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Al Jazeera strikes global partnership with Google
Al Jazeera has struck a global partnership with Google in a bid to “cement Al…
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Ultra HD Forum adds forensic watermarking to guidelines
The Ultra HD Forum has added a chapter on forensic watermarking to the latest version…
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Netflix, E4 prepare for End of the F***ing World
Streaming service Netflix and UK youth-skewing network E4 have co-commissioned a dark comedy-drama about a…
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Zee moves into Poland with Bollywood channel launch
Zee Entertainment is moving into Poland with the launch of a customised version of its…
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Kaltura partners with Nokia on OTT video
Video technology provider Kaltura has partnered with Nokia to offer a “more personalised and monetised”…
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Orange to ‘virtualise’ its TV box
Orange is to ‘virtualise’ its set-top box, removing the TV decoder from its dual-box Livebox…
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OTT to ‘overtake traditional TV within five years’
Within the next five years, viewing hours of live linear content streamed over the web…
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MTG reports Q1 increase in sales, operating income
MTG reported record sales and a 15% growth in operating income – despite making investments…
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Samsung and Amazon introduce HDR10+
Samsung and Amazon Video have announced HDR10+, an updated version of its open HDR10 standard….
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Ofcom to force BT to open up tunnels and poles
UK regulator Ofcom has unveiled plans to improve access to BT Openreach’s infrastructure by giving…
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Orange chief rejects TF1 retrans demand
Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has indicated his company is unwilling to pay a retransmission fee…
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Viaplay orders first Icelandic original
Scandinavian SVOD player Viaplay’s latest original is an Icelandic drama. The commission of Stella Blómkvist…
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Broadcasters celebrate US$25m piracy case win
A US court case ordered the providers of set-top boxes Cres TV and Shava to…
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Dogan TV names new deputy CEO
Turkey’s Dogan TV ha s named Ozge Bulut Marasli as deputy CEO in charge of…
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ABI: TV service market to reach US$1.5bn in 2021
The ‘TV as a Service’ (TVaaS) business market is due to grow to US$1.5 billion…
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The QYou expands in the Netherlands
Youth broadcaster The QYou is expanding its Dutch footprint after agreeing a deal with Tele2….
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Vectra adds new HD channels
Polish cable operator Vectra has added two new HD channels to its programming line-up. The…
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Vivendi taps Streamroot for OTT TV
Vivendi has tapped OTT TV specialist Streamroot to provide technology to deliver its streaming video…
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Sky profits hit by Premier League costs
Sky saw its operating profit fall by 11% to £1.013 billion (€1.211 billion) in the…
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Facebook unveils new 360° cameras
Facebook has unveiled two new 360° cameras at its F8 developers conference in San Jose,…
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Sky and HBO in US$250m high-end drama deal
Leading pay TV players Sky and HBO are joining forces to create a development slate…
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Mediaset’s Berlusconi says Vivendi to blame for losses
Mediaset chief executive Pier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the collapse of the Italian broadcaster’s pay…
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Sky Sports to air Ultra HD cricket
Sky Sports is due to broadcast cricket in Ultra High Definition this summer, in what…
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UKTV launches investment fund, commits to originals
Channels group UKTV has teamed with Channel 4 to launch a multi-million pound innovation Fund…
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TV4 axes news unit, closing channels in cost-cutting drive
Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has announced wide-ranging cost-cutting measures that will see it fold its…
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Ooyala appoints new chief executive
Ooyala has appointed the former CEO of software-as-a-service company Syncplicity, Jonathan Huberman, as its new…
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NTV+ extends UHD TV across whole of Russia
Pay TV operator NTV+ has launched Ultra HD TV broadcasts in the European part of…
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NPD: 60% of US homes have an internet-connected TV
Some 60% of US internet homes have at least one TV connected to the internet,…
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Parks: Two fifths of Americans visit video sites once a week
Some 39% of US broadband households visit a video sharing site like YouTube at least…
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ProSiebenSat.1 public affairs chief to quit
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1’s EVP of communications and public affairs, Julian Geist, is to leave the…