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Year2017
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Filmbox channels launch in Russia
Channel operator SPI International has launched seven of its channels in Russia. The digital nets…
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Alsania named as head of Ukraine’s new public broadcaster
Zurab Alasania has been named as the new director-general of Ukraine’s new unified public broadcaster,…
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Eleven Sports launches third channel OTT in Belgium
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports is launching a third channel in Belgium. Eleven Sports 3 will…
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A+E sales chief stepping down
Joel Denton is stepping down from his role running A+E Networks’ international sales unit. The…
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LeEco’s US$2bn takeover of Vizio called off
LeEco’s planned US$2 billion takeover of US TV maker Vizio has been called off, with…
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ComScore: Netflix continues US market domination
Netflix continues to enjoy significant domination of the US streaming market, new stats from ComScore…
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VR revenues ‘to reach US$7.2 billion this year’
Total virtual reality revenues will reach US$7.2 billion globally by the end of 2017, according…
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Boomerang OTT service goes live
Turner and Warner Bros’ animation subscription video-on-demand service, Boomerang, has gone live in the US….
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Yaddo adds offline viewing options
Yaddo, the documentary SVOD service set up by former BBC executive Nick Fraser, has added…
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Roku targets content discovery in latest OS update
Roku has is rolling out updates to its operating system in the US in a…
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Amazon commissions ‘Indian Band of Brothers’
Bollywood director Kabir Khan is to direct The Forgotten Army (working title), a war epic…
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Brightcove launches live video platform
Brightcove has launched its new live video platform, Brightcove Live, in response to “explosive consumer…
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TiVo launches metadata packages
TiVo has introduced ‘enhanced metadata’ packages that incorporate themes, keywords, images and related programs. The…
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NASA to live stream 4K video from space
NASA is set to produce its first-ever live 4K video stream from space during a…
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Ovum: majority of video service providers looking to Android
The majority of video service providers either have an Android TV or Android Open Source…
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Comcast ‘planning to launch’ SVOD service in 12-18 months
Comcast plans to launch its own Netflix-type subscription video-on-demand service, offering shows from NBCUniversal, within…
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Pay TV passes the five million mark in MENA region
The Middle East and North African pay TV market experienced “rapid growth” last year, with…
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Turner’s Northern Europe boss exiting
Ian McDonough, Turner’s boss in Northern Europe, is leaving the channels business. He joined Turner…
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Spanish police, Europol take down huge illicit Premier League IPTV service
Spanish police and Europol have shut down what is being described as one of Europe’s…
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Altice files IPO for US business
Altice has filed its planned IPO registration for its US arm with the US Securities…
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Satellite operators ‘set on high-risk strategy’ as competition tightens
Satellite operators are becoming more aggressively competitive and are seeking to diversify away from broadcast…
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Amazon gives new drama two-season order
Amazon has given a double-season order to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the first time the…
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STV2 launching this month
STV will launch STV2 later this month, after the Scottish broadcaster rebranded its existing local…
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Nagra expands US antipiracy agreement
As part of the expanded agreement, IBCAP and Nagra will implement various strategies including the…
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Kaltura updates Mobile Video Player SDK
Video technology provider Kaltura has introduced “faster, leaner” version of its Mobile Video Player SDK…
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Trump names IP enforcement officer
US President Donald Trump will nominate Vishal Amin to a key intellectual property role in his…
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Ampere: consumers spend more than ever on TV services
The average consumer is spending “more than ever before” on TV services by combining pay…
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Netflix product chief leaving after 18 years
Netflix chief product officer Neil Hunt is leaving the subscription VOD service after nearly two…
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Vivendi chief tops list of Telecom Italia board nominees
Vivendi has placed its CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine, CFO Hervé Philippe and general counsel Frédéric…
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Europe waves through Fox’s Sky takeover
21st Century Fox’s takeover of pay TV giant Sky is one step closer after the…