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Year2017
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Netflix ‘under threat as top VOD net for UK youth’
Netflix remains the most popular service for British children and teenagers, but Amazon Prime Video…
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Verizon makes Oath after completing Yahoo deal
Verizon has competed its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business and has combined it…
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Ampere: Netflix use in Turkey stands at just 11%
Just 11% of Turkish internet users watched Netflix in the past month compared to a…
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Ten enters voluntary administration
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has appointed voluntary administrators after its financial backing collapsed. Administrator…
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Nokia and Technicolor agree VR content deal
Nokia and Technicolor will work to create new VR content using Nokia’s OZO+ camera and…
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Starz Play agrees deal with Ooredoo Algeria
Middle East and North African on-demand service, Starz Play, has agreed a distribution deal with…
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Altice USA looks to raise US$1.35bn in IPO
Cable and telecoms group Altice aims to raise some US$1.35 billion by listing its US…
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Ericsson: video to account for 75% of all mobile traffic
Mobile video traffic will grow by around 50% annually between 2016 and 2022 to account…
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US content ‘dominates Euro VOD slates’
American films and TV shows dominate the catalogues of Europe’s transactional and subscription VOD services,…
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Facebook nears scripted TV debut with MTV revival
Social media giant Facebook is reportedly close to reviving former MTV series Loosely Exactly Nicole….
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BT looks to the future with SDN architecture trials
BT is trialling new technology as it looks to move to a next-generation, flexible broadcast…
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Ten future in doubt as backers pull out
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten is facing receivership after major backers Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce…
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Fullscreen launches on Roku
US over-the-top service, Fullscreen, has launched on Roku streaming devices in the states. Youth-focused Fullscreen,…
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Molotov and Arte team up on Hellfest channel
French over-the-top service Molotov has teamed up with public broadcaster Arte to stream coverage of…
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Kaltura and Akamai extend partnership
Kaltura and Akamai have agreed to extend their partnership to offer Akamai’s Predictive Content Delivery…
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Altice agrees global partnership with Netflix
Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD giant’s content available…
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Pay TV subscriber numbers grow 35% between 2010-2016
The global number of pay TV subscribers climbed by 35% between 2010 and 2016, taking…
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Microsoft to launch 4K-enabled Xbox One X in November
Microsoft has unveiled its forthcoming Xbox One X console and announced a November 7 release…
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Cable Europe calls for ‘investment-friendly’ connectivity regulation
Cable Europe has called for an investment-friendly and predictable regulatory environment, following last week’s discussions…
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UK culture secretary reappointed
UK culture secretary Karen Bradley has retained her position in a cabinet re-shuffle that followed…
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A+E adds ex-Fox exec to run History Japan
A+E Networks has appointed former Fox and Liberty Media exec John Flanagan as general manager…
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Netflix pounces on former CW pilot
Streaming service Netflix has moved quickly to take dark comedy Insatiable, which The CW passed…
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Telia and Discovery agree new carriage deal
Telia and Discovery have agreed a new carriage deal, after the Swedish operator briefly dropped…
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YouView taps Amazon’s Alexa for voice controls
YouView is piloting Amazon’s Alexa voice service in a bid to bring voice controls to…
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Ex-Hulu CTO launches ‘QVC for millennials’ unboxing app
Former Hulu and Flipboard executive Eric Feng has launched a millennial-focused app, designed to marry…
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Trace forms US joint venture
Youth-focused channels group Trace has partnered with a group of investors including Wyclef Jean to…
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Content portability rules adopted in Europe
The European Council (EC) has adopted new rules that allow consumers who pay for online…
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Cisco: video to represent 80% of web traffic in 2021
Video will represent 80% of all internet traffic in 2021, up from 67% in 2016,…
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RTL finds Habets successor in Netherlands
European broadcaster RTL Group has found a successor for Bert Habets at its Dutch operation….