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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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Parks: 85% of US millennials subscribe to OTT
More than 85% of millennials in US broadband houses subscribe to at least one over-the-top…
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Disney ups 21st Century Fox bid to $71.3 billion
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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Instagram launches IGTV
Instagram has formally launched its previously rumoured, long-form, vertical video service, IGTV. The Facebook-owned photo…
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Viacom to axe Viva brand following German shutdown
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is set to scrap its Viva music channel brand after…
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CuriosityStream replaces founding CEO
CuriosityStream, the SVOD service launched by Discovery founder John Hendricks, has upped chief distribution officer,…
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UK accepts 21CF-Sky terms after Disney sweetens Sky News pledge
The UK government has accepted deal terms between 21st Century Fox and Sky, following an…
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Hulu plans to make ’20 to 25 shows’ next year
Hulu is unlikely to try and keep up with Netflix’s huge commitment to original content,…
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BBC and Channel 4 urge action over PSB prominence
The heads of the BBC and Channel 4 have come together to call for new…
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Ericsson: 12% of global mobile connections to be 5G in 2023
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report expects major 5G deployments globally from 2020, anticipating more than…
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NBCU taps AI emotion measurement firm Canvs for viewer surveys
NBC Universal is partnering with artificial intelligence-powered emotion measurement firm Canvs in an effort to…
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Channel 4 adds Google Assistant voice controls for All 4
Channel 4 has integrated its All 4 on-demand service with Google Assistant across Google’s family…
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Freeview to receive £125m investment to go ‘fully hybrid’
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva have agreed to invest £125 million…
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Nordic Entertainment Group launches new corporate branding
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has launched new corporate branding that is designed to reflect…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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Amazon unveils Fire TV Cube
Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Cube, a hands-free 4K Ultra HD streaming media player…
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US pay TV subscriber numbers drop 10 percentage points
The number of traditional US pay TV subscribers has fallen ten percentage points in four…
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Report: Instagram to make a push into long-form video
Instagram is reportedly planning to allow video uploads of up to an hour and is…
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PwC: VR the fastest growing segment of UK media sector
Virtual reality is the fastest growing segment of the UK’s entertainment and media sector and…
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EE to stage live 5G trials in East London later this year
UK mobile operator EE is due to launch what it claims will be the country’s…
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Tony Hall: UK needs strong BBC ‘more than ever in our history’
The UK needs a strong BBC “more than ever in our history” to counter fake…
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UK sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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Charter becomes latest operator to use Apple TV 4K as set-top
Apple announced a number of Apple TV updates and a partnership to supply the device…
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Hopster launches in Gibraltar with Gibtelecom
Pre-school learning and entertainment app, Hopster, has agreed a carriage deal with Gibraltar’s largest telco…
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Hulu hires chief technology and data officer in corporate restructure
Hulu has hired a new chief technology officer and appointed its first chief data officer …
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Pew: Facebook no longer most popular online platform among US teens
Facebook is no longer the most popular online platform among US teens, with more now…
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OSN launches new all-inclusive pricing model for WAVO
OSN has changed the pricing structure of its online streaming service, WAVO, from various skinny…
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KPN to shut down KPN Play due to ‘insufficient demand’
Dutch teclo KPN is due to shut down its over-the-top TV service KPN Play on…
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Kwesé Iflix launches in Zimbabwe
Kwesé Iflix, the joint venture between Kwesé owner Econet Media and emerging market SVOD service…
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BBC to run ‘first-come, first-serve’ UHD trial during World Cup
The BBC has announced two “cutting edge” trials that will see it bring this summer’s…
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Channel 4 reveals shortlist for new HQ and regional hubs
Channel 4 has announced the cities and regions that have been shortlisted to house its…