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Year2017
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UK government refers Sky takeover to regulators
The UK government has formally referred 21st Century Fox’s planned £11.7 billion takeover of the…
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Liberty Global reportedly back in talks with Vodafone
Liberty Global and Vodafone have resumed talks about a possible corporate tie-up, according to a…
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O2 launches mixed reality rugby experience
Telefónica-owned UK mobile operator O2 has unveiled a raft of new virtual reality experiences, including…
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nc+ set to launch OTT TV service
Polish pay TV outfit nc+ is likely to launch an OTT TV service this year…
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Vimeo staffs up for content and originals push
Vimeo has made a trio of hires as it pushes into original programming, co-productions and…
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ANGA COM unveils speaker line-up
Cologne-based cable and broadband trade show ANGA COM has unveiled the line-up of this year’s…
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Sky Media launches second phase of programmatic rollout
Sky Media, the Sky pay TV group’s advertising sales arm, has launched the second phase…
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Xumo hires Red Bull’s Hall to head product strategy
US OTT TV specialist Xumo has hired former Red Bull TV executive Chris Hall as…
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Spanish digital TV forum adopts HbbTV 2
The Spanish Digital TV Tech Forum (Foro Técnico de la Televisión Digital) has adopted the…
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TVT appoints Discovery exec
Media services and post-production outfit TVT has appointed Discovery executive Yuko Suguro as head of…
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SES’s first hybrid satellite to launch in April
Satellite operator SES is due to launch its first SES hybrid satellite, SES-15, in April….
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Ooredoo taps Harmonic for 4K channel delivery
Qatar-based telecom operator Ooredoo has partnered with Harmonic on the delivery of 4K TV channels in…
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Netflix hires Stuber to lead original movies drive
Netflix has hired former Universal exec Scott Stuber to head up its ongoing drive into…
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US ‘cord nils’ figure almost triples in five years
The number of US broadband households that do not subscribe to traditional pay TV services…
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Euskaltel and Zegona confirm talks over sale of Telecable
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel and Zegona Communications, the UK-based owner of neighbouring cable operator…
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Channel 4 chief Abraham quitting to launch new media business
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is leaving the UK broadcaster later this year to…
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UKTV rolls out VOD update for YouView
UKTV has launched an updated version of its on-demand service, UKTV Play, on the YouView…
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Eurosport to work with NowThis on social video
Eurosport has agreed to partner with millennial media brand NowThis to produce and co-distribute sports-related…
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SCTE targets DOCSIS 3.1-MoCA 2.0 interoperability
The SCTE has announced a new standards practice, designed to ensure interoperability between MoCA 2.0…
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All4 launches 360° video ad support
Channel 4’s digital service, All4, is launching support for 360° video ads from this week….
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Vivendi unit buys island to create media campus
French media giant Vivendi’s Boulogne-Studios subsidiary has struck a deal with SPL Val de Seine,…
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Mediaset España turns in solid results
Mediaset España has posted solid full year 2016 results, with total revenues of €992 million,…
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Eutelsat targets in-flight entertainment with state-of-the-art satellite
Eutelsat’s first high-power all-electric satellite is to be shipped to French Guiana on March 20…
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SPB TV unveils new tech for low-bandwidth VR
Russian technology provider SPB TV has unveiled a technology platform that it says enables the…
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Netflix VP Sean Carey joins Iflix
Asian Netflix rival, Iflix, has poached the US streaming giant’s vice-president of global television, Sean…
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Sky-backed OnPrime TV now available in Germany, Italy and UK on Apple TV
OnPrime TV, the Sky and Cisco-backed OTT TV service targeting migrant groups in the pay…
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Mobile to account for 60% of online video views this quarter
Mobile represented 54% of all online video viewing in Q4 2016 and is tipped to…
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Social YouTube-viewing app Uptime goes live
A new Google-developed app for watching and sharing YouTube videos with friends, called Uptime, has…
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Spain gains ground in latest Netflix ISP Speed Index
Spain jumped 13 spots to 16th place in Netflix’s most recent global ISP Speed Index,…
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Bouygues denies it is in talks with Orange
French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues has categorically denied that it is in talks with other French…