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Altice Portugal launches Disney-branded pop-up channel
Altice Portugal/Meo has added an exclusive Disney-branded pop-up channel to its line of TV services….
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BBC R&D looks to AI to help programme makers
The BBC’s research and development department (BBC R&D) is developing Artificial Intelligence to help programme…
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Kagan: US operators lose 860,000 subscribers in Q2
The traditional cable, satellite and telco multichannel TV providers in the US lost 860,640 video…
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Nielsen’s Gracenote launches mobile video analytics solution
Nielsen-owned Gracenote has launched a new Mobile Video Analytics solution designed to offer insights into…
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Kinnevik completes distribution of MTG shares
Sweden’s Kinnevik has completed the completed the distribution of its shares in Modern Times Group…
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Akado to enter mobile market
Russian cable operator Akado plans to enter the mobile market by launching as an MVNO…
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Chicken Soup heats up SVOD plan with Pivotshare acquisition
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the ‘positive content’ company backed by Ashton Kutcher’s A…
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Sky launches pop-up superheroes channel
Sky Deutschland is launching a pop-up TV channel dedicated to comic book superheroes. The channel,…
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New branding for Tricolor as it pivots away from linear TV
Russian pay TV provider Tricolor TV has revamped its branding to emphasise its pivot away…
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MTG and NENT Group secure €382m credit
Modern Times Group (MTG) and the newly separated Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) have jointly…
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Virgin Media Television seeking post-watershed drama
Virgin Media Television – formerly know asTV3 Group – is currently seeking submissions for a…
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Croatia’s Vipnet taps Mediapro for six-channel sports bouquet
Telekom Austria-owned Croatian multi-play service provider Vipnet has tapped Spanish broadcaster and production outfit Mediapro’s…
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North American cable debut for MediaKind
Canadian cable operator Cogeco Connexion has tapped MediaKind, the new brand forged out of Ericsson’s…
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Minute.ly launches AI video analysis platform
Video optimisation platform Minute.ly has launched new product that is designed to analyse live broadcasts…
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Net Insight to provide network for Austrian Bundesliga coverage
Austria’s MTI Teleport has tapped Swedish technology outfit Net Insight to build a media network…
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Bulgaria’s Vivacom sees IPTV growth
Bulgarian service provider Vivacom saw strong growth for its IPTV offering in the year to…
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Netflix CFO to step down
Netflix’s chief financial officer David Wells is to step down after helping the company choose…
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Kudelski sells STB and CAM businesses to Neotion
Content security firm The Kudelski Group has agreed to sell its SmarDTV conditional access module…
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Tencent e-books unit acquires film and TV studio for US$2.25bn
China Literature Limited, the publically listed e-books unit of Tencent holdings, is set to acquire…
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ITV partners with Accedo for AI artwork project
UK broadcaster ITV has partnered with Accedo on a project that will see the video…
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BBC turns to World War II for latest VR experience
The BBC’s VR Hub for virtual reality experiences has launched a new interactive VR experience…
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New name for Viasat Sport Baltic channel
All Media Baltics, the Providence Equity Partners-backed outfit that took control of Modern Times Group’s…
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Discovery’s Quest launches on Freeview in HD
Discovery-owned factual channel Quest has launched in high definition on the UK’s Freeview free-to-view platform,…
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IHS: linear TV viewing down as online time increases
Linear TV viewing time declined year-on-year across the top five European markets in 2017 as…
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Naspers appoints Nuvu exec to head OTT video unit
Naspers has appointed the managing director of Ericsson’s Nuvu on-demand service, Niclas Ekdahl, as the…
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Hulu acquires Jeopardy!
Hulu has acquired the syndicated game show Jeopardy!, which made its debut on the streamer this…
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TV and mobile boost Poland’s Netia
Growth in TV and mobile subscribers helped boost Polish service provider Netia’s mixed set of…
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Altice Portugal renews licence with TiVo
Pay TV service provider Altice Portugal has renewed its IP licence with technology outfit TiVo….
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NBCUniversal mulling new approach to streaming
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is considering a new approach to streaming services, where it would ‘pay’ users…
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BeIN Media secures English Premier League for another three years
Middle East pay TV provider BeIN Sports has secured rights to English Premier League football…