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Hybrid TV & OTT
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Vendor content strategies push retail OTT past IPTV box shipments
The content strategies of vendors will lead to global sales of OTT TV retail set-top…
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Freesat doubles number of Freetime customers
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has doubled the number customers to its connected Freetime service. The…
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AOL reports strong video gains
The AOL.com site grew its video views by more than 100% year-on-year in the first…
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Niche content ‘now economically viable’
The content market is polarising with niches “now economically viable,” according to former Amazon executive…
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Maker Studios exec backs non-skippable ad formats
YouTube’s skippable ad-format “cannibalises” inventory, with non-skippable ads the preferred format for getting across a…
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Spotify reportedly planning online video move
Spotify is reportedly planning to move into the online video space and is said to…
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YipTV launches OTT TV service for expats and immigrants in US
US-based YipTV has launched a new OTT TV service aggregating channels from around the world…
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Netflix wants AT&T/DirecTV merger in current form
Streaming service Netflix has urged regulators to stop the merger of satellite broadcaster DirecTV and…
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TiVo now subscribed to by 30% of Com Hem TV customers
Com Hem’s TiVo subscriber number now accounts for 30% of the Swedish cable operator’s overall…
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Hopster launches on Apple TV
Preschool kids SVOD service Hopster has launched on Apple TV. The on-demand service, which started…
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MCNs ‘key to reaching younger viewers’, says Parks
Multichannel networks (MCNs) are “key to reaching younger online video viewers” with millennials watching 5.5…
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Nielsen begins measuring Roku
Audience measurement group Nielsen has begun measuring audience data and demographics on connected TV device…
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Lifetime creates romantic digital drama platform
US cable channel Lifetime is launching Fall Into Me, a new digital platform that will…
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WWE looks to OTT as pay-per-view faces long-term decline
Wrestling network WWE is looking to build the WWE Network as a strong direct-to-consumer offering…
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Red Bull takes on new content for linear channel offering
Red Bull Media House is planning to build the presence of its Red Bull TV…
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Viewers want OTT on TV, says Roku
Migration of video to OTT is a genuine global trend, but viewers still prefer to…
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France Télévisions partners with Arkena on OTT
France Télévisions has partnered with media services group Arkena to optimise the management of its…
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BBC logs 255 million iPlayer requests in March
The BBC reported 255 million iPlayer programme requests in March, an average of 9 million…
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ThinkAnalytics hits 20 million OTT users
TV search and recommendations specialist, ThinkAnalytics, now serves more than 20 million over-the-top subscribers, after…
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Arkena taps Conviva for OTT analytics
Media services group Arkena has turned to OTT audience analytics and quality assurance specialist Conviva…
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Nigeria selects Inview for digital switchover
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has selected Inview Technology to provide the country’s national digital…
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Kaltura launches new HTML5 app for Amazon Fire TV
Online video platform provider Kaltura is providing a new HTML5 app for Amazon Fire TV. …
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Canal+ OTT service sees record use for El Clasico
Spanish pay TV provider Canal+’s Yomvi OTT TV service passed a live streaming record on…
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Netflix rebooting retro comedy Full House
Having relaunched Arrested Development, Netflix is moving ahead with another comedy reboot with a new…
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Telekom Slovenije taps VO for TViN OTT TV service
Slovenian telco Telekom Slovenije has chosen Viacess-Orca’s Connected Sentinel Player to support its TViN multiscreen…
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Channel 4 taps Piksel for new All 4 service
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has continued a long-standing relationship with Piksel to support the launch…
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Ireland’s Digiweb taps Cloudio TV for OTT service
Irish fixed and mobile broadband provider Digiweb has selected Cloudio TV to power its new…
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Sky and Telecom Italia select Wyplay to power TV decoders
Sky, in cooperation with Telecom Italia, are deploying a broadband HD TV decoder powered by…
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Vessel raises US$57.5 million in new funding round
Vessel, the new online video start-up co-founded by former Hulu boss Jason Kilar, has raised…
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Netflix international growth ‘dramatic’
US-based streaming service Netflix has seen its international subscriber base “dramatically” grow since debuting outside…