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Year2017
Asia Pacific OTT revenues tipped to triple by 2022
Over-the-top video revenues in Asia Pacific are set to triple between 2016 and 2022, driven…
New UK and scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
Freeview Play now on over half of smart HD TV sales
TVs with Freeview Play now account for over half of all smart HD TV sales…
Euskaltel turns in solid subscriber gains
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, which last week completed the acquisition of Zegona Communications-owned Asturias…
Canal+ secures top-tier Turkish football for African channel
French pay TV operator Canal+’s international arm has secured the exclusive rights to distribute coverage…
AsiaSat 9 scheduled for liftoff in September
AsiaSat’s latest satellite, AsiaSat 9, is now scheduled for a launch on September 28 at…
Med-1 TV HD on Arabsat
Pan-Arab news, current affairs and sport channel Med-1 TV HD has joined satellite operator Arabsat’s…
Facebook: video to be big business driver in next few years
Video will be a much bigger driver of Facebook’s business in the next few years…
French watchdog mulls new DTT multiplex for UHD TV services
France’s media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the…
BT TV additions slow to a crawl
BT added just 8,000 TV customers in its financial first quarter, compared with net adds…
NBCU ‘sceptical of OTT services’
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has expressed scepticism over the long-term impact of over-the-top channels services…
Amazon to up content spend in Q3
Amazon plans to up its investment in video content in the current quarter, despite reporting…
German broadcasters team up for unified log-in
German broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland Media Group have teamed up with internet service provider…
WARC: TV ad expenditure in the UK to fall 1.9% this year
Total TV ad expenditure in the UK is forecast to fall 1.9% this year, according…
SFR boosted by media unit
Altice-owned French telco and cable operator SFR said that the revenue of its media unit…
AltspaceVR shuts down citing ‘financial difficulty’
Virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, is due to close down on August 3, citing “unforeseen…
Proximus TV boosted by high-end offerings
Belgian telco Proximus added 17,000 TV customers in the second quarter to take its total…
Eutelsat benefits from mobile and broadband growth
Satellite operator Eutelsat’s full-year performance was boosted by its mobile and broadband businesses as traditional…
SES slows down decline in video revenue
SES saw its decline in video revenues slow down in the second quarter. The company’s…
RTVE budget to hit €1bn
Spanish pubcaster RTVE will see its budget hit €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) next year. The…
Sky confirms Sky España OTT plans
Sky has confirmed plans to launch a “simple and affordable” over-the-top service in Spain, marking…
Report: Viacom no longer in running as Scripps turns to Discovery
Viacom is no longer in the running to acquire Scripps Networks Interactive, paving the way…
Telefónica TV boosted by success of converged bundles
Telefónica saw its pay TV base rise in the second quarter for the first time…
Chernobyl drama first from HBO, Sky pact
A drama based on the Chernobyl catastrophe is the first high-end series to come out…
Sky partners with Devialet on Soundbox speaker
Sky is launching an all-in-one sound system in partnership with audio technology startup, Devialet. The…
Euskaltel completes Telecable acquisition
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel has completed the acquisition of Zegona Communications-owned Asturias region operator…
Roku leads in the US as connected device growth continues
Roku will lead the US streaming device market this year as total connected TV viewing…
AwesomenessTV hires Bonnie Pan as network head
AwesomenessTV has hired Endemol Shine Beyond’s former president, Bonnie Pan, as head of network. In…
Orange sees strong TV growth in Spain
Orange had 8.7 million TV customers as of the end of June, up 7% year-on-year,…
Intelsat turns in improved performance
Satellite operator Intelsat saw its second quarter revenues drop by about 1.6% year-on-year to US$533.2…