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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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European SVOD subscriptions tipped to triple over four years
The number of SVOD subscriptions in Europe will triple between 2015 and 2018 to reach…
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Tele2-Com Hem deal closes
Swedish telco Tele2 has completed its takeover of local cable operator Com Hem, with all…
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FuboTV appoints former Sky exec as it plans international expansion
US sports streaming service FuboTV has appointed former Sky executive Hannah Brown as its first…
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BBC report explores alternatives to free over-75s licence fee
The BBC would have to use the equivalent of 18% of its total service spend to…
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Leichtman: US pay TV use down to 78% of homes
The proportion of US TV households that subscribe to some form of pay TV service…
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BT claims positive momentum in first half
BT said it continued to generate positive momentum in the second quarter after reporting a…
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Ampere: nearly four in five US web users take SVOD
Nearly four in five US internet users now have at least one subscription video-on-demand subscription…
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Facebook sees video growth but admits it is still ‘well behind YouTube’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is seeing video expand dramatically across its ecosystem,…
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Oculus founder: existing VR hardware not good enough to go mainstream
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has claimed that “no existing or imminent VR hardware is good…
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Snapchat launches TV-style Shows format in the UK
Snapchat has partnered with a number of broadcasters and publishers to bring its TV-style Shows…
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Synamedia opens for business, appoints Americas VP
Investment firm Permira has completed its acquisition of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS)…
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ITU Plenipotentiary Conference kicks off in Dubai
The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 started today in Dubai, marking the beginning of a three-week…
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Amazon rules out Prime Video AVOD plans
Amazon has said it has no plans to launch an ad-supported version of its Prime…
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Iflix announces ‘significant expansion’ of channels line-up
Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix has said it is on target to offer more than…
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BT appoints new chief executive
BT Group has appointed the co-chief executive of payments services company Worldpay, Philip Jansen, as…
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Mediacom: 94% of UK kids now have access to OTT services
A massive 94% of children and teenagers in the UK now have access to on-demand…
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Liberty Global and Comcast back OpenSync initiative
Liberty Global, Comcast and Bell Canada are all backing a new open source software initiative…
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UK government outlines new measures in piracy clampdown
The UK government has outlined a number of new measures in an effort to clamp…
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Netflix to raise another US$2bn in debt
Netflix has announced plans to raise another US$2 billion in debt financing for content acquisitions, production…
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C-Band Alliance offers 80% more spectrum for US 5G deployment
The C-Band Alliance (CBA) has announced that up to 200 MHz of mid-band spectrum could…
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Digital TV Research: OTT to spur TV revenue growth in 2018
Global revenues from pay TV and over-the-top services are set to climb this year, with…
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Discovery to launch GOLFTV streaming service in January
Discovery and the PGA TOUR are due to launch GOLFTV, a new live and on-demand video…
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UK government unveils details of £60m kids TV fund
The UK government has announced the final details of a £60 million fund that aims…
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Whistle Sports: 52% of Gen Z males more interested in ‘non-traditional sports’
A majority of US males aged 13 to 21 (52%) now spend more time following…
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Du partners with Amazon Prime Video
United Arab Emirates-based operator, Du, has signed a distribution deal with Amazon to offer Prime…
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US broadcasters commit to ATSC 3.0 launch in 2020
A powerful group of US broadcasters, representing stations owned by the likes of Fox, NBC…
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Netflix localises in Indonesia
Netflix is localising its service in Indonesia and has agreed deals with a number of…
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Eleven Sports bows to UK ‘blackout rule’ for Saturday football
Eleven Sports has agreed to stop airing live foreign football on Saturday afternoons, but has…
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Médiamétrie: 30% of web users in France now watch SVOD
More than 30% of French internet users watched a subscription video-on-demand service in the past…
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Com Hem reports last quarterly results before Tele2 merger
In its last earnings announcement before its Tele2 merger, Com Hem reported modest TV customer…