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Year2017
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NBCU closes linear Esquire Network
NBCUniversal has pulled the plug on the linear feed of its US lifestyle cable channel…
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Universal Electronics names EMEA chief
TV remote control and smart home technology specialist Universal Electronics has named Menno Koopmans as…
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Vimeo adds ‘video review’ tools
Vimeo has introduced new ‘video review’ tools, designed to make it easy for commercial content…
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Twitter’s Dan Biddle departs in second major media exit
Twitter’s director of strategic innovation, Dan Biddle, is leaving the company in the second major…
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Mediaset to revamp its pay TV strategy
Mediaset is to rethink its pay TV strategy, making its pay TV channels and content…
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Telefónica aims to be ‘biggest producer’ of Spanish-language TV
Telefónica España CEO Luis Miguel Gilpérez has said that the telco aims to be the…
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Netflix poaches Jerry Seinfeld from Crackle
US streamer Netflix has pulled off a big-money coup by signing comedian and writer Jerry…
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More than 1,000 YouTube creators reached 1m subs in 2016
More than 1,000 YouTube content creators reached a million subscribers last year, more than double…
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Facebook CEO denies Oculus technology theft
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a US court yesterday to deny claims that Oculus…
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NATPE: A+E CEO seeks more international control
Nancy Dubuc has said the group will seek to take greater control of its channel…
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Multimedia Polska sees solid progress
Multimedia Polska – the Polish cable operator set to be acquired by Liberty Global –…
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Proximus TV to add huge radio catalogue to offering
Belgian service provider Proximus has struck a deal with radio station aggregator Radioline, to make…
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Roku updates mobile app
Roku has updated its iOS and Android mobile app, rolling out a new design a…
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Conde Nast Entertainment appoints digital video SVP
Condé Nast Entertainment has appointed former Upworthy Media executive Croi McNamara as senior vice president of…
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BBC Sport taps Net Insight for scheduling
BBC Sport has tapped Net Insight to provide its ScheduALL linear and non-linear programming schedule…
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Netflix now ‘indispensable’ for many US viewers
Netflix is the TV brand that US viewers would be most reluctant to give up,…
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Ex-iTélé journalists create new social media-focused news service
A group of French journalists that left Vivendi-owned news channel iTélé following the recent dispute…
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Canal+ signs up as partner for new festival of TV series alongside MIPTV
Canal+ has signed up as a partner with the Cannes mayor’s office to further the…
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Zoomin.TV target TV networks with studio launch
Amsterdam-based multichannel network Zoomin.TV has created a studios arm to re–version its digital programmes into…
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Viaccess-Orca buys TV app firm BigHill
Content security firm Viaccess-Orca has bought BigHill, a Finland-based software company that specialises in developing…
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HbbTV requests video streaming proposals
The HbbTV Association has called for input on a reference application for streamed, DRM-protected video…
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Selevision taps Voddler for peer-assisted streaming
Saudi Arabia-based service provider Selevision has chosen Voddler Group to provide technology for its streaming…
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Hispasat unveils next-generation satellite for 36° West
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has unveiled its latest geostationary craft, Hispasat 36W-1, which has been…
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OpenTV files suit against NFL
Kudelski Group’s OpenTV unit has filed a patent infringement suit against the US National Football…
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A+E Networks Africa expands team
A+E Networks has expanded its African team with a number of new hires who will…
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French and Canadian aviation networks join forces
Aviation-themed channels in France and Canada have joined forces to share their original content. Paris-based…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV customers to almost double by 2022
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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AR to be ‘primary driver’ of VR/AR market by 2021
Mobile augmented reality (AR) could be the primary driver of the US$108 billion (€101 billion)…
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Ericsson’s new CEO takes up his post
Ericsson’s new president and CEO, Börje Ekholm, takes up his role today following the departure…
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Viceland launches in Africa with Kwesé TV
Vice Media’s Viceland channel is launching in Africa in an exclusive tie-up with new pay…