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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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Ziggo tests 4K set-top box
Ziggo has confirmed that it is testing a 4K media box, following reports that the…
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AMC Networks appoints Czech and Slovakia country manager
AMC Networks International – Central and Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE) has appointed former Discovery executive…
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BBC predicts all-IP future, says it will evolve into an internet broadcaster
The BBC’s technology chief has predicted that all media will be delivered over the web…
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Microsoft: web media standards will let broadcast industry ‘re-imagine TV’
New web media standards constitute an inflection point that will allow the broadcast industry to…
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Ofcom predicts ‘Kangaroo 2’ collaboration between UK broadcasters
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has called on the UK’s public service broadcasters to collaborate in…
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Vodafone to pay €18.4bn for Liberty Global assets in Europe
Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and…
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Tencent agrees UK trade deal that includes TV development with the BBC
Chinese internet giant Tencent has signed a cultural creative industries trade deal with the UK…
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BBC reports iPlayer’s strongest March and Q1 to date
The BBC reported its “best March ever” for the iPlayer, with viewing figures helping the…
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Oculus Research rebrands to Facebook Reality Labs
Oculus Research, the division of the Facebook-owned company that is focused on creating “the future…
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Unitymedia launches 1 Gbps broadband in Germany
Unitymedia has started to roll out 1 Gbps broadband in Germany, launching the 1,000 megabits…
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Amazon to increase video spend throughout the year
Amazon said it plans to increase its spend on video throughout 2018, after the company…
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YouGov: 3% of UK adults list video as ‘top priority’ on mobiles
Just 3% of UK adults listed watching videos as a top priority when using their…
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Freeview adds on-demand viewing to live TV
UK digital-terrestrial TV platform Freeview has launched an on-demand ‘content showcase’ for Freeview Play viewers…
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Russian pay TV growth slows as uptake reaches 75%
Pay TV penetration in Russia reached 75% in Q1 2018, but the rate of growth slowed…
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Facebook to up video investment in 2018 as it focuses on social interactions
Facebook plans to ramp up video investment throughout the rest of the year as it…
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WARC: TV ad revenue in the UK to rebound this year
TV adverting revenue is expected to rebound this year after dropping in 2017, in part…
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Orange ups TV customer base by 6.1%
Orange has increased its number of TV customers by 6.1% year-on-year to 9.097 million following…
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Ampere: Netflix responds to popularity of sci-fi and fantasy content
Science fiction and fantasy has become the most popular genre among Netflix subscribers and this…
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Futuresource: TV still most popular pastime for children
Watching television remains the activity that children aged three to 16 dedicate the most time…
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YouTube removes eight million videos in Q4 2017
YouTube removed more than eight million videos from YouTube in the fourth quarter of 2017,…
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IHS Markit: MENA pay TV in decline as SVOD subs grow 48%
Pay TV subscriptions declined in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2017…
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Netflix to raise US$1.9 billion in debt
Netflix has priced a bond offering of US$1.9 billion, which it plans to use for…
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BBC makes first live UHD, HDR broadcast on iPlayer
The BBC has streamed its first live event in Ultra High Definition (UHD) and High…
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Samsung launches episodic VR pilot season
Samsung has launched an initiative called Pilot Season, designed to encourage the development of episodic…
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Top 10 pay TV operators ‘to lose US$20bn in revenues by 2023’
The world’s top 10 pay TV operators by revenue will experience losses of US$20 billion…
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MTG reports strong Q1 results ahead of business split
Modern Times Group (MTG) reported strong first quarter results with 9% organic growth and profits…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ in a bid to remain relevant to 16-34 year-olds
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
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Facebook tests Facebook Premieres video format
Facebook is testing a new video format called Facebook Premieres, which is designed to “bring…
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Amazon takes live rights to US Open tennis in the UK and Ireland
Amazon has agreed a five-year deal to broadcast live and on-demand coverage of the US…
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TheWaveVR raises US$6m in funding
TheWaveVR, a social virtual reality (VR) platform for music fans, has raised US$6 million in…