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Sport1 secures eSport highlights from DFL

German sports broadcast outfit Sport1 has struck a deal with the German football league, the…

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Netflix makes biggest ever price hike in US

Netflix is raising its US subscription prices by 13% to 18%, its biggest increase since…

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OTE sells Telekom Albania

Deutsche Telekom-backed Greek telco OTE has struck a deal to sell its entire stake in…

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RTL Deutschland makes VOD hire for TV NOW expansion

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has upped Henning Nieslony to the management team of its digital division, RTL…

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Bermuda operator taps Mirada for advanced TV

TV technology outfit Mirada has been chosen by Bermuda telecom operator One Communications to provide…

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Liberty Latin America makes move on Millicom

Liberty Latin America has made a conditional non-binding offer to buy 100% of mobile and…

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2btube takes majority stake in Touché Films

2btube, a digital media company with offices in Spain, Mexico and the US, has acquired…

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COBA: UK multichannel investment in content passes £1bn milestone

Investment in UK content by multichannel broadcasters has now surpassed £1 billion annually, according to…

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Intelsat CFO announces retirement

Intelsat’s chief financial officer, Jacques Kerrest, has announced plans to retire after staying on through…

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Synamedia agrees new deal with Thailand’s TrueVisions

Synamedia has agreed a new multi-year contract with Thailand-based pay TV operator, TrueVisions, extending a…

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Zegona raises capital for Euskaltel share purchases

Cable and telecom investor Zegona Communications has successfully completed its share placing, raising gross proceeds…

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Eurodata: local drama dominating primetime viewing

Eurodata’s scripted series report for 2018 shows that local drama was the most popular prime…

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Zappware adds former Verimiatrix exec to commercial team

Zappware has hired Verimatrix’s former vice present of sales for Europe, the Middle East and…

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Turner names new UK and Nordics commercial chief

Turner has appointed Riccardo Donato as vice-president of commercial development for the UK and Nordic…

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Edgeware to acquire subtitling firm Cavena

Edgeware has agreed to acquire Swedish subtitling company Cavena Image Products for SEK 8 million…

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A+E Networks UK promotes Liu to ad sales director

A+E Networks UK has promoted Berry Liu to director of ad sales, leading the ad sales operations in…

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Bundesliga strikes Icelandic deal

The German Bundesliga has awarded local rights to Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 football matches for…

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Amazon launches AVOD channel with IMDb

Amazon has launched Freedive, an ad-supported streaming channel featuring movies and TV shows, with the…

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Netflix stock sees bump after UBS upgrade

Netflix shares rose by 1.5% by market cap on Thursday after UBS analyst Eric Sheridan…

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A tale of three telcos: Telia is best bet for Nordics, says Jefferies

Swedish telco Telia represents a better prospect for investors than its Norwegian neighbour Telenor, despite…

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Polish regulator opens consultation on regulating cable access

Polish communications regulator the UKE  has opened a consultation on regulating cable access networks in…

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My-HD signs new deal with SPI International

Middle East pay TV platform My-HD will carry channel provider SPI International’s key services for another three…

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DISH to integrate Google Assistant into Hopper DVR

US operator DISH had announced plans to integrate the Google Assistant into its Hopper family…

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TiVo signs metadata deal with Minerva Networks

TiVo has renewed its intellectual property license deal with Minerva Networks and agreed a new…

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Simplestream adds offline viewing and Chromecast to VOD in a Box

OTT TV technology outfit Simplestream has added download for offline viewing and Chromecast integration across…

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J:COM taps Verimatrix for data analytics

Japanese pay TV provider J:COM has chosen content security specialist Verimatrix’s Verspective Intelligence to provide…

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Deluxe names EMEA distribution chief

Video technology and distribution specialist Deluxe Entertainment Services Group has promoted Andrew Bell to managing…

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Discovery to launch DMAX in UK

Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMAX will launch…

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NENT teams up with FilmNation for JV

FilmNation Entertainment and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) have formed a UK-based television joint venture,…

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Verimatrix rebrands TV everywhere technology

Verimatrix has announced a new brand name for the TV everywhere technology it acquired from…