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Ericsson boosts Nuvu with 20th Century Fox film deal
Ericsson has struck a deal with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution to license feature films…
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Vimeo adds BBC Worldwide, All3Media titles
Vimeo has agreed content partnerships with TV distributor All3Media International and the BBC’s commercial arm…
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AMC takes minority stake in Funny or Die
AMC Networks has bought a minority stake in comedy online VOD site Funny or Die….
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Channel 4 to revamp All 4, up online content spend
Channel 4 is revamping its All 4 digital service and is planning a multi-million pound…
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Viacom buys Argentina’s Telefe for US$345m
US media giant Viacom has confirmed it is buying Telefe, paying US$345 million for the…
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NBCU’s Hayu service launches on EE in the UK
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, has launched on the EE platform in the…
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BBC preps Attenborough natural history app
The BBC will launch a new app featuring a raft of content from respected naturalist…
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BBC Studios’ religious programming boss leaves in rejig
The BBC’s long-serving religious programming chief, Aaqil Ahmed, as the UK’s public broadcaster restructures its…
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Vimeo to power TV4 SVOD services
TV4 has struck a deal with Vimeo that will see the latter power more than…
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Disney chief sidesteps Netflix speculation, weighs Trump impact
The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has sidestepped speculation around a potential move for…
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Turner adds raft of VOD content with new Virgin Media deal
Turner has renewed its carriage deal with UK cabler Virgin Media, adding a raft of…
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TVT hires Scripps finance chief
Media services and post-production outfit TVT has hired Scripps Networks group financial controller Richard Bains…
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BBC America now available on Playstation Vue
The BBC America network is now available on Sony’s US over-the-top service Playstation Vue. Playstation…
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Freeview mulls ‘deeper integration’ with Netflix, Amazon, Now TV
Freeview is mulling whether over-the-top services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV should be…
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RTL sees revenues climb, but net profit slips
International broadcaster RTL reported a 2.1% increase in revenue of €4.2 billion in the first…
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Bakish: Comedy Central, Paramount are priorities
Bob Bakish has said Viacom must focus on expanding the international reach of the Comedy…
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Piksel appoints Discovery CTO to board
Online video platform provider Piksel has appointed Discovery Communicatoins chief technology officer John Honeycutt to…
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UK indies rebound on international growth
UK indie producers have reversed a sector-wide revenue decline, with international growth propelling the sector…
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NBCU to expand Hayu SVOD service’s reach
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, will widen its reach with new rollouts, download…
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Mediaset demands Vivendi honour deal as seizure bid heads for court
Mediaset still expects Vivendi to honour the terms of the aborted strategic agreement between the…
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Curation is still key and linear still has life, OTTtv attendees told
Curation will continue to be key to bringing viewers to audiovisual content and linear TV…
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Turner to create new digital division
Turner has tasked Aksel van der Wal will establishing a new division that will focus…
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MTG veteran Hermansson leaving
The executive chairman of MTG’s digital MTGx division, Mathias Hermansson, is leaving the company. Hermansson…
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Viacom pulls channels from Sony Playstation Vue
Viacom’s cable nets are being pulled from Sony’s US cloud TV service Playstation Vue. The…
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Scripps ditches Netflix content deal
Scripps Networks Interactive will not renew its distribution agreement with subscription video service Netflix. SNI…
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Viacom launching new Spike channels
Viacom will launch Spike channels in the Netherlands and Hungary next month. The male-skewing cable…
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CBS ‘hires bank’ for Viacom merger
The recombination of National Amusements subsidiaries CBS Corp. and Viacom has moved another step forwards….
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Maxdome closes in on 900k subs as growth slows
ProSiebenSat.1’s subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome grew its subscriber base by 48% in the year to…
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Africa launch for CBeebies
The BBC’s preschool channel CBeebies is launching in East Africa on the Zuku pay TV…
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‘Transformed’ Channel 5 delivers record profit
Viacom-owned Channel 5 has delivered record revenue and profit off the back of an increased…