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Kwesé Iflix secures iconic NBA Africa Game
African digital pay TV platform Kwesé Iflix has secured rights to the NBA Africa Game…
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DirecTV Latin America taps Friend MTS to protect sports content
DirecTV Latin America has tapped content security specialist Friend MTS to provide protection against streaming…
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Hopster content added to STV Player
Hopster, the kids’ learning and entertainment app, and STV are teaming up to add Hopster…
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Verizon taps Vubiquity for on-demand services deal
Verizon has selected Amdocs-owned Vubiquity to provide processing and packaging for its video-on-demand and pay-per-view…
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AMC agrees to buy RLJ Entertainment for US$274m
AMC Networks has agreed to acquire RLJ Entertainment for an aggregate value of US$274 million….
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RTL Netherlands taps Piksel for new digital service
Broadcaster RTL Netherlands has tapped OTT TV technology outfit Piksel to provide technology for its…
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Espial teams up with Harmonic for IP and OTT services
TV software specialist Espial has teamed up with technology provider Harmonic to integrate Harmonic’s VOS…
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AsiaSat names new commercial chief
Satellite operator AsiaSat has named Ina Lui as senior vice-president, commercial, business development and strategy,…
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Malone confirms succession plan
The CEOs of John Malone’s companies will have the first right to acquire his controlling…
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Viacom confirms Awesomeness TV acquisition
Viacom has confirmed that it will acquire Awesomeness TV, a digital-first destination for original programming…
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CBS board mulls Moonves’ future following sexual harassment claims
The board of CBS Corporation is set to meet today to determine how the company…
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Walmart reportedly working with former Epix CEO on OTT plan
US retail giant Walmart plans is working with former Epix CEO Mark Greenberg on the…
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Soft advertising market leads to lowering expectations for Spanish broadcasters
The softening advertising market in Spain has led analysts at Berenberg to predict a relatively…
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Report: Katzenberg’s NewTV raises US$1bn
Former DreamWorks Animation owner Jeffrey Katzenberg has reportedly raised US$1 billion (€850 million) in funding…
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Digital Catapult and Arts Council fund five VR and AR projects
Digital Catapult and Arts Council England have selected five projects that will receive further funding…
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Viacom taps Red Bee for Paramount Network UK launch
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has tapped Red Bee Media for the launch of Paramount…
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CBC taps Bitmovin for RTL Deutschland multiscreen video
German production and broadcast services outfit CBC has tapped video compression specialist Bitmovin’s HTML5 web…
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Altice Europe to sell Dominican Republic towers business
Cable, telecom and media group Altice Europe is to sell Dominican Republic towers business to…
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KPN adds to IPTV base
Dutch telecom operator KPN added 10,000 IPTV customers to its base in the second quarter….
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Proximus sees growth in TV and broadband
Belgian telecom operator Proximus said that it managed to build its TV and broadband base…
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Harmonic secures virtualised cable access patent
Technology outfit Harmonic has secured what it describes as a key patent for its CableOS…
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Awareness of digital TV ‘varies widely’ in Francophone Africa
Awareness of digital-terrestrial TV and intention to acquire equipment to receive it vary widely between…
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Ukraine’s Volia adds new channels
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has added a channel dedicated to Ukrainian series and movies and…
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New CEO for FremantleMedia
Jennifer Mullin has been confirmed as the new CEO of FremantleMedia after the departure of…
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Orange grows TV base
Orange grew its TV base by 6.3% year-on-year to end June with 9.209 million TV…
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Parks: 40% of streaming player owners use device daily
Streaming media players are the most frequently used internet-connected entertainment device in the US, with…
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Australia’s Nine to merge with Fairfax Media
Commercial TV network Nine Entertainment this morning confirmed it had agreed a merger deal with…
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Telefónica sees TV base grow
Telefónica saw its TV base grow by 5.6% year-on-year to reach 8.7 million at the…
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Paywizard: viewers prefer OTT customer experience
Consumers prefer over-the-top services like Netflix and Amazon to traditional pay TV services at almost…
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Proximus adds Bundesliga with Eleven Sports deal
Belgian telecom operator Proximus has added German Bundesliga football to its line-up of sports content…