things tops all-Netflix ‘in-demand’ list in Spain
Netflix’s Stranger Things was by far the most ‘in-demand’ digital original in Spain in the week commencing…
Amazon rejects comedies as data reveals originals hunger
Amazon Prime Video has turned down all of its latest pilot season comedies, as research…
Abraham and Heller replace Nevins as HBO doc bosses
After HBO doc boss Sheila Nevins stepped down after 38 years this week, Nancy Abraham…
Vivid Red HD to launch in Europe in January
Vivid Entertainment is due to launch a new adult channel, Vivid Red HD, in Europe…
HbbTV Association publishes ‘virtual STB’ app specification
The HbbTV Association has finalised and published its Operator Applications Specification, which is designed to…
Discovery launches car-themed SVOD service via Amazon
Discovery Communications’ focus on ‘super fans’ continues with the launch of a motorcar-themed SVOD service…
Technicolor in advanced talks to sell patent licensing business
Technicolor is in advanced negotiations to sell its patent licensing business, as part of its…
M6 invests in new Ivory Coast channel Life TV
M6 has invested in a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) station that is due to…
Discovery appoints Australia and New Zealand boss
Discovery has appointed Rebecca Kent as general manager, Australia and New Zealand, following a nine-month stint doing the…
A+E Networks UK renews channels deal with TalkTalk
A+E Networks UK will continue to distribute its pay channel brands via TalkTalk after renewing…
BBC poaches Channel 4’s finance director
Channel 4’s group finance director, Glyn Isherwood, will swap public service broadcasters in the new…
RT’s French language channel goes live
The RT news network’s first French language TV channel, RT France, has gone live, covering…
Ovum: Amazon to make more OTT video revenue than Netflix next year
Amazon will overtake Netflix to generate more over-the-top (OTT) video revenue in 2018 thanks to…
Vevo president and CEO Erik Huggers steps down
Erik Huggers has stepped down as the president and CEO of major label-backed music video…
Iflix claims 10 billion minutes streamed in 2017
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix claimed a milestone 10 billion minutes were streamed across its…
Bloomberg and Twitter launch TicToc social news network
Bloomberg and Twitter have launched TicToc by Bloomberg, a round-the-clock global news network built specifically…
UK selects BBFC to enforce age verification of adult sites
The UK government has formally proposed that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) be…
Doc boss Sheila Nevins exits HBO after 38 years
HBO Documentary Films’ influential president Sheila Nevins is leaving the premium US pay business after…
YouTube VR launches on Steam platform
YouTube has launched the YouTube VR app on the Steam platform, making it available via…
Ofcom: BT most complained about UK pay TV provider in Q2
BT generated the highest number of complaints among the UK’s pay TV operators in the…
FCC votes to repeal net neutrality as Netflix and web giants protest
The FCC has voted to repeal net neutrality laws in the US, in a move…
BT strikes deal with Sky for Now TV and sports
BT has agreed a deal to sell Sky’s low-cost OTT TV service Now TV to…
Mouse catches Fox: how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
SpotX: OTT video ad spend up 18-fold in 2017
The amount of advertising dollars spent on over-the-top (OTT) video inventory grew nearly 18-fold year-on-year…
VR Industry Forum to publish guidelines at CES
The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF) is due to make its first set of VR…
Viasat World’s Epic Drama launches with distribution partners
CEE-focused channels provider Viasat World has launched its new drama channel and associated subscription video-on-demand…