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Streaming to drive early 4K usage
Streaming video will be “the spark that lights 4K uptake and use,” according to a…
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Vimeo signs new content distribution partners
Online video site Vimeo has signed deals with seven new content distribution partners in a…
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Discovery brings Eurosport sales team into fold
Pay TV giant Discovery Communications is merging some of regional distribution teams with those from…
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BSkyB launches Sky Sports News HQ app on Now TV box
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has launched a Sky Sports News HQ app on the…
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TV4 names new programming chief
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has promoted director of programmes for general…
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BBC Worldwide brings Doctor Who to Minecraft on the Xbox
BBC Worldwide has partnered with Microsoft Studios and game developer Mojang to bring Doctor Who-themed…
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DNA pushes forward with DTT reorganisation
Finnish cable and telecom operator is transferring the MTV Sport 2 and MTV Fakta pay…
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BFM TV ups budget after seeing off LCI threat
Having seen off the threat of a new free-to-air competitor in the shape of TF1’s…
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Volia begins migration to EuroDOCSIS
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has begun migrating its broadband network in the country’s capital Kyiv…
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Netia sees uptake of TV grow amidst mixed results
Polish fixed-line operator Netia saw revenue and revenue-generating units fall slightly year-on-year for the first…
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Lenovo taps CSR for Bluetooth TV remotes
Technology provider CSR has teamed up with TV consumer electronics manufacturer Lenovo to make what…
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CaribBe TV goes live in the UK
CaribBe TV, a multimedia platform offering a variety of Caribbean programmes, has gone live in…
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Netflix: investment promise will win over French content creators
Netflix will win the support of local content creators in France by spending money on…
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Liberty Global reportedly close to securing Ziggo green light
Liberty Global is on the brink of securing a green light from the European Commission…
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Telecom Italia to make GVT offer
Telecom Italia is on the point of making a €7 billion offer for Vivendi’s Brazilian…
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Netflix: Comcast-Time Warner merger puts basic principle of net at risk
Netflix has called on the US FCC to veto Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable….
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SVoD services set to storm Europe
One in five European homes will take a subscription video-on-demand service by 2020, with Western…
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TiVo subscriptions grow by 33%
TiVo subscriptions grew by 33% year-on-year to 4.8 million in its second quarter, helping to…
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UK’s Freeview expands guide to make capacity for new channels
UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview is to expand its TV guide, moving kids and new services…
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SVT Play added to Apple TV
Swedish on-demand service SVT Play is now available in the Scandinavian territory through the Apple…
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Taiwan’s Chunghwa taps Broadpeak for 4K VoD trial
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom has contracted content delivery network technology provider Broadpeak to provide CDN gear…
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Poland’s TVN reports softer audience share in Q2
Polish broadcast group TVN reported “softer audience share” in the second quarter, which it attributed to…
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Spain’s Ono to broadcast Fight Sports channel
Spanish pay TV operator Ono will air the Fight Sports channel after signing a multi-year…
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Teleste signs €20 million access network deal with Altice Group
Video and broadband technologies firm Teleste Corporation has signed a five-year deal with multinational cable…
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Harmonic reaches encoder milestone
Video delivery infrastructure firm Harmonic has passed 100,000 channels shipped with its Electra broadcast encoder…
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Amazon buys Twitch for US$970 million
Amazon has agreed to buy Twitch, a video platform and community for videogame enthusiasts, for…
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Microsoft may be planning Chromecast rival
Microsoft could be about to launch a Chromecast rival, with evidence provided by one of…
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African OTT service Aflix goes live
Aflix, a Netflix-style premium OTT service featuring more than 2,000 hours of content, including new…
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Belgium’s BeTV launches Go offering ahead of Netflix arrival
BeTV, the pay TV unit formerly known as Canal+ Belgium and owned by Belgian French…
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Dish wants FCC to scrap Comcast-TWC deal
US satcaster Dish Network is petitioning media regulator the Federal Communications Commission to stop the…