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Year2017
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SFR reorganisation to follow Paulin departure
SFR’s CEO Michel Paulin has resigned “for personal reasons”, according to the Altice-owned French service…
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Facebook ‘could spend US$1bn’ on original shows
Facebook could spend up to US$1 billion on original shows for its platform between now…
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New SVOD movies service for France to launch next month
A new French movies-on-demand service, e-cinema.com, will launch on October 20, bringing international movies not…
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UK government: 15% of web users watch content illegally
Approximately 6.7 million UK internet users, some 15%, consumed at least one item of online…
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Dutch MVNO Youfone launches OTT TV service
Dutch MVNO Youfone has launched an OTT TV service, YoufoneTV, targeting a young audience with…
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TF1 chief confident of striking retrans deal
TF1 Group CEO Gilles Pélisson is confident that the French commercial broadcaster will be able…
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Altice beats BeIN Media to become French home of basketball
Altice has acquired exclusive rights to Euroleague and Eurocup basketball for the next four seasons,…
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SES launches O3b mPower networks system
Satellite operator SES has launched O3b mPower, a system that is designed to deliver efficient…
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Iflix expands in Africa with Ghana launch
Emerging market SVOD service, Iflix, has expanded its African reach after going live in Ghana…
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YouTube adds HDR to Android phones
YouTube has reportedly added high dynamic range (HDR) video playback options for a number of…
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Netflix in front globally, but Amazon catching up in APAC
Netflix is still outpacing Amazon Prime Video globally in numbers of active users, but Amazon…
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Discovery appoints Spotify exec to head digital strategy
Discovery Communications has appointed former Spotify executive Francis Keeling to lead its digital strategy. Keeling…
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Disney confirms Stars Wars & Marvel for SVOD app
The Walt Disney Company’s upcoming international SVOD service will offer Star Wars and Marvel Universe…
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VR and AR headset shipments up 25% in Q2
Worldwide shipments of virtual and augmented reality headsets grew 25.5% year-over-year in the second quarter,…
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Pay TV industry to experience ‘unprecedented change’
The pay TV industry is due to face a period of “unprecedented global change”, according…
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Vivendi ‘close to agreement’ with AGCOM over Mediaset stake
Vivendi is close to finding an agreement with Italian regulator AGCOM over the fate of…
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DNA adds Netflix in 4K to Android TV box offering
Finnish cable and telecom operator DNA has struck a deal with Netflix and has added…
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European connected TV ad market set for growth with UK leading
The European connected TV advertising market could be worth €825 million by 2020, according to…
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Netflix nabs Swedish original from The Bridge scribe
Netflix has commissioned its first original series from Sweden, which has the head writer from…
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HTS satellites set to take up slack as capacity price pressure bites
High-throughput satellite (HTS) services will enable growth in the overall satellite communications market despite a…
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CME joins European Media Alliance
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has joined the European Media Alliance created by ProSiebenSat.1 and…
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ITV taps AWS Elemental for streaming video
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has tapped video processing specialist AWS Elemental to deliver technology to…
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MTG secures exclusive boxing rights
Modern Times Group has secured the exclusive rights to the World Boxing Super Series across…
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Altice passes four-million fibre milestone in Portugal
Altice-owned Portugal Telecom’s (PT) Meo-branded offering has now passed four million homes and businesses with…
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Videoamp appoints former FreeWheel exec as CFO
RTL Group and Mediaocean-backed Videoamp has appointed former FreeWheel COO and CFO, as its first…
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Broadcasters and SPs to get scope of new video + cloud strategy for HD/UHD/4K video at IBC
Kontron introduces new SYMKLOUD converged video solutions that feature a range of modular hardware components…
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McDonough takes charge of Forbidden Technologies
Cloud video software-as-a-service specialist Forbidden Technologies has named former Turner northern Europe chief and BBC…
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Blue Ant creates global networks division in expansion push
Producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has launched a global networks division to…
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Vivendi ‘merging’ Dailymotion with Watchever
Vivendi is merging its struggling YouTube rival Dailymotion with video-on-demand technology unit Watchever, according to…
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Roku launches The Roku Channel
Roku has launched a free movie-streaming channel on its platform, called The Roku Channel. Available…