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Year2017
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Vivendi says turnaround on track as Canal+ loses nearly half million subs in 2016
Canal+ lost close to half a million subscribers in France last year, pushing revenues down…
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De Puyfontaine: Vivendi remains open to deal with Mediaset
Vivendi remains open to a deal with Mediaset, according to CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine. Speaking…
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SES revenues boosted by RR Media acquisition and HDTV migration
Satellite operator SES’s video revenues for 2016 were boosted by the acquisition of RR Media…
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Liberty Global to live-stream rare solar eclipse in 360°
Liberty Global is to live-stream a rare type of solar eclipse to people around the…
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Gracenote launches new entertainment products for converged platforms
Nielsen-owned Gracenote is launching a raft of entertainment data products developed for converged media platforms…
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Viaplay taps Unified Streaming for content delivery
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned Nordic OTT TV service Viaplay has chosen Unified Streaming, a provider of…
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EBU director general announces departure
EBU director general, Ingrid Deltenre, will step down in the summer after eight years in…
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Report: Disney’s Maker Studios to cut 80 staff
Disney’s Maker Studios is cutting some 80 jobs according to press reports coming out of…
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Proximus grows TV base by 5% in 2016
Proximus grew its TV base by 5.3% last year, after adding 17,000 unique TV customers…
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DR names media chief as Rabøl resigns
Danish public broadcaster DR has appointed a new media director after the resignation of incumbent…
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Viacom raises US$1.3bn
Viacom has issued a US$1.3 million bond offer and will use the proceeds to pay…
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Vodafone Spain launching 4K TV service
Vodafone Spain has unveiled a new version of its TV service that includes the country’s…
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Orange not interested in buying Canal+, says Richard
Orange does not want to acquire Canal+, according to CEO Stéphane Richard. Interviewed on the…
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Arris to acquire Ruckus Wireless
Arris is to acquire Ruckus Wireless from Broadcom, along with the latter’s ICX Switch business,…
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BritBox names BBCWW exec as president
BritBox, the forthcoming US subscription VOD service from BBC Worldwide and ITV, has appointed Soumya…
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VR headset sales to grow 800% by 2021
Global sales of smartphone VR headsets will grow fivefold and sales of dedicated VR headsets…
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Europe at ‘crunch point’ ahead of 5G transition
Europe is at a ‘crunch point’ when it comes to telecoms, with the planned move…
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Mixed TV picture for Telefónica
Telefónica’s overall TV base was stable year-on-year, at 8.3 million including 4.3 million satellite customers,…
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AwesomenessTV co-founder leaves company
Brian Robbins is leaving AwesomenessTV, the kids-focused multichannel network he founded five years ago. Robbins…
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Production and digital boosts ProSiebenSat.1
Revenues from producing in the US and production company acquisitions have driven significant growth in…
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Eutelsat renews SRG deal
Satellite operator Eutelsat has renewed its deal to distribute Swiss public broadcaster SRG via the…
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Amazon Channels boss joins BAMTech as CEO
Amazon Channels boss, Michael Paull, has been named CEO of BAMTech – the video streaming…
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BBC to create new channel for Scotland
The BBC is to invest £19 million (€22.4 million) in creating a new TV channel…
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Google Cardboard leads as VR headset shipments reach 30m
More than 30 million VR headsets shipped last year, with Google Cardboard taking a “commanding…
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Vivendi reportedly looking to reopen Mediaset talks
Vivendi could be willing to restart negotiations with Mediaset on condition that the Italian broadcaster…
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Google works on ‘removing headsets’ in mixed reality
Google is working on ways to reveal a person’s facial expressions when they are wearing…
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ITV outlook darkens as advertisers ‘rein back spending’
The outlook for ITV has deteriorated significantly as advertisers pull back on spending amid anxiety…
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VR firm brings in Bacon from Endemol Shine
A UK-based, Maker Studios-backed virtual reality content producer has hired senior executives from Endemol Shine…
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Telefónica launches Movistar eSports
Telefónica’s Movistar+ pay TV service has launched its previously announced eSports service following the deal…
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Nos taps Tata Elxsi for RDK rollout
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos is tapping technology provider Tata Elxsi to deploy RDK-based TV…