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STV appoints ITV online and pay TV boss as CEO

STV has appointed ITV’s managing director, online, pay TV, interactive and technology, Simon Pitts, as…

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Report: Netflix in talks to keep Marvel, Star Wars content

Netflix is reportedly in discussions with Walt Disney about retaining streaming rights to Marvel and…

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DVB approves spec for next-generation subtitles

The DVB steering board has approved a new specification for subtitling to enable the deliver…

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Shonda Rhimes leaves ABC for Netflix

Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes is bringing her Shondaland production company to Netflix under a multi-year…

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Brave Bison appoints Warner Bros exec as CFO

Brave Bison’s new CEO Claire Hungate has made her first appointment by hiring former Warner…

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Less than half of Americans choose live TV as main viewing method

Just 45% of Americans say they watch live TV when the show airs as their…

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Telia hopeful of fixed-mobile convergence merger in Latvia

Telia has welcomed a proposal to merge Latvian fixed-line telco Lattelecom and the leading Latvian…

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HomeGrid Forum names new president

Home networking standards outfit the HomeGrid Forum has named Leonard Dauphinee as its new president….

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AMC Iberia to launch streaming service

AMC Networks Iberia is planning to launch a streaming service in Spain, in partnership with…

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TalkTalk fined £100,000 over data security

UK service provider TalkTalk has been fined £100,000 (€110,500) by the Information Commissioner’s Office for…

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Netflix orders Israeli dramas from Fauda pair

Streaming service Netflix has commissioned a pair of dramas from the Israeli creative team behind…

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Vivendi taking steps to ward of Italian move against TIM involvement

Vivendi has reportedly written to the Italian prime minister’s office in an attempt to ward…

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Discovery to sub-license Olympics to German pubcasters

Discovery’s Eurosport is to sub-license its rights to the Olympic Games in Germany to public…

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MTG extends grip on KHL rights

Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its grip on exclusive rights to the Kontinental Hockey…

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Slovakian pubcaster names new chief

Slovakian public broadcaster RTVS has named Jaroslav Rezník as its new director-general. Rezník has taken…

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Britbox launches on Amazon Channels in the US

BBC Worldwide and ITV’s US subscription video-on-demand service, Britbox, is now available via Amazon’s Channels…

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PCCW’s OTT business gains $110m investment

PCCW Media has raised US$110 million from Hony Capital, Foxconn and Temasek, who become investors…

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Virgin Media Ireland adds UKTV to on-demand platform

Virgin Media Ireland has added UKTV Play to its line-up of on-demand services, boosting its…

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Sport key to pay TV subscriptions, says survey

Pay TV subscribers are highly likely to churn in the absence of premium sports rights…

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Hispasat prepares for September Amazonas 5 launch

Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of it’s planned…

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Facebook launches Watch video platform

Facebook has launched a new platform for episodic programmes, as it makes a bigger push…

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Altice ‘looking at Charter bid’

Altice and its US offshoot Altice USA are in the initial stages of putting together…

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Fox chief: live-streaming TV proves pay power

The progress of live-streaming TV services reaffirms the strength of pay TV bundles, according 21st…

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NBCU comedy SVOD service Seeso shutting

NBCUniversal is shutting its comedy-themed SVOD service Seeso. The US service’s future has been in…

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Discovery leads Here Be Dragons’ US$10m funding round

Discovery Communications has led a US$10 million (€8.5 million) Series A funding round raised by…

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Ampere: revenue per channel stronger for streaming pay TV

Virtual pay TV operators in the US are making more than twice the revenue of…

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Altice looking to buy out and de-list SFR

Altice now has 95.9% of SFR’s shares and is to file a buyout offer with…

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TDG: more than half of US millennials binge-watch content daily

More than half of US millennial broadband users binge watch content on a daily basis,…

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Finland’s DNA launches Android set-top box

Finnish service provider DNA has launched the DNA TV-hubi, its Android TV-based box that comes…

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TDC to take steps to address TV decline

Danish telco TDC lost 23,000 TV customers in the second quarter, in part due to…