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HBO Nordic teams with Turner for kids OTT service
HBO Nordic and Turner EMEA have joined forces to create Toonix, a kids-focused OTT service….
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Zone TV taps AI for self-scheduling digital channels
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of…
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Iger to exit Disney CEO post in 2019
Bob Iger will step down as chief executive of The Walt Disney Company in 2019,…
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MLB gives access to YouTubers in ‘multi-faceted’ deal
YouTube and Major League Baseball (MLB) have agreed a “multi-faceted” sponsorship deal that will give…
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Microsoft buys AltspaceVR
Microsoft has agreed to buy virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, securing the future of a…
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Arris ‘remains committed’ to Ruckus deal despite delays
Arris has said it remains committed to its acquisition of Brocade’s Ruckus Wireless and ICX…
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Cable Europe warns against telecoms competition rules
Cable Europe has said that new telecoms competition rules are not justified or proportionate, after…
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Narcos and Netflix tops Italian in-demand digital originals
Netflix’s Colombia-set drug-running drama Narcos is currently far and away the most in-demand digital original…
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Kwesé TV adds free bouquet to offering
Econet Media-owned African pay TV outfit Kwesé has added a new bouquet of free-to-air channels…
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ER-Telecom completes acquisition of Akado Ekaterinburg
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has completed the acquisition of rival service provider Akado’s Yekaterinburg operation,…
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RTL closes SpotX acquisition
RTL Group has closed the acquisition of advertising technology outfit SpotX. The broadcasting group acquired…
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MTV UK teams up with Amazon for flash briefing on Echo Show
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN)-owned MTV UK has teamed up with Amazon to launch a…
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Simon Pollock launches executive search firm
Industry veteran and former A+E executive Simon Pollock has launched his own executive search outfit…
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RTS names bursary scheme recipients
The UK Royal Television Society (RTS) has named the recipients of is 2017 undergraduate bursary…
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Eurodata unveils European viewing trends
People in the five biggest European markets watched an average of three hours and 48…
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iPlayer content chief Victoria Jaye to leave BBC
Victoria Jaye, head of TV content for BBC iPlayer, is to leave the BBC. Jaye,…
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New version of Dailymotion launches in UK and Switzerland
The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK…
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Roku unveils five new streaming players
Roku has unveiled five new streaming players that it says offer better performance, improved wireless…
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SES’s Urner succeeds Cohen as MX1 chief
SES has named Wilfried Urner as the new CEO of its media service unit MX1,…
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Sky Cinema launching pop-up animation channel
Sky Cinema is to launch new pop-up Animation channel. Sky Cinema Animation, which will debut…
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Divan.TV launches Chromecast support
Divan.TV, an interactive TV service for Ukrainian and Russian-speaking audiences, has launched support for Google’s…
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TiVo renews IP licence deal with Sony
TiVo and Sony Corporation have renewed their multi-year intellectual property licence agreement. The agreement grants…
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A+E Networks names Latin America and Canada chief
A+E Networks has named Francisco Guijon as SVP, Americas, responsible for managing the profitability and…
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Fox Sports launches on Cosmote TV
Fox Sports is the latest channel to announce it has joined the Cosmote TV platform…
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Global OTT revenues to double between 2016 and 2022
Global over-the-top TV (OTT) revenues will more than double between 2016 and 2022, driven by…
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TIM holds firm as government mulls implementing Golden Power
Telecom Italia (TIM) has reiterated its view that it was not obliged to notify the…
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IDC: VR has suffered from ‘unrealistic expectations’
Virtual reality has suffered from “unrealistic growth expectations” but the market is still expanding at…
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Grand Tour ‘beats rivals in Europe’ – again
Jeremy Clarkson petrol-head series The Grand Tour remains the most in-demand digitally produced original programme…
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Blend Media raises £1.5m for VR expansion
London-based 360˚ video specialist and Facebook partner, Blend Media, has raised £1.5 million (€1.7 million)…
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Canal Digital adopts Android TV for next-generation service
Telenor-owned Nordic pay TV provider Canal Digital is to develop a next-generation TV service based…