Year2017

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Canal+ defends rights payment freeze as collecting societies take action

Canal+ has defended its refusal to pay rights fees demanded by French collecting societies following…

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Report: Facebook, Twitter, Snap bid for World Cup clips

Facebook, Twitter and Snap have reportedly offered 21st Century Fox “tens of millions of dollars”…

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Hulu adds HBO & Cinemax

HBO and its sister channel, Cinemax, are now available on US video-on-demand service Hulu. Beginning…

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Mediaset to strengthen on-demand offering, foresees Premium progress

Mediaset is to strengthen its on-demand offering, Mediaset Play with new content and will launch…

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Teleste forms JV with Antronix for North America market

US broadband technology specialist Antronix and Finland-based video and broadband technology provider Teleste have formed…

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Xstream names new chief executive

Over-the-top video and TV services company Xstream has upped chief financial officer Michael Rasmussen to…

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Brown Sugar VOD service launches on Amazon Fire TV

African American subscription video-on-demand service, Brown Sugar, has launched on Amazon Fire TV. Owned by…

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BBC launches experimental VR app

The BBC has launched a virtual reality app for iOS and Android through its experimental…

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EasyJet chief ‘favourite for ITV CEO job’

EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall is likely to become CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, according to…

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Telenor: Netflix accounts for 22% of broadband traffic

Norway-based teleco Telenor has revealed that Netflix now accounts for 22% of all traffic on…

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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy

More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…

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Conax strikes major reseller agreement with ZTE

Kudelski-owned conditional access specialist Conax has entered a global IPTV reseller agreement with Chinese technology…

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Virgin moves into original kids commissioning

UK pay TV platform Virgin Media is planning to commission kids television content for its…

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Intelsat 35e successfully launched

Intelsat’s newest satellite, Intelsat 35e, has successfully launched after two false starts earlier this week….

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Dailymotion revamps mobile, desktop offering

Vivendi-owned video-on-demand service Dailymotion has launched a new version of its app and its desktop…

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Deutsche Telekom taps Zenterio for STB scheme

Deutsche Telekom Group is working with Zenterio to modernise the TV subscriber experience across various…

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BT extends dynamic ad deal with Yospace

BT has agreed a multi-year extension to its deal with dynamic ad insertion technology firm,…

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Ericsson chairman to step down

Ericsson’s chairman of the board, Leif Johansson, will not make himself available for reelection at…

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BBC wants ‘demonstrably broader’ channel

UK public broadcaster the BBC wants its flagship network, BBC One, to have a “demonstrably…

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Thinkbox study reveals value of sponsored TV content

Viewers of a sponsored TV show are “significantly more likely” to believe the sponsoring brand…

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BBC plans ‘fewer but bigger kids commissions’

The head of the BBC’s kids department has said her division’s commissioning focus has switched…

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NPO revamps and rebrands on-demand service

Dutch public broadcasting organisation NPO has revamped its on-demand service and rebranded it from Uitzending Gemist…

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Film1 to replace Sundance channel with on-demand offering

Dutch channel group Film1 has announced plans to replace its Film1 Sundance channel with an…

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UK government scraps business rates for fibre broadband

The UK government has announced plans to scrap business rates for operators who install new…

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Deutsche Telekom taps Accedo as VR partner

Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Accedo for its Magenta Musik 360 virtual reality music offering….

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Patent pool unveils terms for UHD TV receivers and services

Japan-based patent licensing pool ULDAGE has announced terms and begun licensing patents that it says…

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BBC tackles kids SVOD threat with £34m boost

BBC Children’s will receive its largest cash boost “in a generation”, with an extra £34…

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ProSiebenSat.1 calls for new public broadcast regime and seeks funding

German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has called for public funding to be made available to commercial broadcasters…

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Content Innovation Awards: deadline extended

Due to exceptional demand, Digital TV Europe and TBI have extended the deadline for entries…

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Intelsat 35e launch scrapped for second time in two days

The launch of Intelsat’s new satellite, Intelsat 35e, has been aborted at the last moment…