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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 reports gains ahead of business split
Modern Times Group (MTG) reported full-year gains in sales, profits and margins in 2018 as…
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Juniper: digital content spend to reach US$250bn in 2019
Global consumer spend on digital content will reach US$250 billion in 2019, an increase of…
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Roku appoints GM and SVP of account acquisition
Roku has appointed SmartKem CEO, Mustafa Ozgen, as general manager (GM) and senior vice president…
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UltraViolet due to shut down at the end of July
UltraViolet, the initiative that gives users digital access to movies and TV series they’ve purchased,…
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BBC licence fee to go up in April
The UK government has confirmed that the BBC licence fee will increase from £150.50 (€171.75)…
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Amazon to increase video spend in 2019
Amazon’s chief financial officer, Brian Olsavsky, said he expects Prime Video spend to “increase even…
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PwC: Netflix passed US pay TV use for the first time in 2018
The ‘cord-cutting revolution’ continued in 2018 with Netflix surpassing cable and satellite usage in the…
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SingularDTV rebrands as Breaker, launches distribution portal
Blockchain company SingularDTV has launched its film and music distribution portal and rebranded as Breaker….
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Facebook expects Watch to become ‘more mainstream’ in 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he expects the Watch video platform to become “more mainstream”…
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BBC reveals top iPlayer shows of 2018
British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia were the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018, according to official…
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Tubi raises US$25m, plans international expansion
US-based streaming service Tubi has announced plans to launch in additional international territories this year…
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Apple: breakdown of the cable bundle to accelerate in 2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook has predicted that the “breakdown of the cable bundle” will take…
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Eleven Sports loses Serie A rights to Premier Sports
Eleven Sports has ceded its Italian Serie A and Dutch Eredivisie football rights to UK…
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Ofcom: TV ‘of lessening importance’ as kids spend more time online
Children in the UK aged five to 15 now spend around 20 minutes more online,…
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ThinkAnalytics appoints former Cisco exec as marketing chief
ThinkAnalytics has appointed industry veteran Tracy Geist as chief marketing officer and member of the…
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VOD subscriptions in MENA to more than double by 2024
Subscription video-on-demand use will more than double in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…
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Openreach announces new locations for FTTP build-out
BT-owned infrastructure subsidiary, Openreach, has announced 11 new UK locations where it will build fibre-to-the-premises…
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MBC Group set to launch MBC Iraq channel
MBC Group is due to launch a new premium entertainment channel targeted at Iraqi families….
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YouTube TV launches nationwide in the US
YouTube’s subscription over-the-top offering, YouTube TV, is now available nationwide in the US. The expansion…
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Oculus Quest tipped to sell 1.3m units in 2019
Facebook-owned Oculus’ forthcoming all-in-one VR headset, the Oculus Quest, will sell 1.3 million units this…
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BARB: SVOD use rises 22% year-on-year in the UK
The number of UK homes with at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or…
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Discovery hires former Amazon exec as direct-to-consumer CTO
Discovery has appointed Amazon Marketplace’s former vice-president of technology, Avi Saxena, to the newly created…
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WarnerMedia launches content Innovation Lab
WarnerMedia has announced plans to launch Innovation Lab, an incubator that will combine emerging technologies…
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Futuresource: global TV shipments return to growth in 2018
The TV market experienced a return to growth in 2018 with global shipments up by…
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TiVo: multi-service use now the norm with Netflix ‘essential’
Multi-service use of pay TV and OTT offerings is becoming the norm, with the average…
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Vodafone and O2 agree 5G partnership in the UK
UK mobile operators Vodafone and O2 have agreed to extend their network sharing partnership to…
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IHS Markit: Netflix and YouTube rank top among Brazilian viewers
Netflix and YouTube are consistently Brazilian internet users’ first choice of video services across all…
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Futuresource: US video and TV spend up 1% in 2018
The US video and TV industry saw a 1% rise in consumer spend in 2018,…
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CreativeXR: new round of immersive UK content funding announced
Digital Catapult and Arts Council England have opened the next round of immersive content funding…
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Digital TV Research: MENA pay TV impacted by BeIN dispute
Pay TV revenues have declined in the Middle East and North Africa over the past…