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Year2017
Ampere study highlights shifting online video pattern
YouTube remains the most watched video service overall across 14 major markets, but Facebook now…
Google revamps Daydream VR headset, launches Pixel 2
Google released an updated version of its Daydream VR headset, along with the VR and…
Moody’s study: a tale of two telco markets
European and US telcos are experiencing contrasting fortunes, with Europe’s players seeing prices rising thanks…
Deutsche Telekom launches UHD TV box
Deutsche Telekom has launched its next-generation UHD TV and Netflix-enabled set-top box for its Entertain…
Discovery partners with Google on VR series
Discovery Communications and Google have partnered on a new immersive series called Discovery TRVLR. The…
Blend Media appoints former Google exec Matt Chaplin
London-based 360˚ video specialist, Blend Media, has appointed former Google executive Matt Chaplin to the…
African pay TV subscriptions reach 23.7m
The total number of pay TV subscribers in Africa reached roughly 23.7 million in the…
Blue Ant makes host of EMEA hires
Blue Ant Media has made a host of hires for its newly launched kids and…
TiTAN Platform launches smart hub in US
TiTAN Platform, a smart content and device firm led in the US by former Endemol…
New channel Eurosport Gold launches on Rostelecom
Russian service provider Rostelecom has launched new sports channel Eurosport Gold as part of its…
Serbia’s number two cable operator taps CryptoGuard for CA
Serbia’s number two cable operator Kopernikus has tapped content security provider CryptoGuard to provide conditional…
Edge joins Sky & C4 in backing TRX
Edge Investments has taken a minority stake in Dial Square 86, the holding company for…
Iskon taps ThinkAnalytics for content recommendation
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom’s youth-skewing internet service provider Iskon has tapped ThinkAnalytics to provide content…
HBO Nordic teams with Turner for kids OTT service
HBO Nordic and Turner EMEA have joined forces to create Toonix, a kids-focused OTT service….
Zone TV taps AI for self-scheduling digital channels
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of…
Iger to exit Disney CEO post in 2019
Bob Iger will step down as chief executive of The Walt Disney Company in 2019,…
MLB gives access to YouTubers in ‘multi-faceted’ deal
YouTube and Major League Baseball (MLB) have agreed a “multi-faceted” sponsorship deal that will give…
Microsoft buys AltspaceVR
Microsoft has agreed to buy virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, securing the future of a…
Arris ‘remains committed’ to Ruckus deal despite delays
Arris has said it remains committed to its acquisition of Brocade’s Ruckus Wireless and ICX…
Cable Europe warns against telecoms competition rules
Cable Europe has said that new telecoms competition rules are not justified or proportionate, after…
Narcos and Netflix tops Italian in-demand digital originals
Netflix’s Colombia-set drug-running drama Narcos is currently far and away the most in-demand digital original…
Kwesé TV adds free bouquet to offering
Econet Media-owned African pay TV outfit Kwesé has added a new bouquet of free-to-air channels…
ER-Telecom completes acquisition of Akado Ekaterinburg
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has completed the acquisition of rival service provider Akado’s Yekaterinburg operation,…
RTL closes SpotX acquisition
RTL Group has closed the acquisition of advertising technology outfit SpotX. The broadcasting group acquired…
MTV UK teams up with Amazon for flash briefing on Echo Show
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN)-owned MTV UK has teamed up with Amazon to launch a…
Simon Pollock launches executive search firm
Industry veteran and former A+E executive Simon Pollock has launched his own executive search outfit…
RTS names bursary scheme recipients
The UK Royal Television Society (RTS) has named the recipients of is 2017 undergraduate bursary…
Eurodata unveils European viewing trends
People in the five biggest European markets watched an average of three hours and 48…
iPlayer content chief Victoria Jaye to leave BBC
Victoria Jaye, head of TV content for BBC iPlayer, is to leave the BBC. Jaye,…
New version of Dailymotion launches in UK and Switzerland
The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK…