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Roku to remove RT from platform in Europe
Roku is reportedly set to remove state-sponsored news broadcaster RT from its Roku Channel Store…
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Canadian cable operators universally drop RT
Canada has become the latest country to take action against Russian state-backed news broadcaster RT….
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Discovery and OMG launch data trial pilot ahead of Upfronts
Discovery has announced a new data trial pilot with Omnicom Media Group (OMG). The trial…
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Old brands, new stories: ‘Heritage’ media’s big challenge
Rob Gallagher, vice president of consumer research at Omdia, examines the challenges facing ‘heritage brands’…
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TikTok agrees content and branding deal with NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced a new content partnership with short form video…
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Sochi F1 Grand Prix on chopping block as Russia continues Ukraine invasion
Russia could be stripped of the annual Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom as the…
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Discovery passes 22m streaming subs on back of discovery+ growth
Discovery has said it had 22 million paying streaming subscribers at the end of last…
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US$1.3 billion loss for DAZN in 2020
DAZN has reported a 2020 loss of US$1.3 billion. According to recently filed accounts, the…
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UEFA set to strip St Petersburg of Champions League final
UEFA is reportedly set to move the Champions League final out of St Petersburg amid…
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BVOD growth in Australia
Some 7.5 million Australians are now watching BVOD services such as ABC iView, SBS On…
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Fremantle launches ‘American Idol’ FAST channel in UK on Samsung TV Plus
Fremantle is moving further into Free Ad-supported Streaming Television (FAST) in the UK with a…
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Plex hires Facebook alum as head of growth
Streaming media platform Plex has announced the hire of former Facebook director Manish Gupta as…
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Ofcom to look into RT’s UK status, foreign secretary says
Liz Truss, the UK’s foreign secretary, has said that media regulator Ofcom will look into…
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FAST Channels TV platform launches
A new white-label platform dedicated to OTT Content distribution dubbed FAST Channels TV has launched….
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US local broadcast giant Tegna agrees multi-billion dollar sale
US broadcaster Tegna has announced a US$5.4 billion deal to sell itself to a pair…
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LOVEStv available as an app on home menu of Vestel televisions
Cellnex Telecom and Sofia Digital have partnered to launch a new HbbTV-based app for Spanish…
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Record Winter Olympics for Discovery
Discovery’s coverage of the Olympic Winter Games attracted a record audience in Europe, the broadcaster…
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Formula 1 records 1.55 billion viewers in 2021
The 2021 Formula One season, which wrapped up in controversial fashion, was watched by more…
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StarHub secures Singaporean EPL rights in surprise deal
StarHub has agreed a six-season rights deal with the English Premier League for Singapore. The…
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Vivendi mulls increasing Lagardere offer
Vivendi is considering raising its offer for Lagardere, with a takeover looking increasingly likely. The…
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Blavatnik injects US$4.3 billion into DAZN
DAZN’s billionaire backer Len Blavatnik has provided a US$4.3 billion cash injection to the sports…
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Niel and Bouygues clash over TF1-M6 merger
French telecom tycoons Xavier Niel and Martin Bouygues have clashed over the proposed merger between…
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LGBTQ representation on US broadcast TV hits record high
LGBTQ representation on US broadcast TV has reached a record high, rising to almost 12%…
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Premiership Rugby launches PPV streaming app
Premiership Rugby has announced the creation of a new DTC streaming service. The streamer, PRTV…
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Short-form sports app Buzzer signs up DAZN
Newly launched short-form sports content platform Buzzer has announced its first major broadcast agreement with…
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TelevisaUnivision unveils ViX streamer
TelevisaUnivision, fresh from its $4.8bn merger last month, has launched what it hopes will become…
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beIN extends Alpha Networks tech partnership
beIN Media Group has extended its OTT tech contract with software provider Alpha Networks. The…
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Paramount shares nosedive as content spend spooks investors
The share price of Paramount Global (née ViacomCBS) dropped by over 20% on Wednesday as…
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RTL+ gets Warner Bros. content
RTL Deutschland is set to strengthen its streaming service RTL+ with content from WarnerMedia in…
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ViacomCBS rebrands as Paramount, with SVOD launch set for France
ViacomCBS has rebranded itself as Paramount Global (to be known as Paramount) as the company…