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WISI taps former Aereo technology for Project Katamaran OTT platform
Cable technology provider WISI has used ANGA COM to launch Project Katamaran, a new multiscreen…
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Makers OTT platform launches in the UK
The digital Makers Channel has launched in the UK. The service will be run in the…
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OSN and NBCU to launch Syfy in MENA
NBCUniversal International Networks’ Syfy channel is due to launch exclusively in the Middle East and…
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TF1 takes full control of Monaco-based TMC
TF1 group has bought out the Principality of Monaco’s 20% stake in TMC, giving it…
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Netflix joins BBC to co-produce The Last Kingdom
Netflix has come on board The Last Kingdom and will be a coproduction partner of…
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Freesat taps Eurofins Digital Testing for quality assurance
Freesat has selected Eurofins Digital Testing to automate monitoring of service availability across Freesat’s free-to-air…
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Nickelodeon president Hicks steps down
Nickelodeon president Russell Hicks has resigned from his post after 18 years with the Viacom-owned…
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Mobile viewing will drive bandwidth demand, ANGA COM attendees told
While linear TV is still the dominant form of TV consumption in Germany, viewing on…
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Viceland announces first scripted series
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, has ordered its first scripted series through the Canadian feed…
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NBCU launches reality SVOD on Foxtel
NBCUniversal has launched its reality TV SVOD service Hayu in Australia. It has rolled out…
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Universal Television names president
Pearlena Igbokwe has taken the reins at Universal Television, NBC’s cable and broadcast production arm….
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Eurosport looking to air Wimbledon highlights
Eurosport could air part of the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the first time if a…
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Lynton takes charge in Sony TV restructure
Sony has confirmed the departure of its TV chief Steve Mosko and unveiled a new…
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Latin American OTT market tipped to boom
Latin American over-the-top video revenues will more than triple between 2015 and 2021, with this…
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Channel 4 buys into Barcroft
Channel 4 has bought a stake in multiplatform content company Barcroft. The UK broadcaster has…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg rules out Disney move
Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg has poured cold water on speculation that she could…
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Ericsson and BBC R&D partner on live captioning
Ericsson has partnered with BBC Research & Development on a proof of concept that the…
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Steve Mosko leaving Sony
Sony Pictures Television boss Steve Mosko is leaving after more than two decades at the…
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McCarthy named president of VH1 and Logo
Viacom has upped Chris McCarthy to president of its cable nets VH1 and Logo. The…
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Mediapro begins broadcasting Gol
Catalan broadcaster Mediapro has begun broadcasting its new free-to-air sports channel Gol. The channel, which…
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BBC online kids platform ‘could boost production sector’
An ‘iPlay’ digital platform, which would see the BBC and outside partners establish an online…
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Shari Redstone denies ambition to control Viacom
The bitter dispute between the Redstones and several directors of Viacom is rumbling on, with…
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Telegraaf and Talpa preparing OTT channels
Dutch publisher and media group Telegraaf Media Groep and ITV-owned producer and distributor Talpa have…
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TiVo’s Cubiware strikes deal with ALi Corp
TiVo-owned Cubiware has agreed a deal with ALi Corporation to integrate CubiTV Hybrid Middleware on…
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Disney Jr available on OSN in Arabic
The Disney Junior channel is now available on the OSN pay TV platform in the…
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MTG takes 22% of Engage Sports Media
Modern Times Group (MTG) has bought a 22% stake in cross-platform sports content company Engage…
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ProSiebenSat.1 merges games subsidiary into Gamigo
German media group ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed to merge its games subsidiary Aeria Games Europe into…
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HbbTV names new Steering Group members
The HbbTV Association has named its newly elected Steering Group, which will focus on “extending…
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Trace Sport Stars launches on South Africa’s OpenView HD
Sports lifestyle channel, Trace Sport Stars, is due to go live this week on South…
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EBU supports ‘opt in’ option as content portability debate rolls on
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said it supports the idea of an ‘opt-in option’…