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Year2021
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Rakuten TV adds new channels in Alchimie deal
Rakuten TV has announced a deal with Alchimie to increase its portfolio of free ad-supported…
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Disney to shutter Hotstar US as content including IPL is migrated to Hulu and ESPN+
Disney is to migrate content from Hotstar to ESPN+ and Hulu in the US, effectively…
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VideoTech Innovation Awards 2021 venue revealed
Digital TV Europe is excited to announce the VideoTech Innovation Awards will take place in…
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HBO Max on Vizio TVs
HBO Max is now available on Vizio SmartCast TVs. The streamer provides access to more…
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US set for continued SVOD growth
Streaming subscriptions in the US are set to approach half a billion in the next…
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RTL names new German management team ahead of G+J merger
RTL Group has named Matthias Dang and Stephan Schäfer as the new become Co-CEOs of…
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Canal+ launches revamped offering and new channels
French pay TV provider Canal+ has responded to the emergence of a new competitor in…
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Warner Bros launches new movie window for streaming in Asia
New movies from Warner Bros. such as The Suicide Squad will soon be available to stream on…
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NENT Group adds new football rights to Baltic Viaplay offering
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has struck a new agreement with UEFA to make the…
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US SVOD subscriptions steady
Over three-quarters of US households are subscribed to one of Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu….
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Canal+ extends motorsports rights
Canal+ has renewed its rights deal with Formula One through to 2024. The two season…
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HBO Max to launch in Spain and Nordics in Autumn 2021
WarnerMedia revealed plans to launch HBO Max in Spain and the Nordics this autumn, followed…
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DAZN and Snapchat agree global content deal
DAZN has announced a new global partnership with Snapchat. The partnership will see Snapchat users…
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Synamedia integrates with Android TV
Synamedia has announced integration of its video offerings with Android TV. The company has also…
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Top four US streamers lost over US$80 million from churn in April alone
Four of the biggest SVOD platforms in the US lost over US$80 million in one…
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Beeline TV at 3 million users for Veon
Russian pay TV service Beeline is at 3 million active users, Veon has announced. Veon…
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BritBox on Roku
Britbox, the joint-venture SVOD of ITV and the BBC, is now available on Roku streaming…
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Vivendi sells UMG stake for US$1.149 billion
Vivendi has sold a small stake in Universal Music Group for over US$1 billion. The…
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Messi debut becomes most-watched Ligue 1 match ever in Spain
If Lionel Messi’s pulling power was ever in doubt, the football legend’s debut match for…
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Former NBCU VP Chu in at Redbox
US video rental company Redbox has announced the hire of Christina Chu as vice president…
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ByteDance acquires VR maker Pico
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has acquired Chinese VR headset maker Pico. The deal…
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Watch This! Launches on Roku and Amazon
Streaming channel Watch This! Has launched on Roku and Amazon Fire TV. Watch This! offers…
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BARB: 66% of UK homes now SVOD subscribers
Two-thirds of British households now subscribe to at least one streaming service. According to UK…
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Indian DTH market shrinks
While the market is proving increasingly lucrative for foreign streaming players, India’s DTH industry has…
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Arabic market set for SVOD growth
The Arabic market will amass 15 million SVOD subscriptions in the next five years. According…
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Streaming Video Alliance successfully tests caching API interoperability
The Streaming Video Alliance has passed a new milestone with its Open Caching Testbed Initiative….
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Ligue 1 lands on Reddentes Sports
Vietnamese broadcaster Reddentes Sports has agreed a sublicencing deal with beIN Sports for Ligue 1…
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Divitel joins ELITE
Video services software provider Divitel has joined ELITE. ELITE is an international SME network and…
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Netflix launches first games as part of subscription
Netflix has launched its first foray into self-developed video games integrated into its mobile app….
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Intigral picks Irdeto for Android TV security
Saudi Telecom Company subsidiary Intigral has announced the implementation of anti-piracy tools from Irdeto on…