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Year2017
Tricolor TV to transition to ‘open’ hybrid platform with Far East launch
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV is to realign its service on a hybrid model…
The QYou raises €3.3m through Canadian finance deal
Youth broadcaster QYou Media has raised C$5 million (€3.3 million) through a finance deal with…
Nielsen integrates Gracenote smart TV data
Nielsen has announced plans to use Gracenote’s real-time smart TV data to enhance Nielsen Marketing…
BBC Worldwide moves away from originals strategy
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) will move away from commissioning originals for its BBC Earth and BBC…
Surprise choice for Channel 4 content chief
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has plumped for the surprise choice of Ian Katz, a news…
Comedy Central names digital chief
Viacom-owned comedy channel Comedy Central has named Jennifer Danielson as senior vice-president of digital, charged…
Nick Jr launches in Portugal
Viacom’s Nick Jr has launched in Portugal. The channel is carried exclusively on pay TV…
Liberty Global appoints Nair as CEO of LatAm
Liberty Global’s chief technology and innovation officer, Balan Nair, is set to become president and…
YouTube TV launches new ‘lean back’ app
YouTube is set to launch a new ‘lean back’ app for its US subscription offering,…
Amazon Channels adds Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, Discovery Communication’s premium pay TV brand, is set to become available on Amazon…
France leads Europe for multilingual content
France is “the king of multilingual content”, according to new research that shines a light…
Netflix folds House of Cards amid Spacey claims
Netflix has cancelled the show that has been core to its popularity, House of Cards….
TDC hit by cord-cutting as it moves to new TV strategy
Danish telco and cable operator TDC was hit hard by cord-cutting in its home market…
UK television ad spend drops 4.4% in H1 2017
TV advertising spend in the UK declined by 4.4% in the first half of 2017,…
Digital boost for TF1
French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group has continued its recovery from a difficult 2016 by posting…
Tele Columbus takes control of Munich network provider KMS
German cable operator Tele Columbus has struck a deal with Vodafone Kabel Deutschland to acquire…
Spanish BeIN Connect app on Hisense TVs
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro’s online platform BeIN Connect will now be available via Hisense smart TVs…
UPC Switzerland takes control of Genthod network
Liberty Global-owned UPC Switzerland has acquired the fibre network in Genthod near Geneva. The move…
Piracy to cost TV and film industry US$52bn by 2022
The stark cost of illegal downloading and streaming of movies and TV shows had been laid…
Fans staying with eSports as they age, says Spanish survey
The average eSports fan in Spain is a 24 year-old male who spends more than…
Eurosport unveils ‘fully digital’ 2018 Olympics plan
Eurosport has unveiled plans for what it claims will be the first “fully digital” Olympics…
Pimax 8K backing passes US$3m in VR funding milestone
Virtual reality company Pimax claims to have the “most funded VR project on Kickstarter ever”…
French constitutional court rules ad tax illegal but CNC avoids payback
France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), which dispenses public support for…
Report: Huawei plans European OTT service
Huawei is reportedly planning to launch an over-the-top streaming service in Europe next year. According…
New OTT TV service for Nigeria to launch next year
Nigerian technology outfit Envivo Communications is to launch a new OTT TV streaming video service,…
Report: Spotify sets new video plans under Courtney Holt
Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly reset its video strategy under the leadership of its…
KPN sees convergence growth as IPTV subscribers rise
Dutch telco KPN added 23,000 IPTV subscribers in the quarter to September, along with 11,000…
UPC Czech Republic adds new channels to Horizon offering
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic is adding a raft of new channels, including…
Danish antenna association chooses Stofa for Gigabit upgrade
Kolding.net, an association of six local antenna associations in the city of Kolding in southern…
Teleste acquires intelligent transport information outfit
Cable technology provider Teleste has acquired Iqu Systems, a German company specialising in intelligent passenger…