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ProSiebenSat.1, TF1 Group, Mediaset found video ad exchange

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, France’s TF1 Group and Mediaset in Italy and Spain have jointly established the…

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Eutelsat 172B moves into geostationary orbit

The Eutelsat 172B satellite has initiated its ascent into geostationary orbit, marking the first stage…

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Netflix model ‘could up sports teams’ revenues by x56’

Major football clubs could up fan revenues by a multiplier of 56-times by replicating Netflix’s…

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Data to have ‘significant impact’ on North American pay TV

Advanced data and analytics will have a significant impact on the North American pay TV…

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Vivendi buys 60% stake in Havas Group

Vivendi has agreed to buy the Bolloré Group’s majority stake in ad giant the Havas Group…

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Ex-AwesomenessTV chief joins Paramount

AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins as joined Paramount Pictures to lead a new youth-skewed division. Robbins…

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Discovery backs Paris 2024 Olympics bid

Top executives from Discovery and Eurosport have met members of the Paris 2024 Olympic Bid…

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A+E agrees data deal with Parrot Analytics

A+E Networks has partnered with Parrot Analytics to get data on country-specific audience interest in…

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PlayStation VR headset sales reach 1 million

Sony has now sold more than one million PlayStation VR headsets, having launched the virtual…

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TVT launches access services unit, plans LA office

UK-based media services company TVT is expanding with the launch of full access services business…

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PwC: internet video revenues to overtake DVD this year

Internet video revenues will overtake physical home video for the first time this year, according…

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IHS Markit: VR install base to reach 91m in 2021

The global installed base of VR headsets is due to climb from 18 million in…

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Facebook adds subtitle support for live videos

Facebook is now supporting closed captions in Facebook Live, as part of its efforts to…

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eMarketer: fifth of UK web users block ads

Some 20.9% of UK internet users, 11.4 million people in total, will use ad blocking…

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France’s Mediawan makes production play

Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the production company…

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Intelsat targets East Africa with new Kenya office

Intelsat has opened a new sales office in Nairobi, Kenya, in a bid to up…

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Bloomberg Media names first global chief commercial officer

Bloomberg Media has appointed the global CEO of Havas Creative Group, Andrew Benett, to the…

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Harmonic ups Kalra to CFO

Harmonic has upped its corporate controller and chief accounting officer, Sanjay Kalra, to chief financial…

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Ginx eSports channel launches on DStv

Ginx Esports TV is due to launch on the DStv satellite service in South Africa…

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Youku buys giant screen BBC Earth films

China’s Youku has bought five giant screen BBC Earth films that will be made available…

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Amazon Prime Video to launch on Apple TV

Amazon Prime Video is due to launch on Apple TV “later this year,” Apple CEO…

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Ex-Shine chief Mahon to lead Channel 4

Former Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has landed the CEO post at UK broadcaster Channel…

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Twitch Prime goes global with 200-country launch

Amazon-owned Twitch has rolled out its premium Twitch Prime service globally, launching the service in…

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One Love Manchester breaks BBC iPlayer records

The One Love Manchester benefit concert has broken live viewing records on the BBC iPlayer….

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Filmstruck launches on Roku

Filmstruck, the Turner-owned SVOD dedicated to arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films, has launched on…

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Thaicom, Huawei and Starcor partner for Thai OTT

Satellite operator Thaicom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei and Starcor Media Technologies…

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Spain’s Adamo makes €40m fibre pledge

Regional Spanish broadband provider Adamo will invest €40 million to build out fibre in the…

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Arris Qi3 set-top gains security certifications

Arris’ low-cost Qi3 HD set-top box, which is designed to offer next-generation connected TV services,…

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Netflix subscriber numbers to hit 128m by 2022

Netflix’s subscriber count is tipped to reach 128 million by 2022, with the number of…

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Ampere: Saudi web users consume the most TV and video

Saudi Arabian internet users watched more TV and video online than people in any other…