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Hybrid TV & OTT
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Magine creates Spanish movies SVOD service
Streaming company Magine is creating a subscription VOD service offering Spanish movies. Magine has hooked…
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Modern Times Group names new Viaplay chief
Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Ira Gladnikoff as head of its subscription video-on-demand service…
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Amazon secures streaming rights to new Soderbergh movie
Amazon has unveiled a deal to bring Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Logan Lucky, to Prime…
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Poker Central launches SVOD service
US-based Poker Central has launched a subscription on-demand service after its exit from linear broadcasting….
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Netflix localises in Romania
Netflix has rolled out a “fully localised” version of its service in Romania. The new…
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Pluto TV launches free VOD offering
US over-the-top TV service Pluto TV has launched a free video on demand (VoD) offering…
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Ukraine’s Divan.TV adds CNN, Cartoon Network
Ukrainian OTT TV service Divan.TV has added CNN and Cartoon Network to its channel line-up….
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Roku: users streamed 3bn hours of content in Q1
Roku users streamed more than three billion hours of video and music in the first…
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Twitter channel launches on Roku
A channel featuring the best of Twitter’s live streaming video has gone live on Roku….
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Amazon extends FreeTime to Android devices
Amazon’s FreeTime service, including the Unlimited premium option, which provides a range of kids content…
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Twitter announces live content deals
Twitter has announced a raft of live-streamed content deals across sports, news and entertainment at…
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ProSieben teams up with Discovery for OTT push
ProSiebenSat.1 (P7S1) and Discovery Communications have joined forces to push OTT in the German market…
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YouTube blocks ads on channels with under 10,000 views
YouTube is pulling ads on channels with under 10,000 views, in a bid to “determine…
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Sky buys All Time 10s channels group
UK-based pay TV broadcaster Sky has acquired Diagonal View, the digital channels company behind the…
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Verizon ‘planning its own streaming service’
US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…
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AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK
Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media…
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STV Player launches on Roku
Scottish public broadcaster STV has launched its digital service STV Player on Roku streaming players…
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Netflix tests ‘skip intro’ button
Netflix is testing a ‘skip intro’ button that lets users skip past the opening credits…
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IHS: OTT producers offer more UHD TV
Online video producers “generally offer a broader range of Ultra HD genres” than traditional pay…
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India’s Videocon d2h to make Netflix available via set-tops
Indian DTH pay TV operator Videocon d2h has struck a deal with Netflix to provide…
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Sony adds multi-view feature to PlayStation Vue
Sony is launching a new multi-view feature for its US streaming service PlayStation Vue that…
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Icflix partners with Orange in Egypt
Middle East and North African streaming service Icflix has partnered with Orange Egypt to offer…
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Amazon Channels boss joins BAMTech as CEO
Amazon Channels boss, Michael Paull, has been named CEO of BAMTech – the video streaming…
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MobiTV secures additional funding
IP video specialist MobiTV has closed US$21 million (€20 million) in funding from Oak Investment…
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Portugal’s Meo adds Machinima SVOD to offering
Altice-owned Portuguese telco Portugal Telecom/Meo is to make a local TV version of gaming-focused YouTube…
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Kids MCN brings in ex-Little Dot Studios exec
UK-based online kids network WildBrain has hired a former executive from All3Media digital business Little…
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Comcast to launch Xfinity Stream app
US cable giant Comcast is due to launch its new Xfinity Stream app to Xfinity…
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Barcroft TV launches on Roku
Online short-form content specialist Barcroft is to make its Barcroft TV service available on Roku…
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Alchemiya taps Ostmodern for Amazon Prime offering
Alchemiya, an international SVOD service dedicated to Muslim content, has tapped Ostmodern to help launch…
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Apple poaches Amazon Fire TV exec
Apple has poached the director and general manager of Amazon’s Fire TV product, Timothy Twerdahl….