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Year2017
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Amazon beats Netflix on innovation in industry survey
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
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VOD becoming ‘main financial support’ for European film
On-demand services are set to become the main financial support for European film production as…
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EBU welcomes Parliamentary committee vote on 700MHz
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has welcomed a vote by the European Parliament’s Industry Committee…
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Lower TV and media sales contribute to Ericsson woes
Lower sales in the TV and media sector contributed to Ericsson’s poor year-end results, with…
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TDG: 74% of US broadband homes have smart TVs
Some 74% of adult broadband users in the US can now access broadband video and…
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Lithuania’s CGates moves forward with consolidation strategy
Lithuanian cable operator CGates has acquired smaller operator Transteleservis, which operates TV and broadband services…
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Starz launches on Amazon Fire TV
US premium TV network Starz has launched its Starz app on Amazon Fire TV. Starz…
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Sky moves beyond the dish with IPTV plans
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky TV over broadband in the UK, marking the…
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Facebook hires Hugo Barra to lead VR efforts
Facebook has hired former Xiaomi and Google executive Hugo Barra to lead all of its…
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Discovery feuds with Sky over UK carriage fees
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
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Four fifths would cancel ‘out of touch’ OTT service
Some 84% of consumers would ditch their digital pay TV provider if the service and…
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Former Viacom exec buys stake in Tinybop
Former Viacom International Media Networks emerging markets chief Bhav Singh has acquired a stake in…
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Tele Columbus taps Metrological for OTT apps
German cable operator, Tele Columbus, has tapped Metrological to provide an OTT app experience as…
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TVN inks new Warner Bros. deal
Polish broadcaster TVN has agreed a new deal with Warner Bros., covering the studios TV…
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MTG programming exec leaves for Endemol Shine
MTG Sweden’s vice-president of programming, Karin Stjärne, has left to become CEO of Endemol Shine…
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MTG sells Czech TV assets to invest in ‘digital transformation’
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
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BT increases Italian write-down estimate to £530m
BT has said that “inappropriate behaviour” related to accounting practices at its Italian operations will…
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GfK: Millennials shun traditional pay TV
Millennials are the group most likely to cut the cord, or to have never had…
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BBC’s director of transformation leaves to lead DPP
The BBC’s director of transformation for design and engineering, Mark Harrison, is stepping down to…
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Netflix adds new download option for Android
Netflix is now letting Android users download programmes to their device’s SD card, offering expanded…
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Viceland lines up March launch for Netherlands
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, is due to launch in the Netherlands on March 1…
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Endemol Shine’s Shillinglaw poaches BBC programming exec
Former BBC channel controller Kim Shillinglaw has hired BBC formats and features commissioning boss Donna…
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Ghana’s Mega-Choice signs 10-year DTH deal with Eutelsat
Ghana’s Mega-Choice Digital Network has signed a 10-year contract with Eutelsat for distribution of its…
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Ecclestone replaced as Liberty Media completes F1 takeover
Liberty Media has completed its US$8 billion takeover of Formula 1 and appointed Chase Carey…
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Trump names net neutrality critic as FCC chairman
US President Donald Trump has named an outspoken critic of net neutrality as the chairman…
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Bazalgette to lead government review into UK creative industries
TV industry veteran Peter Bazalgette will lead an independent review into the UK’s creative industries,…
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Comedy Central to make Middle East originals
Viacom’s fledgling Comedy Central channel in the Middle East is moving into original production with…
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BBC restructures specialist factual and natural history
UK public broadcaster the BBC has restructured its specialist factual and natural history units team,…
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ITU: half the world’s population still offline
Some 3.9 billion people – more than half the world’s population – have still never…
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Report: Verizon cuts staff at Go90
US mobile operator Verizon has reportedly cut 155 employees at its streaming service Go90. According…