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Year2017
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Vivendi names top CNews journalist to head up special projects
Vivendi has named Virginie Chomicki as director of special projects, charged with developing “prospective and…
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Best-of-web aggregator ZoneTV buys 1,500-hours of MCN content
US-based channel operator ZoneTV has acquired a 1,500-hour package of programming from ProSiebenSat.1-backed MCN Studio71….
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5G: KPN slams spectrum decision, TIM to launch trial in Turin
Dutch telco KPN has hit out at what it sees as a misguided spectrum policy…
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Vodafone names external affairs chief
Vodafone has named Joakim Reiter as group external affairs director, reporting to CEO Vittorio Colao….
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Motorvision TV expands presence in Switzerland and Austria
Motorsports channel Motorvision TV has struck a deal with Liberty Global’s UPC Austria and UPC…
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Hulu signs up A+E Networks for live TV service
Hulu has struck a deal with A+E Networks to stream the channel operator’s six networks…
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Tricolor TV to launch connected TV and extended TV everywhere
Russia pay TV leader Tricolor TV plans to launch internet-connected TV services as well as…
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BBC brings authenticated on-demand to Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched its authenticated SVOD service BBC Player in Malaysia in partnership with…
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Vodafone Spain revamps sports after securing Formula 1 rights
Vodafone España has secured rights to Formula 1 motor-racing thanks to an agreement with Telefónica’s…
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Vimeo launches 360° video support
Vimeo has added support for 360° videos, allowing content creators to upload, share, and sell…
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African pay TV revenues to reach US$6bn
African pay TV revenues will climb from US$4.4 billion (€4.1 billion) last year to reach…
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A+E announces UK management rejig
A trio of execs have been upped at A+E and Sky’s A+E Networks UK joint…
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Antenna recruits chief content officer
Antenna TV has hired George Pofantis as chief content officer, recruiting the programming exec from…
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Akado adds MTV Russia to line-up
Russian service provider Akado has added MTV Russia to its programming line-up as part of…
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SFR to appeal against latest competition watchdog fine
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has said it will appeal against a fine levied by…
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BT agrees with Ofcom to legally separate Openreach
BT has reached an agreement with UK broadcast regulator Ofcom to legally separate out its…
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New chief for Mediaset Premium
Mediaset has named Marco Leonardi as the new CEO of its struggling pay TV unit,…
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Thinkbox: TV accounts for 75% of UK video viewing
TV accounted for 74.8% of UK video viewing last year, down slightly from 76% in…
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Polish pay TV providers slam government plan to levy licence fee
The Polish government has unveiled controversial proposals to collect TV licence fee payments using the…
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A+E’s European COO exiting
Nicolas Eglau is stepping down as COO of A+E and Sky’s joint venture operation. Eglau…
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TVPlayer calls on government to rule on online TV carriage of channels
UK online TV service TVPlayer has called on the government to table a provision to…
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Cable Congress: cable’s cash-generation power winning investor approval
The cable industry is continuing to win the support of financial investors thanks to its…
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IHS: OTT producers offer more UHD TV
Online video producers “generally offer a broader range of Ultra HD genres” than traditional pay…
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CNN launches VR division
US news broadcaster CNN has officially launched CNNVR, its new immersive journalism unit and virtual…
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StarTimes set to launch Zimbabwean service
Chinese-backed pan-African pay TV provider StarTimes is set to launch in Zimbabwe under the StarSat…
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All3Media cofounder joins BBC board
Steve Morrison has joined the board of UK public broadcaster the BBC. Morrison is the…
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Amazon ‘definitely open’ to video partnerships with operators
Amazon is “definitely open” to video partnerships with cable operators and the firm does not…
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Liberty Global: 5G ‘makes no sense’ as substitute for fixed networks
5G is not ready for wide-scale rollouts and the technology “makes no sense” as a…
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eSports set to surpass football in popularity, says MTG
eSports is set to become the biggest sport in the world and surpass football in…
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Irdeto: most Europeans still believe viewing pirated content is legal
Most Europeans still believe that it is legal and acceptable to view pirated content but…