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Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

Andrew is Contributing Editor at Digital TV Europe. Follow him on Twitter @andy_mc_donald

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Médiamétrie launches French social TV ratings

French audience measurement company Médiamétrie has launched social TV ratings in France to gauge the…

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Eleven Sports launches fourth channel in Poland

Eleven Sports has launched a fourth channel in Poland offering improved access to premium sport, including…

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ProSiebenSat.1 CEO to step down in February

ProSiebenSat.1 Media chief executive officer (CEO), Thomas Ebeling, is due to leave the company after…

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Fullscreen to shut down SVOD service

Fullscreen Media is due to shut down its Fullscreen subscription video-on-demand service in January 2018….

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Video creation platform VidMob raises US$7.5m

US-based video creation network and platform, VidMob, has raised US$7.5 million in Series A funding….

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Amazon agrees live and on-demand ATP Tennis rights

Amazon has agreed two deals with ATP and ATP Media to broadcast live ATP tennis…

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Vimeo adds HDR support

Vimeo has added support for high dynamic range (HDR) content and videos of up to…

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Viacom makes gains, despite increased programme costs

Viacom reported a year-on-year increase in revenue and earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter, but…

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Facebook launches Creator App for video makers

Facebook has launched a new app designed to make it easy for users to create…

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YouTube TV app launches on LG, Samsung TVs

YouTube has launched the app for its US subscription service, YouTube TV, on Samsung and…

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CBS completes acquisition of Australia’s Network Ten

CBS Networks has completed its acquisition of Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten. The deal puts…

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ITV: good TV translates across all screens

Good TV translates across different screen types and it is up to viewers to figure…

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US pay TV providers lost 405,000 video subscribers in Q3

The largest pay TV providers in the US lost about 405,000 net video subscribers in…

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Digital UK calls for move beyond ‘salami slicing’ DTT spectrum

Digital UK has called for a move beyond “salami slicing DTT spectrum”, after commissioning a…

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Tricolor TV launches mobile TV offering Territora Tricolor

Russian TV operator Tricolor TV has partnered with Eutelsat to launch a satellite-powered out-of-home mobile…

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Antenna Hungária launches standalone OTT sports service

Antenna Hungária has launched its first standalone over-the-top (OTT) service, a subscription sports offering called…

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Futuresource: 35% of TVs sold in 2017 will be 4K

This year 35% of TVs sold globally will be 4K, ultra high definition (UHD) sets,…

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UK is ‘leading European OTT hub’

The UK has emerged as “the leading European OTT hub”, playing host to 226 over-the-top…

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GroupM: generations Y and X will ‘erode TV viewing’ as they age

Growing older no longer increases television viewing time, according to GroupM’s new ‘The State of…

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TiVo appoints former AT&T CTO as chief executive

TiVo has appointed the former executive vice president and chief technical officer of AT&T’s Entertainment…

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Channel 4 invests in European ad sales joint venture

Channel 4 has invested in the new digital ad sales partnership established by ProSiebenSat.1 in…

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HTC launches Vive Focus, shelves Daydream plans

HTC has launched Vive Focus, its first standalone virtual reality headset for the Chinese market,…

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ABI: service providers losing up to US$8bn a year to piracy

Video service providers lose between US$6 billion (€5.1 billion) and US$8 billion in revenue to…

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Roku acquires Danish audio streaming firm Dynastrom

Roku has acquired Danish multi-room audio streaming company Dynastrom for a cash price of US$3.5…

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Microsoft: mixed reality will help spur ‘fourth industrial revolution’

Mixed reality (MR) will be one of the technologies that will help spur a “fourth…