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Year2017
Volia makes mobile viewing possible outside the home
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has extended the availability of its multiscreen TV app to enable…
Tricolor TV adds youth-oriented 4K TV service
Russian pay TV operator Tricolor TV is to add youth-oriented 4K TV channel C4K360 to…
Sky bid ‘will be referred’ in absence of new evidence
UK secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport Karen Bradley has pushed back…
BBC: reaching young people a major ‘strategic issue’
Successfully reaching young people is “one of the single biggest strategic issues” now facing the…
Piracy is ‘number three’ TV player in Latin America
The level of pay TV piracy in Latin America means that illicit consumption of content…
Discovery hires Twitter TV chief
Discovery Communications has hired the global head of TV at social media service Twitter, Fred…
Viacom launches Daily Show on Amazon’s Alexa in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a spin-off digest of The Daily Show with…
CSA relaxes ad restrictions for TF1
The French media regulator, the CSA, has relaxed advertising restrictions placed on leading commercial broadcaster…
Telia boosted by solid TV numbers
Nordic telco Telia’s second quarter performance was boosted by a solid growth in TV numbers,…
BBCWW names new Western Europe chief
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has named Nick Percy as executive vice president in Western Europe. Percy…
VPRO goes international with YouTube channels
Dutch public broadcaster VPRO has published a selection of its programming to YouTube in a…
Google opens up Expeditions VR app
Google is rolling out an update to its Google Expeditions app on Android in a…
No FTA matches as Mediapro secures Champions League rights
Spanish free and pay TV broadcaster Mediapro has secured exclusive rights to the Champions League…
BBCWW upbeat despite drop in cash returns
The BBC’s commercial arm reported a year-on-year increase in sales and profits, but cash returns…
Parrot Analytics: Netflix dominates digital originals across European markets
Netflix dominated expressions of interest in digital originals across seven major western European countries in…
Report: Discovery back in merger talks with Scripps
Discovery Communications is reportedly in merger talks with Scripps Networks Interactive. According to a Reuters…
Altice names new CEO for Portugal
Altice has named Cláudia Goya as the new CEO of Portugal Telecom, with immediate effect….
Ampere: US web users watch more online video than Europeans
Compared to Europe, the US has a higher proportion of internet users who watch video…
Rogers’ Wössner to take over as CEO of Deutsche Telekom’s German unit
Deutsche Telekom’s domestic German business chief Niek jan van Damme is to leave his post…
Orange ups stakes in retrans dispute with TF1
Orange has filed a legal complaint against leading French commercial broadcaster TF1 over the ongoing…
Intelsat adopts new structure and hires TWC exec for media
Intelsat has reorganised its management team with a new structure based on its three core…
NBC hires ex-Endemol Shine unscripted exec
US broadcaster NBC has hired former Endemol Shine North America unscripted production chief Linda Giambrone….
Rostelecom names new VP
Russian service provider Rostelecom has named Boris Glazkov as vice-president. Glazkov previously served as director…
Newstag launches Arabic streaming service
Stockholm-based crowd-curated news service Newstag is to launch a new Arabic service, providing a stream…
Netflix international subscribers outnumber US after strong Q2
Netflix passed the 100 million-member mark and now has more international than US viewers, in…
Liberty Global and TPG back TV production company
Former Gaumont Television CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh is to lead to lead a production and…
Pirates could face up to 10 years in prison under new UK rules
Individuals responsible for pirating TV shows could face up to 10 years in prison under…
UK to enforce age checks on adult sites from next year
UK government is due to introduce age verification checks for adult websites next year, after…
Modern Times Group boosted by Nordic TV and InnoGames
Modern Times Group’s Nordic entertainment group and its newly majority-owned games subsidiary InnoGames contributed to…
Wuaki becomes Rakuten.tv as FC Barcelona sponsorship deal kicks off
On-demand TV service Wuaki has changed its name to Rakuten.tv, following a global rebranding exercise…