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Melissa Kasule
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Fubo files suit against Disney, Fox and WBD over planned US sport streamer
Sports-themed streaming brand, Fubo, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, Fox,…
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TV Sarpi/Ayety taps inext’s set-top boxes and IPTV solutions
Georgian telecom operator TV Sarpi/Ayety has chosen Ukraine’s inext, manufacturer of Android set-top boxes and…
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Canal+ renews Champions League rights in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa
Leading French pay TV outfit, Canal Plus, has renewed the rights to the UEFA Champions…
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Walmart acquires Vizio in $2.3bn deal
The US-based retail giant, Walmart, has struck a deal with Vizio to acquire the smart…
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DAZN and Sky Sports to deliver joint coverage on Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou fight
The highly anticipated Riyadh Season’s Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou fight will air on both…
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Prime Minister Sunak’s GB News grilling launches Ofcom investigation
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appearance’s on GB News show last week has called for…
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Ateme enhances personalised ads with Apple HLS Interstitials
In a move to enhance personalised advertising, video processing technology specialist, Ateme, has integrated of the latest HLS Interstitials specification from Apple into its Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) solution.
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Tag Video teams up with BNS for probing, monitoring and visualisation capabilities
TAG Video Systems, which specialises in software-based IP monitoring and visualisation solutions, has tied with…
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Foxtel secures 18 app partners for Hubbl launch including Netflix, Disney+, & Paramount+
Australia’s pay TV provider, Foxtel, will roll-out 18 global and local apps on new streaming…
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DAZN poaches Canal+ exec Brice Daumin as French CEO
Sports media giant, DAZN Group, has hired former Canal+ exec Brice Daumin as CEO of…
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Sky Sports draws record audience for 2024 Super Bowl, averaging at 514k viewers
Sky Sport’s coverage of the 2024 NFL Super Bowl event last week averaged at 514,000…
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SVODs subs to reach 26m in MENA by 2029, with Netflix to fall behind Shahid VIP
SVOD subscriptions will rise by 12 million to 26 million across 13 countries in the…
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SkyShowtime introduces ad-supported tier
Comcast and Paramount Global’s European joint-streaming service, SkyShowtime, has introduced an ad-supported plan — Standard…
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nexfibre to invest £1bn in broadband infrastructure in 2024
Fibre network provider, nexfibre, has announced plans to invest £1 billion in the UK’s broadband infrastructure this year.
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Ziggo Sports lands Dutch rights to Top Rank Boxing
VodafoneZiggo’s sports provider, Ziggo Sports, has acquired the rights to Top Rank Boxing, broadcasting at…
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Joyn joins Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV in Germany
ProSiebenSat.1’s streaming service, Joyn, has launched on Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV in Germany. Joyn content will…
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Roku passes 80m active accounts and 100bn streaming hours in 2023
Roku has surpassed 80 million active accounts and 100 billion streaming hours at the end…
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Parrot Analytics: ‘Hazbin Hotel’ goes strong in Italy
Amazon Prime Video’s series Hazbin Hotel has soared to the top of Parrot’s top 10…
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TrillerTV picks up rights to Eredivisie in the UK and Ireland
Global sports content provider, TrillerTV (formerly known as FITE), has acquired the rights to the…
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Sky Sports renews Netball Super League rights, with free coverage on YouTube
UK’s Sky Sports will keep its broadcasting rights to Netball Super League (NSL) in a…
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TF1 records strong streaming growth in 2023, but overall revenue sees slight decline
French commercial broadcaster, TF1, has reported its former streaming offering, MYTF1 delivered a strong performance…
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Hong Kong’s Now TV launches addressable TV advertising service
PCCW-owned pay TV platform, Now TV, has launched an addressable TV advertising service to enable…
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BBC iPlayer to live stream Netball Super League
UK public-service-broadcaster, BBC, has struck the free-to-air streaming rights to Netball Super League (NSL). In…
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Static Waves ties with K2 and Pamela Anderson for EarthDay365 channel launch in Europe
Static Waves Media Group has teamed up with documentary film producer, K2 Studios, and actress…
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Super League expands international coverage
The Rugby League Commercial has secured international coverage for UK rugby tournament, Super League, across…
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IMG poaches ex-Sky Sports’ James Clement as SVP of tech & operations
Sports agency IMG has recruited ex-Sky Sports exec, James Clement, to serve as senior vice…
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Plex taps castLabs for TVOD service launch
Streaming operator, Plex has tapped video technology provider, castLabs, for its cloud-based solution DRMtoday for…
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Super Bowl 2024 attracts largest audience yet, with 123.7m viewers
The NFL’s Super Bowl LVIII 2024 event which got underway on Sunday February 11 attracted…
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BBC hires head of ITVX news to lead streaming operations across news
UK free-to-air broadcaster BBC has poached ITV News exec Chris Achilleos to head its streaming…
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RTVE rollsout rtveplay+ across Europe
Spain’s public service broadcaster, RTVE, has launched its international OTT platform, rtveplay+, in Europe. rtveplay+…