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