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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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Iflix exits Africa to focus on core Asian markets
Iflix has sold the remaining stake in its African business, Kwesé Iflix, to local partner…
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Report: Netflix to appoint Activision Blizzard CFO
Netflix is set to name Activision Blizzard’s chief financial officer, Spencer Neumann, as the successor…
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Ovum: skinny bundles to drive US pay TV growth
Next year will be the first year that ‘skinny bundles’ drive overall subscription growth across…
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BBC reveals top-performing iPlayer shows of the year
BBC drama, Bodyguard, is the most-viewed show of the year so far on the BBC’s…
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Brightcove: millennials more satisfied with streaming services
Millennial viewers feel “far more satisfied” watching content through streaming services compared to broadcast or…
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MTG’s InnoGames and Zoomin.TV prep video series
MTG’s online and mobile games developer, InnoGames, and its Generation Z-focused content production unit, Zoomin.TV,…
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IHS: localised content as important as price in Indian video market
The three most important factors for consumers choosing video services in India are pricing, local…
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WARC: linear TV still ‘by far’ the top display ad medium
Linear and catch-up TV remains “by far the top medium” for global display advertising spend,…
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Ampere: SVOD to overtake box office revenues next year
Subscription over-the-top video revenues will overtake box office revenues globally in 2019 as SVOD continues…
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Mediavision: 48% of Nordic homes use SVOD
Almost half of all Nordic households now subscribe to at least one subscription video-on-demand service,…
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Facebook Watch claims 400m monthly viewers, outlines plans for 2019
Facebook Watch now has more than 400 million people a month and 75 million people…
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YouTube removes 7.8m videos for breaching site rules in Q3
YouTube removed 7.8 million videos that violated the platform’s guidelines in the three months from…
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Ofcom: half of UK homes could boost their broadband
Half of British households could switch to faster broadband without paying more according to Ofcom,…
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Orange sets out innovation strategy at Show Hello event
Orange set out its ‘inclusive innovation’ strategy at its Show Hello event in Paris yesterday,…
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Discovery strikes European Tour deal for GOLFTV
Discovery has struck a deal with European Tour, expanding the line-up of its forthcoming ‘digital…
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ProSiebenSat.1 forms joint venture with eSports.com
ProSiebenSat.1’s sports business unit, 7Sports, has agreed an international joint venture with news platform eSports.com,…
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EC opens in-depth investigation into Vodafone-Liberty Global deal
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s…
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TV Licensing reveals most-tweeted BBC shows of 2018
Question Time, The Andrew Marr Show and Doctor Who were the first, second and third most-tweeted about BBC TV…
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Telefónica rolls out Movistar-Netflix integration
Telefónica has integrated Netflix into its Movistar offering in Spain, allowing customers to access the…
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UK government to examine the development of VR and AR
The UK government is due to examine the development of immersive technologies such as virtual…
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Hayu launches in three new European markets
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV-focused SVOD service, Hayu, has rolled out in three new European markets –…
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Iflix partners with AIS in Thailand
Emerging markets SVOD service, Iflix, has partnered with Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service…
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Ampere: Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox to spend US$43bn on content in 2018
The mergers of Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox mean that two in every 10 dollars spent on…
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EC takes aim at IP theft with Piracy Watch List
The European Commission has published a ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List’ to highlight websites and…
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ABI lowers VR forecast citing consumer-market malaise
ABI Research has lowered its installed base forecast for virtual reality devices to just over…
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Iflix and Next 10 launch short-form content Creators Hub
Emerging markets SVOD service, Iflix, has partnered with content creator-focused investment fund, Next 10 Ventures,…
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Strategy Analytics: 222m homes will own Ultra HD TVs by year-end
By the end of this year 222 million homes worldwide will own an Ultra HD…
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Inside Secure buys Verimatrix for US$143m
Inside Secure has agreed to buy rival security solutions provider Verimatrix in a deal that…
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IHS: 4K TVs now account for 44% of television shipments
Demand for big-screen TVs surged in the third quarter with 4K sets accounting for almost…
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RTL outlines VOD-focused strategic priorities for 2019
RTL Group has set out plans to expand its video-on-demand services by developing a joint…