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Hybrid TV & OTT
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CNC VoD search service to exclude Netflix, iTunes
France’s Centre Nationale du Cinéma et de L’Image Animée (CNC) has created a search engine…
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TF1 launches SVoD service for kids
French broadcaster TF1 will launch TFou Max next month, the first SVoD service exclusively targeting…
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Rightster founder exits as Walker takes top post
The founding CEO of UK-based multichannel network Rightster, Charlie Muirhead, has stepped down from his…
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Snapchat moves into original series
A day after launching its editorial-driven app Discover, messaging service Snapchat has launched its first…
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Channel 4 hires short form commissioner for online channel
Channel 4 has hired a dedicated short-form commissioner who will order programming for its online…
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Sony rebrands video and music offering under PlayStation banner
Sony is rebranding Sony Entertainment Network’s Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited services to PlayStation Video…
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Netflix now processing billions of pieces of viewing data per day
Netflix now claims to process billions of “viewing-related events per day”, with users of the…
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Snapchat signs up TV partners for Discover launch
Mobile messaging service Snapchat has partnered with a host of major TV broadcasters and publishers…
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Carrefour launches France’s first UltraViolet OTT service
French supermarket giant Carrefour has launched an UltraViolet-enabled multi-platform TV service, Nolim Films, using an…
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OTT emerging market revenues expected to triple by 2019
OTT revenues in emerging markets are expected to grow from US$1.9 billion (€1.7 billion) in…
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NFL signs global partnership with YouTube
The US National Football League (NFL) has agreed a partnership with YouTube to deliver NFL…
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Streaming media player ownership to hit 40% in US
Streaming media player penetration is set to reach 40% of US broadband homes by 2017,…
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TiVo taps Ness SES for new European development centre
Advanced TV technology provider TiVo has struck a partnership with Ness Software Engineering Services (Ness…
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Google starts sales of Nexus Player
Google has started US sales of its Nexus Player, a streaming media player for movies,…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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BBC announces more iPlayer commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new programming commissions that will appear exclusively on…
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Germany’s ChitramTV taps Comigo for Android set-tops
Germany-based ethnic minority-focused service provider ChitramTV has tapped Comigo to provide Android-based set-top boxes to…
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Walmart’s Vudu Spark streaming stick now on sale
US retail giant Walmart has started selling its own Chromecast-rivalling HDMI streaming stick, called the…
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Sports viewing on the web to grow tenfold
Viewing of broadband-distributed sports content is set to grow tenfold between 2015 and 2025, driven…
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ER-Telecom launches TV everywhere
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has launched an expanded multiscreen…
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Tesco sells Blinkbox Music to Guvera
Tesco has sold Blinkbox Music to Australia-based music streaming service Guvera, less than a month…
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FremantleMedia takes majority stake in MCN
FremantleMedia has upped its stake in European multichannel network Divimove to take majority control of…
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Almost a fifth of US homes tipped to take HBO’s OTT service
Roughly 17% of US broadband households would be likely to subscribe to HBO’s forthcoming over-the-top…
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Intel-based HDMI dongles hit UK market
Two providers have separately launched new high-end Intel-based HDMI dongle devices in the UK. Consumer…
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DTG launches HDMI testing service
The UK’s Digital TV Group (DTG) is launching an HDMI interoperability testing service, designed to…
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BBC launches new cloud-based News app
UK public broadcaster the BBC has launched a new version of the BBC News app…
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Netflix hits five million Latin America customers
Netflix hit five million Latin American customers in the fourth quarter of last quarter, from…
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Ex-Hulu chief Kilar’s Vessel launches in beta
Vessel, the new online video start-up from former Hulu boss Jason Kilar, has launched in…
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Shazam raises US$30m, hits US$1bn valuation
Content recognition app Shazam has closed a US$30 million (€26 million) investment round, which values…
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Ikanos and SoftAtHome execs joint Home Gateway Initiative board
Connected home industry standards body the Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) has named Pramod Kaluskar, systems…