After more than 40 years of operation, DTVE is closing its doors and our website will no longer be updated daily. Thank you for all of your support.
Author
DTVE Reporter
Recent articles by this author
2 min read
Cinedigm to acquire Digital Media Rights in US$16.4 million deal
LA-based distributor and channels operator Cinedigm has finalised its $16.4m acquisition of North American streaming,…
1 min read
Netflix opens Poland office as CEE hub
Netflix is opening a new office in Poland that will act as a hub for…
2 min read
Food brand Chefclub moves into FAST with Samsung TV Plus
Paris-based digital food brand Chefclub has struck an agreement with Samsung TV Plus to launch…
1 min read
AVOD market to reach US$260 billion annual revenue by 2025
AVOD streamers are set to flourish over the next three years and will hit revenues…
3 min read
ANGA COM reveals agenda for conference programme strategy panels
ANGA COM, which is set to return to Cologne, Germany on May 10-12, has revealed…
1 min read
Curiosity partners with LG for FAST channel launch
Factual outfit Curiosity has launched a free, ad-supported streaming channel via a partnership with TV…
1 min read
Ukraine combines all TV channels in single platform
Ukrainian president Volodymryr Zelenskyy has merged all national TV channels in a bid to combat…
1 min read
Amazon completes acquisition of MGM
Amazon has formally completed its $8.5bn acquisition of MGM after the US Federal Trade Commission…
2 min read
E-Vision owner and Abu Dhabi investors to take majority stake in Starzplay Arabia
The owner of Middle East pay-TV operator E-Vision and Abu Dhabi-based investment group ADQ is…
2 min read
Amazon secures EC approval for MGM acquisition
Amazon has won European Commission (EC) approval to acquire James Bond, The Handmaid’s Tale and Vikings studio MGM. The US$8.5bn…
1 min read
Zylo launches telenovela channel on Samsung TV Plus
OTT channel publisher Zylo has announced the launch of a new channel on Samsung TV…
1 min read
FAST channel pioneer Mark Deetjen dies, aged 50
Mark Deetjen, Fremantle’s EVP of global channels and one of the early architects of FAST…
1 min read
BritBox UK chief to step down
BritBox UK’s chief Will Harrison is stepping down as the UK streamer prepares to be…
1 min read
Rakuten TV adds Beano to FAST offering
European streaming platform Rakuten TV has added British children’s brand The Beano to its children’s…
3 min read
ITV introduces ITVX streaming service
UK broadcaster ITV is to launch ITVX later this year, a new integrated AVOD and…
1 min read
Baltic streamer TV3 to rebroadcast Ukrainian news channel
Baltic streaming and pay TV outfit TV3 Group has begun rebroadcasting Ukrainian JV news channel…
1 min read
CBS exec Chris Licht in as chairman and CEO at CNN
Chris Licht has been named as chairman and CEO of CNN Global, following the exit…
1 min read
Canal+ names new public affairs director
Canal+ has named Amélie Meynard as director of public affairs. Reporting to secretary general Laetitia…
1 min read
Fremantle launches ‘American Idol’ FAST channel in UK on Samsung TV Plus
Fremantle is moving further into Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) in the UK with a…
1 min read
LOVEStv available as an app on home menu of Vestel televisions
Cellnex Telecom and Sofia Digital have partnered to launch a new HbbTV-based app for Spanish…
1 min read
Wurl hires first US advertising senior director
Streaming TV company Wurl has announced the hire of Gina Ive as its senior director…
2 min read
LGBTQ representation on US broadcast TV hits record high
LGBTQ representation on US broadcast TV has reached a record high, rising to almost 12%…
3 min read
TelevisaUnivision unveils ViX streamer
TelevisaUnivision, fresh from its $4.8bn merger last month, has launched what it hopes will become…
1 min read
Starzplay agrees content deal with Viaplay
Nordic streamer Viaplay has extended its pact with Starzplay to provide full access to the…
2 min read
ViacomCBS rebrands as Paramount, with SVOD launch set for France
ViacomCBS has rebranded itself as Paramount Global (to be known as Paramount) as the company…
1 min read
Verimatrix launches security platform
Content security firm Verimatrix has announced the launch of the Verimatrix Secure Delivery Platform. The…
2 min read
Shakeup for BBC Studios, with Glashow promoted to CEO of global distribution
BBC Studios (BBCS) has rejigged its sales operations, with long-standing global distribution president Paul Dempsey…
1 min read
ITV America ups Thomas to head of international programming
ITV America has promoted veteran unscripted producer Simon Thomas to president of ITV Entertainment and…
1 min read
WarnerMedia-Discovery merger gets approval from FTC
The $43bn merger between AT&T-owned WarnerMedia and Discovery has cleared US antitrust legislation, paving the…
1 min read
GlobalLogic hits Roku channel milestone
Hitachi Group Company GlobalLogic has reached a major milestone of 150 channels developed for the…