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Shazam driving ad engagement
Ninety-six per cent of all US TV programmes are now Shazam-enabled and users are increasingly…
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Netflix secures Warner Bros content for UK and Ireland
Netflix has secured a raft of TV series from Warner Bros. after inking a multiyear…
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Dailymotion adds news channels
Al Jazeera, Russia Today, the Telegraph Media Group and VICE have launched dedicated channels on…
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YouTube adds captioning in six European languages
YouTube has expanded its automatic captioning service to enable captioning of videos in German, Italian,…
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Fox strikes carriage deal with UPC Poland
Fox International Channels has struck a carriage deal with cable operator UPC Poland for the…
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Vivendi places €700 million bond
Vivendi has placed a €700 million bond to refinance existing debt due in 2013. The…
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Cable helps Europe to half way on 2020 Digital Agenda goals
The EU is half way towards achieving its goal of ensuring that all citizens have…
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Blue Hustler wins Telenet carriage
Adult content specialist Blue Hustler has secured a carriage deal for its Blue Hustler channel…
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Marc Dorcel launches video site for women
Adult content provider Marc Dorcel has launched a new video website for women, Dorcelle.com. The…
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Sky launches Now TV on Roku devices
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has launched its OTT service Now TV on Roku streaming…
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Discovery to acquire Middle East broadcaster Takhayal
Discovery Communications is to acquire Dubai-based media company Takhayal Entertainment and its affiliated companies in…
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Smart TV sales to hit 220 million by 2017
Over 220 million Smart TV sets will be sold worldwide in 2017, up from the…
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Second screen means shift in focus for advertisers, says Ogylvy & Mather
Marketers and advertisers need to shift focus radically to accommodate the reality that consumers’ attention…
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BT Vision launches British Museum channel
UK telco BT has launched an on-demand channel featuring video content from the British Museum…
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Advertisers need to “move to ‘push’ content” for 2nd screen
Use of mobile devices could transform advertising and second screen devices could be made to…
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Naspers increases pay TV base
African pay TV operator Naspers ended September with 4.3 million DStv subscribers in South Africa,…
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Nagra and Kantar team for subscriber behavior analysis
Digital TV technology company Nagra and Kantar team for subscriber behavior analysis has teamed with…
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Viacom names Davis as CFO
Viacom names Davis as CFO has promoted Wade Davis to chief financial officer, replacing Jimmy…
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UPC Slovakia adds Megamax
Chello Central Europe’s kids channel Megamax has launched on UPC Slovakia’s cable network. Megamax has…
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Canis Media and EMG announce merger
Channel distributor Canis Media is merging with general entertainment company Entertainment & Media Group Limited…
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iPlayer passes 200 million monthly requests for the first time
The number of iPlayer requests passed 200 million for the first time ever in October,…
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Outlook bleak for European telecoms, says Moody’s
The outlook for telecom service providers in the EMEA markets remains negative, with revenues in…
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Eastern Europe and HD to lead pay TV revenue growth
Revenues for the top European pay TV channels are expected to reach US$4.24 billion (€3.27…
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Lagardère expected to move ahead with Canal Plus IPO
Lagardère looks set to move forward with plans to float its 20% stake in Canal…
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RCS & RDS removes Discovery in fee row
Romanian cable operator RCS & RDS has revealed that it has dropped Discovery channels from…
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BBC Worldwide names interim CEO
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has announced that Paul Dempsey…
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CSA reveals content breakdown on French FTA channels
French media regulator the CSA has published the results of a study of content on…
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African Movie Channel launches iPad app, Roku service
The African Movie Channel has launched an app for the iPad, a video-on-demand channel on…
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DTG Testing tests first HbbTV product
DTG Testing, the test centre set up by the UK’s Digital TV Group, has successfully…
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Kabel BW boosts HD line-up
German cable operator Kabel BW is adding four new HD channels to its platform. The…