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Year2021
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Kantar extends Slovakian TV measurement contract to 2029
Data insights firm Kantar has extended its contract with Slovakia’s TV industry committee PMT. The…
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Intelsat and Telenor Satellite expand 4K UHD TV
Intelsat and Norway-based Telenor Satellite are extending their partnership at the 1° West orbital slot to expand…
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Ocilion names ex-Discovery exec as head of content
Austria-based IPTV platform technology specialist Ocilion has named former Discovery Germany executive Thomas Bichlmeir in…
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Spanish ‘virtual cinema’ TVOD service launches
Spanish movie distributor A Contracorriente Films has teamed up with OTT platform technology provider Magine…
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Vodafone sees TV numbers drop in well-performing Germany and rise in Spain
Vodafone saw a return to service revenue growth in its fiscal third quarter, including in…
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Channel 4 reportedly to show Test cricket for the first time since 2005
Channel 4 has reportedly acquired the right to England’s upcoming series in India in a…
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Amazon, Discovery and TELE System Digital announced as latest HbbTV Association members
A trio of high-profile companies have joined the HbbTV Association, the body has announced Over…
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Sky Sports agrees multi-year deal with England Netball for live Superleague coverage
Sky Sports has announced a new multi-year deal with England Netball, the governing body for…
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Jeff Bezos to step down from Amazon with AWS CEO Jassy appointed new boss
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is stepping down as the head of the company he founded….
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Crunchyroll surpasses four million subscribers; announces development deal with Idris Elba
Specialist anime streaming service Crunchyroll has surpassed its latest milestone of four million subscribers. The…
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Record month for STV Player
STV Player, the catch-up service from Scottish pubcaster STV, has delivered a record-breaking month. The…
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Canal+ boycotts French football auction, leaving league in limbo
Pay TV operator Canal+ has declined to place a tender in the re-auction of French…
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Altice France slams plan to reorder French digital-terrestrial channels
French service provider Altice France has strongly rejected plans by the country’s media regulator the…
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Tele2 sees TV numbers dip as Telia highlights media contribution
Swedish service provider Tele2 posted mixed results for its TV activities in the fourth quarter…
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M7 Deutschland adds RTL pay TV channels to offering
M7 Deutschland, the Canal+-owned provider of TV content for cable and IPTV networks in Germany,…
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It’s A Sin becomes biggest box set hit for All 4 in record month for streamer
January was the biggest ever month for Channel 4’s catch-up service All 4, driven by…
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Connected devices market set to surge by 70% by 2025
2021 will be the “year of service and device lifecycle management”, claims a new report. …
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Birdbox.Film launches short films channel
Birdbox.Film, the curated film streaming platform from Goldfinch, has launched a new channel dedicated to…
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Google shuts down game development and plans to turn Stadia into white-labelled streaming tech
Less than 18 months after launching its cloud gaming platform Stadia, Google has shut down…
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Teraco Data Environments secures funding for hyperscale data centre
African data centre provider Teraco Data Environments has secured R2.5 billion (€140 million) in funding….
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NOS deploys Media Distillery’s UX-enhancing tech
NOS has announced a deal with Amsterdam-based AI tech provider Media Distillery. The partnership will…
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UPC Switzerland acquires three local networks
Liberty Global-owned UPC Switzerland has acquired local cable networks in Glarus, Kaltbrunn and Weggis-Vitznau-Gersau. The…
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Bouygues Telecom makes senior appointments
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has made two senior management appointments – Marie Saladin as…
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Day of reckoning for LFP as deadline for new Ligue 1 bids arrives
Today marks the deadline for tenders for the rights to top-tier French football after the…
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Bertelsmann explores US$3.6 billion sale of France’s M6 Group
German media conglomerate Bertelsmann is reportedly looking to sell its controlling stake in French broadcast…
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BT Sport renews MotoGP to 2024
BT Sport has announced an extension of its contract with Dorna Sports to carry the…
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Serie A moves to second stage of rights bidding, with no offer from Amazon
Serie A is set to move into the next round of its domestic rights sale…
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Apple gives refunds to paying TV+ subscribers following trial extension
Following the second extension of its free trial, Apple TV+ customers will receive refunds if…
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Industry-backed non-scripted AVOD Documentary+ launches
Documentary+, a new non-scripted AVOD platform, has launched. The service is available for free around…
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Paul Dacre set to be announced as Ofcom chair
UK prime minister Boris Johnson is set to appoint former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre…