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Andrew McDonald
Andrew is Contributing Editor at Digital TV Europe. Follow him on Twitter @andy_mc_donald
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Digital TV Research: 351 million SVOD subscribers in APAC by 2023
The number of subscription video-on-demand subscribers in Asia Pacific (APAC) will climb from 141 million…
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Ofcom outlines full fibre support proposals
Ofcom has outlined a set of proposals to support long-term investment in full-fibre networks, following…
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Channel 4 narrows shortlist for new HQ and regional hubs
Channel 4 has narrowed down the choice of locations for its new national headquarters and…
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BCC: VR and AR market to reach US$142bn by 2023
The global virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) technologies market should reach US$142.4 billion…
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UK unveils plans for full fibre and 5G internet
The UK government has unveiled plans to promote the quicker rollout of fibre broadband ahead…
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UKTV channels leave Virgin platforms as deadlock continues
UKTV’s portfolio of 10 channels have been removed from Virgin Media’s platform and the two…
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YouTube: viewers watch 180m hours on TV every day
YouTube viewers now watch over 180 million hours of the video service on TV screens…
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Virgin Media to drop UKTV channels
Virgin Media is set to drop UKTV’s portfolio of 10 channels from its platform in…
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BBC hails UHD live streaming trial as ‘great success’
The BBC’s ‘summer of Ultra HD stream trials,’ which resulted in 1.6 million iPlayer requests…
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UK grants £184m tax relief to 60 high-end TV shows in 2017/18
Sixty programmes received £184 million in High-End Television Tax Relief (HTR) in 2017-18, according to…
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IHS Markit: Netflix and Amazon grow local originals output
Netflix and Amazon are building their presence in local markets with a growing amount of…
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eMarketer: 10% of the world’s population to use SVOD this year
Nearly 765 million people globally – 10.2% of the world’s population – will use a…
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Now TV launches Hayu Pass
Sky’s over-the-top service Now TV has added the Hayu Pass to its range of contract-free,…
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Netflix revamps TV interface
Netflix has unveiled a new design for its service on TV that is will start…
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DAZN expands into US with fight sports line-up
Live and on-demand sports streaming service DAZN is expanding into the US market, with plans…
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Liberty Global announces management change for UPC Switzerland
Liberty Global has announced that Severina Pascu will become chief executive officer (CEO) of UPC…
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IHS Markit: 70% of TV shipments to be smart sets in 2018
The global unit-share of smart TVs is expected to reach 70% of all TV shipments…
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Netflix falls short on subscriber growth as share price takes a dive
Netflix fell short of its subscriber growth expectations in the second quarter, causing its share…
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BBC breaks online viewing record with World Cup
The BBC reported a “record-breaking” 66.8 million live and on-demand requests on BBC iPlayer and…
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Russian pay TV uptake reaches 75%
The total number of pay TV subscribers in Russia at the end of June stood…
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Iflix passes 15 million subscribers
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix claims to have passed the 15 million subscriber mark after…
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Zenith: online video viewing to exceed an hour per day in 2018
Online video viewing will exceed an hour per day on a global level in 2018,…
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UK pledges ‘best possible arrangements’ for broadcast sector after Brexit
The UK has promised to seek the “best possible arrangements” for the broadcast sector in…
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Eleven Sports to launch two new channels in the UK
Eleven Sports has partnered with IMG in the UK and Ireland for the launch of…
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CuriosityStream joins YouTube TV line-up
CuriosityStream, the SVOD service launched by Discovery founder John Hendricks, has joined YouTube TV’s line-up…
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Ampere: Netflix’s cost of adding new customers has ‘rocketed’
Netflix’s US subscriber additions are beginning to slow and the cost of adding new customers…
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Virgin TV adds BT Sport in Ultra HD
Virgin Media is due to make the BT Sport channel available to its customers in…
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AT&T backs mixed reality firm Magic Leap
AT&T has invested in Magic Leap, completing the mixed reality firm’s previously-announced Series D funding…
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VR firm Penrose Studios raises US$10m, gets backing from Will.i.am
Virtual reality entertainment company Penrose Studios has raised US$10 million in Series A funding, which…
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21st Century Fox ups Sky bid to £24.5bn
Twenty-first Century Fox has increased its offer for Sky to £24.5 billion (€27.7 billion), outbidding…