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Year2017
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…
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…
Ampere: Netflix use in Turkey stands at just 11%
Just 11% of Turkish internet users watched Netflix in the past month compared to a…
Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
Ten enters voluntary administration
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has appointed voluntary administrators after its financial backing collapsed. Administrator…
Nokia and Technicolor agree VR content deal
Nokia and Technicolor will work to create new VR content using Nokia’s OZO+ camera and…
Starz Play agrees deal with Ooredoo Algeria
Middle East and North African on-demand service, Starz Play, has agreed a distribution deal with…
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…
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…
US content ‘dominates Euro VOD slates’
American films and TV shows dominate the catalogues of Europe’s transactional and subscription VOD services,…
Facebook nears scripted TV debut with MTV revival
Social media giant Facebook is reportedly close to reviving former MTV series Loosely Exactly Nicole….
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…
Ten future in doubt as backers pull out
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten is facing receivership after major backers Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce…
Fullscreen launches on Roku
US over-the-top service, Fullscreen, has launched on Roku streaming devices in the states. Youth-focused Fullscreen,…
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…
Kaltura and Akamai extend partnership
Kaltura and Akamai have agreed to extend their partnership to offer Akamai’s Predictive Content Delivery…
Altice agrees global partnership with Netflix
Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD giant’s content available…
Pay TV subscriber numbers grow 35% between 2010-2016
The global number of pay TV subscribers climbed by 35% between 2010 and 2016, taking…
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…
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…
UK culture secretary reappointed
UK culture secretary Karen Bradley has retained her position in a cabinet re-shuffle that followed…
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…
Netflix pounces on former CW pilot
Streaming service Netflix has moved quickly to take dark comedy Insatiable, which The CW passed…
Telia and Discovery agree new carriage deal
Telia and Discovery have agreed a new carriage deal, after the Swedish operator briefly dropped…
YouView taps Amazon’s Alexa for voice controls
YouView is piloting Amazon’s Alexa voice service in a bid to bring voice controls to…
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…
Trace forms US joint venture
Youth-focused channels group Trace has partnered with a group of investors including Wyclef Jean to…
Content portability rules adopted in Europe
The European Council (EC) has adopted new rules that allow consumers who pay for online…
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,…
RTL finds Habets successor in Netherlands
European broadcaster RTL Group has found a successor for Bert Habets at its Dutch operation….