Year2017

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Snap content chief shares mobile video plans following NBCU deal

Snapchat will continue to focus on content that is designed specifically for mobile and will…

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RTVE plans DVB-T2 multiplex for 4K UHD

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE plans to develop a DVB-T2 multiplex for 4K UHD content, building…

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Roy Price resigns from Amazon Studios

Roy Price has resigned from Amazon Studios after an allegation of sexual harassment. Price had…

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AR firm Magic Leap raises US$502m

Secretive augmented reality (AR) firm, Magic Leap, has raised US$502 million in Series D equity…

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Pluto TV raises US$8.3m in round led by Samsung

US online television service, Pluto TV, has raised US$8.3 million in new funding, with US$5…

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Netflix: 8m viewers have binged entire series in a day

Some 8.4 million Netflix subscribers have ‘binge raced’ through an entire season of a show,…

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MTG completes sale of Baltic broadcast business

MTG has completed the sale of its Baltic broadcasting business to Providence Equity Partners for…

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Eurosport partners with Snap on Olympics coverage

Eurosport has agreed a content and advertising deal with Snap to bring coverage of the…

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Liberty Global exec to chair SCTE board

Liberty Global’s vice-president of technology, Bill Warga, has been elected chairman of the board for…

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Netflix adds record Q3 subs, plans US$8bn content spend in 2018

Netflix added a record number of Q3 subscribers in its most recent quarter and announced…

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Plepler: HBO will benefit from ‘distribution revolution’

HBO stands to benefit from changes taking place in the content distribution landscape and the…

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Snap and NBCUniversal launch digital content studio

Snap and NBCUniversal are partnering on a new digital content studio that will make made-for-mobile…

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Movistar+ to commercially launch UHD box next year

Spanish pay TV operator Movistar+ plans to launch its 4K set-top box in the first…

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IHS Markit: scripted TV production declined in US last year

Scripted TV production in the US – excluding online content – declined in 2016, largely…

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Ampere: almost three quarters of US web users take SVOD

Almost three quarters of internet users in the US have at least one SVOD subscription,…

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The QYou launches it first fully localised feed in Poland

Youth broadcaster The QYou is launching a fully localised version of its channel for the…

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AMC promotes Hajós in Europe

AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has promoted Balázs Hajós to vice president of affiliate sales for…

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Eurochannel goes HD with Eutelsat

Eurochannel is upgrading from Standard to High Definition (HD) in partnership with Eutelsat, it announced…

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Content Innovation Awards 2017: the winners revealed

YouView, Vice Media, National Geographic Europe, DAZN, Starz Play, Sky Italia and Orange were among…

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ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery partner on German streaming service

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications have launched an ad-supported entertainment streaming service in Germany. The joint…

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Movistar: scale and international value key to taking on Netflix

Producing local drama series with significant scale and shows that can be exported internationally are…

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Vice and Kwese partner on South African production hub

Econet Media and Vice Media have announced plans to launch a new bureau and production…

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Middle East content creators ‘need shows with international appeal’

Producers of original drama and other original content in the Middle East need to create…

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Asia set to overtake North America as top AVOD region

Asia Pacific will overtake North America as the leading region for advertising-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) content…

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Disney ups Endemaño to expanded distribution role

Walt Disney International has given EMEA executive Mark Endemaño the expanded role of senior vice…

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Arris launches Wireless Intelligence analytics tool

Arris has launched a cloud-based analytics and reporting tool designed to give service providers real-time…

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Ofcom to impose wide range of quotas on BBC

Ofcom is to force the BBC to air a diet of 90% UK-produced original programming…

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Sky Q launch plans announced for Italy, Germany, Austria

Sky is due to launch its advanced TV service, Sky Q, in Italy before Christmas…

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RT France to go live by year-end

RT is targeting a December launch for its first 24-hour French-language news channel, RT France….

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Amazon Studios chief Price suspended on sexual harassment allegations

Amazon Studios has suspended its head, Roy Price, after allegations he sexually harassed a producer…