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Netflix ‘not causing major shift’ for Telefónica TV
The arrival of Netflix and other OTT TV players is not causing “a major shift…
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Second Life creator launches virtual reality world Sansar
Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, has launched in public beta a virtual reality…
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Iflix teams up with Econet’s Kwesé for African SVOD launch
Emerging markets subscription video-on-demand operator Iflix has teamed up with Econet Media-owned African pay TV…
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BBCWW inks first children’s deal with Amazon
BBC Worldwide has acquired its first multi-year children’s licensing deal with SVOD service Amazon Prime…
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Sony Pictures buys distributor Funimation
Sony Pictures Television Networks has reached an agreement to acquire a “substantial” majority stake in…
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Vodafone Spain launches sports-based service for bars
Vodafone Spain has launched a new offering for bars and restaurants called Vodafone TV Bares,…
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Harmonic reports Q2 declines
Harmonic reported a wider net loss and lower revenues compared to a year earlier in…
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Dave and Home launch on Freesat in the UK
UKTV-owned channels Dave and Home have launched on the Freesat platform in the UK. Dave,…
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DISH agrees metadata deal with TiVo
US pay TV provider DISH has selected TiVo to provide programme metadata across its linear…
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Mobibase adds fashion service FNL to offering
OTT and video-on-demand aggregator and distributor Mobibase has struck a distribution deal with fashion and…
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Stingray passes subscriber milestone
Business-to-business music provider Stingray’s subscription video-on-demand offerings have surpassed the milestone of 100,000 paying subscribers…
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Discovery buying Scripps for US$14.6bn
Discovery Communications is acquiring fellow US-based cable group Scripps Networks Interactive for US$14.6 billion (€12.4…
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TF1 pulls services from SFR in major escalation of retrans dispute
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded…
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Brave Bison cuts losses after axing half its staff
UK-based digital content company, Brave Bison, reported lower revenues but also reduced losses in H1…
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Orange will not compete in premium sports, says Richard
Orange will not compete in premium sports by launching a new sports channel and will…
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BT offers to bring 10Mbps broadband to 99% of the UK
BT has offered to invest up to £600 million (€670 million) to deliver internet speeds…
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Twitter ups live video output
Twitter said it delivered more than 1,200 hours of live premium video in Q2, with…
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Asia Pacific OTT revenues tipped to triple by 2022
Over-the-top video revenues in Asia Pacific are set to triple between 2016 and 2022, driven…
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New UK and scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
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Freeview Play now on over half of smart HD TV sales
TVs with Freeview Play now account for over half of all smart HD TV sales…
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Euskaltel turns in solid subscriber gains
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, which last week completed the acquisition of Zegona Communications-owned Asturias…
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Canal+ secures top-tier Turkish football for African channel
French pay TV operator Canal+’s international arm has secured the exclusive rights to distribute coverage…
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AsiaSat 9 scheduled for liftoff in September
AsiaSat’s latest satellite, AsiaSat 9, is now scheduled for a launch on September 28 at…
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Med-1 TV HD on Arabsat
Pan-Arab news, current affairs and sport channel Med-1 TV HD has joined satellite operator Arabsat’s…
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Facebook: video to be big business driver in next few years
Video will be a much bigger driver of Facebook’s business in the next few years…
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French watchdog mulls new DTT multiplex for UHD TV services
France’s media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the…
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BT TV additions slow to a crawl
BT added just 8,000 TV customers in its financial first quarter, compared with net adds…
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NBCU ‘sceptical of OTT services’
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has expressed scepticism over the long-term impact of over-the-top channels services…
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Amazon to up content spend in Q3
Amazon plans to up its investment in video content in the current quarter, despite reporting…
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German broadcasters team up for unified log-in
German broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland Media Group have teamed up with internet service provider…