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Year2017
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Vice reorganises Viceland management
Vice has upped Derek Freda and Guy Slattery to co-presidents of its Viceland cable net,…
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ProSiebenSat.1 signs broad content deal with Vodafone
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has signed a long-term agreement with Vodafone for the distribution of its free,…
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Telia merges Lithuanian units
Nordic telco Telia has merged its Lithuanian operations and renamed the combined company Telia Letuva….
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Telenor Broadcast sees in tough final quarter
Norwegian telco Telenor’s Broadcast arm had a poor fourth quarter, with revenues down 6% year-on-year…
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Nickelodeon launches first UK playalong app
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland is launching its first playalong app for its popular SpongeBob SquarePants…
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TF1 names teleshopping and e-commerce chief
TF1 Group has named Agnès Rosoor as CEO of home shopping channels Téléshopping and Top…
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Google becomes ‘world’s most powerful brand’
Google overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand in 2017, ending a five-year…
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Facebook ordered to pay US$500m in Oculus VR lawsuit
Facebook’s VR division, Oculus has been ordered to pay US$500 million to games firm ZeniMax…
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Vodafone Germany to launch new advanced TV service in February
Vodafone Germany is to launch a new advanced TV platform, GigaTV, in February. The platform,…
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Video and pay TV spend hits US$251.5bn
The combined home video and pay TV market totalled US$251.5 billion globally last year, according…
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Turner buys Bigballs stake
The international arm of Turner has bought into Bigballs Media marking the first investment for…
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Departing Harding says YouView upgrade benefiting pay TV uptake
Along with the news that Dido Harding is to step down as CEO of the…
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Modern Times Group sees strong Q4 growth
Nordic and international pay and free TV outfit Modern Times Group (MTG) turned in a…
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Kwesé picks up Diddy’s Revolt TV in exclusive deal
Kwesé TV has become the exclusive African home to Revolt TV – the US multi-platform…
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Fox and Viaplay team up for Fox+ streaming service
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa and Viaplay have launched Fox+, a new drama and…
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Parks: US churn rate for OTT services is 19%
Some 19% of US broadband households cancelled an over-the-top video service in the past 12…
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RSCC sees rise in revenues
Russian satellite operator RSCC saw its full-year revenues rise by 24% in 2016, turning in…
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RTS launches 2017 bursary scheme
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has launched its undergraduate bursary schemes for 2017, investing over…
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Apple hints at wider content plans
Apple will roll out originals for its Apple Music service throughout the year and has…
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Discovery and Sky both claim victory as dispute is resolved
Discovery Communications’ channels will remain on the Sky platform in the UK and Germany after…
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RTL looking at ‘all strategic alternatives’ for BroadbandTV
RTL Group will not exercise its call option to acquire the 49% of YouTube multichannel…
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Channel 4’s Walter Presents launching in the US
Channel 4-backed streaming service Walter Presents will launch in the US in March. The on-demand,…
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New FCC chairman drops ‘unlock the box’ plans
The FCC’s new chairman, Ajit Pai, has removed the regulator’s plans to ‘unlock the box’…
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Report: Facebook developing TV app
Facebook is reportedly developing a big-screen video app as part of its efforts to position…
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Netflix and Amazon ‘not leading to more upfront money’ for producers
The advent of well-funded global content buyers such as Netflix and Amazon is not translating…
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SFR Play goes OTT in France
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is making its subscription video-on-demand service SFR Play available as…
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BBC hires former Sky digital platform chief
The BBC has named Matt Grest as director of platform. Grest was previously Sky’s director…
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Discovery strikes raft of Olympic deals
Discovery Communications has struck a series of deal for its Olympic Games coverage with Polish…
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SES hails HD and Ultra HD growth
The number of HDTV channels on SES’s satellite platforms grew by 7% last year to…
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Sky taps Nokia for CDN to deliver OTT TV and data services
Sky is tapping Nokia to provide its Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver high-speed…