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Year2017
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Ampere study highlights shifting online video pattern
YouTube remains the most watched video service overall across 14 major markets, but Facebook now…
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Google revamps Daydream VR headset, launches Pixel 2
Google released an updated version of its Daydream VR headset, along with the VR and…
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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…
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Deutsche Telekom launches UHD TV box
Deutsche Telekom has launched its next-generation UHD TV and Netflix-enabled set-top box for its Entertain…
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Discovery partners with Google on VR series
Discovery Communications and Google have partnered on a new immersive series called Discovery TRVLR. The…
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Blend Media appoints former Google exec Matt Chaplin
London-based 360˚ video specialist, Blend Media, has appointed former Google executive Matt Chaplin to the…
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African pay TV subscriptions reach 23.7m
The total number of pay TV subscribers in Africa reached roughly 23.7 million in the…
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Blue Ant makes host of EMEA hires
Blue Ant Media has made a host of hires for its newly launched kids and…
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TiTAN Platform launches smart hub in US
TiTAN Platform, a smart content and device firm led in the US by former Endemol…
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New channel Eurosport Gold launches on Rostelecom
Russian service provider Rostelecom has launched new sports channel Eurosport Gold as part of its…
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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…
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Edge joins Sky & C4 in backing TRX
Edge Investments has taken a minority stake in Dial Square 86, the holding company for…
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Iskon taps ThinkAnalytics for content recommendation
Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom’s youth-skewing internet service provider Iskon has tapped ThinkAnalytics to provide content…
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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….
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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…
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Iger to exit Disney CEO post in 2019
Bob Iger will step down as chief executive of The Walt Disney Company in 2019,…
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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…
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Microsoft buys AltspaceVR
Microsoft has agreed to buy virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, securing the future of a…
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Arris ‘remains committed’ to Ruckus deal despite delays
Arris has said it remains committed to its acquisition of Brocade’s Ruckus Wireless and ICX…
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Cable Europe warns against telecoms competition rules
Cable Europe has said that new telecoms competition rules are not justified or proportionate, after…
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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…
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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…
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ER-Telecom completes acquisition of Akado Ekaterinburg
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has completed the acquisition of rival service provider Akado’s Yekaterinburg operation,…
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RTL closes SpotX acquisition
RTL Group has closed the acquisition of advertising technology outfit SpotX. The broadcasting group acquired…
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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…
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Simon Pollock launches executive search firm
Industry veteran and former A+E executive Simon Pollock has launched his own executive search outfit…
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RTS names bursary scheme recipients
The UK Royal Television Society (RTS) has named the recipients of is 2017 undergraduate bursary…
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Eurodata unveils European viewing trends
People in the five biggest European markets watched an average of three hours and 48…
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iPlayer content chief Victoria Jaye to leave BBC
Victoria Jaye, head of TV content for BBC iPlayer, is to leave the BBC. Jaye,…
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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…