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SFR to launch new movies and series service

Altice-owned French service provider SFR is planning to launch a new premium service dedicated to…

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Naspers reportedly mulling sale of MultiChoice Africa

Naspers is considering the sale of its African pay TV business outside its home market…

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US pay TV industry reports ‘first ever Q1 subscriber loss’

The largest pay TV providers in the US – representing 95% of the market –…

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Home video spend in Western Europe to reach €8.7bn

Total consumer spend on home video in Western Europe will increase at a CAGR of…

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Vodafone Spain strikes 4K movies deals with Sony and Paramount

Vodafone España has struck deals with Sony Pictures Television and Paramount Pictures to offer 4K…

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Altice rejects EC ‘gun-jumping’ notice on PT Portugal

Altice has said it “does not agree” with a European Commission notice that the media…

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Netflix to remake Henson’s Dark Crystal

Eighties movie Dark Crystal is headed for a series remake at Netflix. The Jim Henson…

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ESL strikes large-scale eSports streaming deal with Facebook

Modern Times Group-owned eSports outfit ESL has teamed up with Facebook to stream over 5,500…

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Sky Deutschland heads to Der Pass for original

Sky Deutschland’s latest original drama will come from 4 Blocks producer Wiedemann & Berg Television….

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Eutelsat agrees €302m Hispasat stake sale

Eutelsat has agreed to sell its 33.69% stake in Hispasat to Abertis for €302 million….

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SACD names Mediamétrie’s Baghery as audiovisual chief

French copyright collecting society SACD has named Sahar Baghery as director of audiovisual, cinema and…

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SES lofts inflight connectivity satellite on Soyuz

Satellite operator SES has successfully launched SES-15, its new hybrid Ku-band widebeam and Ku-band high…

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Google announces standalone Daydream VR headsets

The first standalone virtual reality headsets to run using Google’s Daydream VR platform are due…

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Twitter to ramp up 24/7 live video activity

Twitter plans to scale up its presence in video by launching more 24-hour streaming, introducing…

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ESL planning ‘much more’ linear TV around eSports

Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned eSports outfit ESL plans to build on early experiments to reach out…

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Vodafone will invest in exclusive content ‘if necessary’

Vodafone will invest in exclusive content “if we need to” despite having a preference for…

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Cloud computing and mixed reality to have ‘massive impact’ on future of TV

The long-term growth in internet bandwidth and computing, combined with the “detachment” and “low attention…

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Sales of 4K TV sets tipped to grow 38% this year

Sales of 4K Ultra High Definition TV sets are due to grow by 38% in…

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Maxdome appoints new boss

ProSiebenSat.1 Digital’s co-managing director Ralf Bartoleit is taking the top job at video-on-demand service Maxdome…

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GroupM creates new premium content group

Advertising agency group GroupM is pushing further into premium TV production and financing by creating…

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Liberty Global, Virgin ranked among top UK employers

Liberty Global, Virgin and the BBC ranked among the UK’s top 10 employers, according to…

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Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher

Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game series…

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RTL Netherlands appoints CTO

RTL Netherlands has appointed the former chief technology officer of UPC Netherlands and Ziggo, Giovanni…

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History staffs up for Dutch launch

A+E Networks UK has hired new programming and marketing staff ahead of the launch of…

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Set-tops ‘not important’ for SVOD, says Viaplay chief

Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned OTT subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay does not need to be available…

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SVOD in western Europe, North America to surpass pay TV by 2021

The number of SVOD customers in western Europe and North America will exceed the number…

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Now TV having ‘no impact’ on core pay TV base

Sky’s Now TV “strategy is working” without any impact on the pay TV operator core…

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Proximus: studios handicapping pay TV providers by restricting rights

Pay TV service providers need Hollywood studios to make their content available on all platforms…

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Showmax partners with Play in Poland

Naspers-owned video-on-demand service, Showmax, has partnered with Polish mobile operator Play. All new and existing Play…

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Sky renews European NBCU deal

European pay TV operator Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with…