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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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MTG sells Bulgaria’s Nova Group
MTG has sold its 95% shareholding in Nova Broadcasting Group in Bulgaria in a deal…
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Virgin Media to roll out 350Mbps broadband this spring
Virgin Media is due to start rolling out high speed 350Mbps broadband in the UK…
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RTL Belgium launches Check digital platform
RTL Belgium has launched a new digital platform dedicated to pop culture called Check. The…
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Live sports VR platform LiveLike raises US$9.6 million
LiveLike, a technology company focused on offering live sports in virtual reality, has raised US$9.6…
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YouTube TV ups price and adds Turner channels
YouTube TV is set to up its price from US$35 to US$40 per month, has…
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BBC launches BBC Earth VR experience
The BBC has launched a virtual reality experience inspired by natural history series like Blue…
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Caavo launches unified TV box
US set-top box start-up, Caavo, has launched the first 5,000 units of its unified home…
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Vimeo rolls out social distribution tools
Vimeo has announced two social distribution tools that are designed to help content creators grow…
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Sky and BT renew Premier League rights
Sky and BT have each renewed their Premier League rights, with Sky taking four and…
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Verizon folds Go90 into Oath, widens its content distribution
Verizon has folded its US video streaming service, Go90, into its Oath division, in a…
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Magic Leap agrees sports deal with NBA and Turner
Magic Leap has agreed its first sports partnership with the NBA and Turner, in a move…
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Norway’s Sixty expands into the UK
Bergen-based interactive TV company, Sixty, has opened a UK office and made two senior hires,…
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YouTube to roll out Red to 100 countries
YouTube plans to roll out its subscription offering YouTube Red to around 100 countries this…
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TDC accepts €5.4bn takeover, drops MTG plan
TDC’s board has recommended shareholders accept a €5.4 billion takeover offer from a consortium of…
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Kagan: European SVOD revenues to reach US$6.8bn in 2022
The European subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market is due to reach revenues of US$6.8 billion in…
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TDC board could drop MTG plans as potential bidder appears
TDC’s board of directors could drop plans to buy MTG’s broadcasting and entertainment business after…
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BBC reports ‘best year ever’ for iPlayer
The BBC has said the iPlayer recorded its “best year ever in 2017” after adding…
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SES appoints new CEO and CFO
Satellite operator SES has named the CEO of SES Networks, Steve Collar, as the next…
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Eurosport to broadcast Olympics coverage on Facebook
Eurosport has partnered with Facebook to broadcast Winter Olympics highlights and coverage of the games’…
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eMarketer: 78% of digital video viewers watch on their phone
More than three quarters of digital video viewers globally will use their mobile phones to…
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EE trials 4G home broadband in the UK
EE is trialling a 4G antenna solution in a bid to offer fast, over-the-air broadband…
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TalkTalk plans full fibre rollout to 3m UK premises
TalkTalk has announced plans to create an independent company to provide full fibre to more…
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Viacom acquires VidCon in live and digital push
Viacom has acquired VidCon, a conference focused on YouTube content creators and their fans, in…
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Vodafone UK appoints chief technology officer
Vodafone UK has appointed Vodafone Group’s technology enterprise director, Scott Petty, as chief technology officer (CTO)….
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ESPN Plus streaming service to launch this spring
Disney’s direct-to-consumer sports streaming service, ESPN Plus, is due to launch in the US this…
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Discovery-Scripps deal cleared by European Commission
The European Commission has cleared Discovery Communications’ US$14.6 billion (€12.4 billion) proposed buyout of Scripps…
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Google appoints new CEO of Fiber division
Google has appointed former Time Warner Cable chief operating officer, Dinni Jain, as CEO of…
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Telenet and VOO agree Belgian MVNO deal
Telenet will provide mobile network access to Belgian cable operator Nethys, which operates under the…
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Iflix agrees first shortform content deal with QYou Media
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix has signed a deal with youth broadcaster QYou Media to…
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Sony agrees Russian joint venture with National Media Group
Russian media holding company National Media Group (NMG) has set up a joint venture with…