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Year2017
Arqiva agrees capacity deal with Eutelsat
UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva has agreed a multi-year, multi-transponder capacity deal with satellite operator…
Advertising strength and cost-cutting helps nudge M6 upwards
French broadcaster M6 saw its revenues for the first half nudge upwards by 2.6% to…
NOS renews sponsorship of Portuguese football
Portuguese cable and pay TV operator NOS has renewed is current exclusive sponsorship deal with…
XITE replaces linear Ziggo channel with personalised offering
Dutch music service XITE has replaced the linear channel it currently offers via the Ziggo…
Multiscreen17 pt4
The cloud holds out the prospect of transforming video distribution. In the final part of…
Multiscreen17 pt3
Amazon launched its channels initiative in Europe two months ago, introducing a range of subscription…
Viacom eyes all-cash Scripps takeover
Viacom is reportedly eyeing one of the biggest all-cash takeovers in recent US media history…
Facebook debuts 4K VR, reportedly launching TV feature next month
Facebook has introduced 4K resolution support for its Live 360 platform as part of a…
IHS Markit: linear TV viewing down in Europe last year
Linear TV viewing declined in the biggest European markets in 2016 as more TV watching moved…
Mediaset names ex-AC Milan chief as Premium president
Mediaset has named former AC Milan chief Adriano Galliani as the new president of its…
Netflix localises in Israel
Netflix has localised its service in Israel, introducing local language versioning and billing in local…
AR/MR market to reach US$14.1bn by end of 2021
The augmented and mixed reality market is tipped to soar in value to US$14.1 billion…
Telefónica names new COO in management shake-up
Telefónica executive chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete has instituted a major corporate management shake-up, centred on…
TiVo introduces new content discovery platform
TiVo has introduced a new personalised content discovery platform that combines voice search with personalised…
Smart TV uptake to reach 57% in Western Europe
Smart TV penetration will reach 57% in Western Europe this year, according to new figures…
Studios investment brings 3% revenue drop to ITV
UK broadcaster ITV’s mid-year results show a 3% drop in revenue, which it partly attributes…
Nielsen starts to count YouTube, Hulu live TV metrics
Nielsen has added viewing data from YouTube TV and Hulu’s new live TV service to…
Arris taps TiVo for new advanced set-tops
Arris has launched three advanced set-tops that combine traditional QAM video with TiVo’s signature experience, alongside…
Greece’s Antenna makes key appointments
Greece’s Antenna Group has restructured two roles in its management team, which it said would…
Telekom Austria sees TV boost
Telekom Austria saw its overall revenue-generating unit numbers boosted by TV during the second quarter,…
KPN adds to TV base
Dutch telco KPN added 25,000 IPTV customers in the second quarter, along with 8,000 broadband…
ZoneTV taps Ooyala for channels launch
US best-of-the-web channel provider ZoneTV has hired Ooyala to provide technology to enable it to…
Multiscreen17 pt2
Cloud technology holds out the promise of new revenue streams for content rights holders and…
YouTube now at 1.5bn viewers as TV viewing surges
YouTube now has 1.5 billion monthly viewers thanks in part to a surge in big-screen…
Vivendi ‘set to launch’ Italian version of Canal+ with TIM
Locked in an epic legal battle with its original preferred partner in the Italian market,…
Tele Columbus appoints Sunrise exec as new CEO
Tele Columbus has appointed the chief commercial officer of Swiss telecoms provider Sunrise as its…
Facebook acquires IP specialist Source3
Facebook has acquired intellectual property specialist Source3 in a bid to clamp down on copyrighted…
More than half of US millennials tune into SVOD daily
More than half of US millennials now tune into an SVOD service like Netflix, Amazon…
Pay TV revenues in German-speaking countries surpass €3bn
Europe’s German-speaking countries generated pay TV revenues of over €3 billion last year, up 11%, with…
Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…