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Year2017
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UKTV restructures channels teams
British channels group UKTV has created five channel director posts in a restructure that looks…
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Netflix secures first Middle East original
Netflix has ordered an Adel Karam stand-up comedy special, its first original production in the…
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TV Licensing: 33,000 young people watching iPlayer illegally
More than 33,000 people aged 18 to 25 in the UK were caught watching live…
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ITV buys majority stake in Italy’s Cattleya
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
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Scripps to develop shows for Facebook Watch
Scripps Networks Interactive’s digital production division is set to develop lifestyle shows for Facebook’s recently…
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Discovery Latin America president to retire
The president and managing director of Discovery Latin America / US Hispanic, Enrique Martínez, is…
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Simplestream raises £500,000 for US, Europe expansion
UK-based multiscreeen TV technology company Simplestream has received ￡500,000 in funding from Clydesdale and Yorkshire…
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The QYou agrees deal with NOWO in Portugal
Youth broadcaster The QYou has agreed a carriage deal with Portuguese telecoms operator NOWO, which…
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Ericsson ConsumerLab: half of all viewing to be on mobile, one in three to use VR
Half of all viewing will be on a mobile screen in three years, with half…
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Ampere Analysis: media debt to fuel growth is mostly manageable
The high levels of debt being incurred by big international media companies such as Amazon,…
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TiVo COO joins Amazon as VP of Alexa Voice Services
TiVo’s chief operating officer, Pete Thompson, has left the company to join Amazon as vice-president…
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Jay Hunt linked with Apple post
Former Channel 4 content chief Jay Hunt is being linked with a role at Apple….
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Sky adds ‘enhanced voice control’ to Sky Q
Sky is due to introduce new features to its Sky Q service this month, including…
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Mediaset and Vivendi reportedly taking steps to a possible deal
Lawyers for Italy’s Mediaset and France’s Vivendi are holding talks to find a solution to…
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Asia Pacific SVOD set to overtake North America
Asia Pacific is due to overtake North America this year to become the biggest subscription…
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Harvey Weinstein fired over allegations
Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the company he co-founded with his brother after multiple…
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Ofcom outlines plans to close broadband ‘speed gap’
Ofcom has outlined plans to “close the gap” on the speeds that broadband providers claim…
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Eleven teams with Twitter for Ivy League football
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a deal with Twitter to live-stream Ivy League American…
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KPN targets businesses with internet and TV
Dutch telco KPN has launched a set of internet and TV packages aimed at small…
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AsiaSat 9 arrives at destination
Satellite operator AsiaSat’s AsiaSat 9 satellite has arrived at its final destination of 122° East…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police search Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Originals investment pushes up Netflix price
Netflix has hiked its prices once again, with the SVOD giant claiming this is due…
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Liberty Global opens Telenet Innovation Centre
Liberty Global has opened a “knowledge and excellence hub” in Brussels to create and test…
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Canal+ strikes deal with collecting society after long dispute
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has struck an agreement with rights collecting agency SACEM, which…
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SFR to disappear from stock market on October 9
Altice-owned French service provider SFR will be withdrawn from the Paris stock exchange on October…
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Iflix appoints Indonesian boss
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has appointed the former CEO of ad agency Y&R Group…
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TCL launches big-screen 4K HDR Roku TV
TCL has launched an ultra high definition 75-inch Roku TV – its largest television set…
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TV5Monde launches VodafoneZiggo app
French broadcaster TV5Monde has launched an app via Dutch cable operator VodafoneZiggo to help viewers…
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PŸUR launches new flexible internet offers
German cable operator PŸUR, formerly known as Tele Columbus, has launched what it says are…
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FilmBox channels available in Armenia
TV channel provider SPI International/ Filmbox has launched seven channels in Armenia with IPTV operator…