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Hybrid TV & OTT
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Best of British SVoD service strikes Scandi deal
Subscription video-on-demand service Cirkus has struck a deal with Scandi telco TeliaSonera and will launch…
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Netflix will continue to invest to be global player, says Hastings
Netflix will take on several more years of zero margin growth to become a global…
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Compact Media Group partners with Octopus TV
Rights management company Compact Media Group has partnered with cloud based video content management and…
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Roku follows Chromecast model, introduces mirroring on devices
Roku is introducing device mirroring on its set-top boxes and HDMI dongles, enabling users to…
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Amazon to launch Ripper Street ahead of BBC
Having stepped in to co-fund a new series of period drama Ripper Street, Amazon will…
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Wuaki adds HBO content in Spain
Wuaki.TV has built on its recent UK deal for HBO content by adding the premium…
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Vision TV taps Synapse TV for Freeview relaunch
Connected TV specialist Vision TV has tapped integrator Synapse TV to relaunch its services on…
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Viggle agrees content recognition deal with Gracenote
Second screen TV service Viggle has signed an automatic content recognition deal with Gracenote that…
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Hulu revamps Hulu Plus app for iPhone
Hulu has revamped its Hulu Plus app for the iPhone, with a new design and…
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Netflix film strategy continues with Sandler exclusives
Netflix has penned a deal with movie actor Adam Sandler to bring four of his…
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BSkyB ups Roku investment
UK pay TV operator Roku has made a further US$0.7 million investment internet streaming set-top…
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Netflix, Arad line up King Kong toon
Netflix has partnered with former Marvel Studios president Avi Arad to produce an animated kids…
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Kantar Media readies Twitter TV ratings tools
WPP-owned audience research firm Kantar Media is set to roll out its new Kantar Twitter TV…
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Virgin Media adds 15 channels to mobile TV service
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has added 15 new live channels to its mobile…
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Mozilla launches Chromecast rival Matchstick
Mozilla has thrown its hat into the increasingly competitive streaming video dongle ring by endorsing…
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Tesco shuts Clubcard TV, reportedly looks to sell Blinkbox
Tesco has reportedly put its movie and TV streaming service Blinkbox up for sale and…
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YouView reported to be partnering with Netflix
UK connected TV platform YouView is reportedly partnering with Netflix to add access to the…
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Netflix reportedly growing fast in France
Netflix has attracted over 100,000 users in France two weeks after it launched, according to…
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Telekom Romania taps Viaccess Orca for TV everywhere
Telecom Romania, the Deutsche Telekom-owned operator formerly known as Romtelecom, has chose Viaccess Orca’s Voyage…
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UltraViolet making progress, but challenges remain, says DECE
The UltraViolet digital locker system for electronic sell-through is making strong progress, but serious issues…
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Belgacom agrees Netflix deal, makes Proximus its main brand
Belgacom has signed a carriage deal with Netflix, at the same time as it begins…
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Arts Council England to create MCN for the arts
Arts Council England has unveiled plans for a new online multichannel network (MCN) for the…
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Kofler tipped as possible investor in Watchever as founders quit
German media executive Georg Kofler, the former CEO of Premiere, which later became Sky Deutschland,…
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Comcast to shut down Streampix VoD service
Comcast is shutting down its Streampix subscription VoD offering, citing “minimal interest” from consumers. In…
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Dailymotion launches video ad marketplace
France-based Dailymotion has launched a new video ad marketplace, to allow automated purchasing of ad…
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Al Arabiya News launches BlackBerry app
Al Arabiya News, the English language platform of the Al Arabiya News Channel, has launched an…
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Wuaki.tv launches in France
Wuaki.tv, the streaming video service owned by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, has launched in France,…
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Russia’s Okko to stream 4K movies to LG smart TVs
Russian streaming video-on-demand service Okko – formerly known as Play – is to make its…
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Netflix streaming up 350% in two and a half years
The volume of Netflix video streaming has increased by 350% in the last 10 quarters,…
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OTT services subscribed to by 55% of US broadband homes
Some 55% of US broadband households now subscribe to an OTT video service, such as…