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Year2017
UKTV restructures channels teams
British channels group UKTV has created five channel director posts in a restructure that looks…
Netflix secures first Middle East original
Netflix has ordered an Adel Karam stand-up comedy special, its first original production in the…
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…
ITV buys majority stake in Italy’s Cattleya
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
Scripps to develop shows for Facebook Watch
Scripps Networks Interactive’s digital production division is set to develop lifestyle shows for Facebook’s recently…
Discovery Latin America president to retire
The president and managing director of Discovery Latin America / US Hispanic, Enrique Martínez, is…
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…
The QYou agrees deal with NOWO in Portugal
Youth broadcaster The QYou has agreed a carriage deal with Portuguese telecoms operator NOWO, which…
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…
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,…
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…
Jay Hunt linked with Apple post
Former Channel 4 content chief Jay Hunt is being linked with a role at Apple….
Sky adds ‘enhanced voice control’ to Sky Q
Sky is due to introduce new features to its Sky Q service this month, including…
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…
Asia Pacific SVOD set to overtake North America
Asia Pacific is due to overtake North America this year to become the biggest subscription…
Harvey Weinstein fired over allegations
Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the company he co-founded with his brother after multiple…
Ofcom outlines plans to close broadband ‘speed gap’
Ofcom has outlined plans to “close the gap” on the speeds that broadband providers claim…
Eleven teams with Twitter for Ivy League football
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a deal with Twitter to live-stream Ivy League American…
KPN targets businesses with internet and TV
Dutch telco KPN has launched a set of internet and TV packages aimed at small…
AsiaSat 9 arrives at destination
Satellite operator AsiaSat’s AsiaSat 9 satellite has arrived at its final destination of 122° East…
Vivendi keeps its cool as police search Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
Originals investment pushes up Netflix price
Netflix has hiked its prices once again, with the SVOD giant claiming this is due…
Liberty Global opens Telenet Innovation Centre
Liberty Global has opened a “knowledge and excellence hub” in Brussels to create and test…
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…
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…
Iflix appoints Indonesian boss
Emerging market SVOD service Iflix has appointed the former CEO of ad agency Y&R Group…
TCL launches big-screen 4K HDR Roku TV
TCL has launched an ultra high definition 75-inch Roku TV – its largest television set…
TV5Monde launches VodafoneZiggo app
French broadcaster TV5Monde has launched an app via Dutch cable operator VodafoneZiggo to help viewers…
PŸUR launches new flexible internet offers
German cable operator PŸUR, formerly known as Tele Columbus, has launched what it says are…
FilmBox channels available in Armenia
TV channel provider SPI International/ Filmbox has launched seven channels in Armenia with IPTV operator…