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Year2017
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Mediaset reportedly in advanced talks with Sky
Mediaset could be close to striking a deal with Sky over the future of its…
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ITV-backed SVOD service Curio to launch in Sweden and Norway
Factual SVOD service Curio will launch in Sweden and Norway next month after the ITV-backed…
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Samsung chief arrested in corruption probe
Lee Jae-yong, the vice-chairman and effective head of Samsung Electronics, was arrested this morning in…
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YouTube automatic captions now on 1bn videos
YouTube has now automatically subtitled 1 billion videos, having first automated video captions in 2009….
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Brightcove touts momentum and innovation in Q4 earnings
Brightcove highlighted its underlying momentum and product innovation in its latest quarterly results, despite reporting…
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CNMC: Spanish TV spend increased in 2014, but Canal+ fell short
Spain’s audiovisual service providers invested €212.6 million in Spanish and European film and TV series…
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Technicolor files patent suits against Samsung
Technicolor has filed several patent infringement suits against Samsung Electronics, relating to products including digital…
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Clementi takes up BBC Board chairman role
Sir David Clementi has taken up his position as chairman to the new BBC Board,…
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TV helps Netia slow decline in face of competition
Polish service provider Netia managed to arrest a year-on-year decline in revenue in 2016, posting…
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Liberty Global grows advanced TV base, plans more 4K rollouts
Liberty Global added 313,000 next-generation TV customers in Q4 and said it plans to expand…
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NBC to take 25% stake in Euronews as part of wider international plan
NBC News is to acquire a 25% stake in Euronews, according to various press reports….
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TF1 looks to pay TV thematic channels and production to fuel growth
France’s TF1 Group plans to focus on the development of thematic targeted channels rather than…
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Sony buys Turner’s UK truTV
Turner rolled out the general entertainment channel in amid much fanfare in May 2014, but…
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Discovery puts name to new UK free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Red in the UK, its second free-to-air channel in the territory….
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Alphabet appoints new Google Fiber boss
Google’s parent company Alphabet has reportedly hired former Aero Communications CEO Gregory McCray to lead…
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AMC agrees raft of distribution deals
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has reached distribution deals with pay TV operators in Central and…
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Next-gen Freeview Play services come to Panasonic
Freeview and Panasonic have unveiled a new generation of TVs that will feature the first…
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Kudelski posts strong full-year revenues
TV technology outfit Kudelski Group has posted strong full-year results, with a 12.3% increase in…
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Teleste and Iskratel team up to enable fibre operators to use coax
Finland-based cable technology outfit Teleste has teamed up with Slovenia-based fibre tech specialist Iskratel to…
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CSA extends mandatory channel numbering rules to operators
French media regulator the CSA has unveiled new rules extending the obligation to implement the…
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Vodafone unveils Gigabit ambition for Bavaria
Vodafone Germany has set the goal of making Gigabit broadband speeds available to 70% of…
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Ukraine launches multiplatform news
Ukrainian national channel Ukraine has teamed up with newspaper Segodnya to create a news platform…
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Facebook to launch video app for TV
Facebook has confirmed it will launch a video app for TV, as part of a raft…
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Freeview kicks off 700MHz clearance with Selkirk BBC move
Freeview is to quietly begin the process of clearing the 700MHz spectrum – which it…
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Discovery to launch new free-to-air channel in UK
Discovery will launch a new free-to-air channel in the UK alongside other new services in…
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3GPP embraces broadcast requirements for 4G and 5G mobile
The next major update of the 3GPP mobile broadband standard will include features to enable…
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HbbTV Association backs Nordic move to HbbTV2
The HbbTV Association has welcomed NorDig’s new specification, which marks the Nordic region’s first steps…
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eMarketer: half of UK internet users to play online games in 2019
By 2019 half of all UK internet users will be playing online games at least…
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Globecast hires BeIN Media exec as technology chief
Media services outfit Globecast has named BeIN Media Group technical director Sylvain Merle as its…
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Comcast to launch Xfinity Stream app
US cable giant Comcast is due to launch its new Xfinity Stream app to Xfinity…