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Hybrid TV & OTT
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Amazon’s head of digital video to step down
Amazon’s vice president of digital video and music, Bill Carr, is reportedly leaving the firm…
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RGB Networks announces open-source transcoder initiative
Technology provider RGB Networks has said that it it is developing an open source version…
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France’s Free reportedly eyeing Android set-top
French internet service provider Free is reportedly planning to launch an Android TV-powered set-top box…
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Top 30 shows account for half of Twitter use, says study
The top 30 UK TV series, excluding live sports and news, account for 50% all…
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Netflix takes exclusive Peaky Blinders rights
Netflix has picked up exclusive US rights to British period crime series Peaky Blinders. The…
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Eurosport updates Android app
Eurosport has updated its application for Android phones and tablets. Now available via Google Play…
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OTT revenues to reach US$42 billion by 2020
Online TV and video revenues from fixed broadband networks will more than double in the…
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Games consoles the main connected device in 28% of US homes
Some 28% of US broadband households use an internet-connected games console as their primary connected…
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Now TV adds more content on Apple TV
BSkyB’s over-the-top service Now TV has added its pay-monthly TV and movie packages to its…
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MENA consumers use web more than TV for news
Consumers in the Middle East and North Africa access news across a range of platforms,…
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Mulimedia Polska adds eight channels to online TV service
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added eight new TV channels to its online service,…
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Netflix refuses to hand over data to Canadian regulator
Netflix has refused to hand over subscriber, viewing and programme spend data to Canadian communications…
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Nat Geo reaches 50 million Facebook fans
National Geographic has reached a milestone 50 million global fans on social network Facebook. The…
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Netflix and Liberty Global clash over net neutrality
The CEOs of Netflix and Liberty Global have clashed over the topic of net neutrality,…
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YouTube makes content creator investment pledge
YouTube has announced plans to fund videos from some of its “top creators” in its…
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Google, YouTube and Netflix ‘coolest’ media brands
Google, YouTube and Netflix were named the top three media brands in the UK, fending…
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Clock ticking as Canadians demand Netflix data
Canadian communications regulator the CRTC has demanded Netflix reveal subscriber, viewing and programme expenditure data…
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ITV Studios acquires app-to-format Quiz Clash
ITV Studios has taken rights to the TV format based on the Quiz Clash mobile…
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Netflix to plot more European rollouts next year
Netflix will decide next year which European markets to expand into next, with a three-to-five…
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Netflix launches in Belgium and Luxembourg
Netflix has gone live in Belgian and Luxembourg today, completing a week-long round of European…
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Horizon ‘not fantastic’ when it launched, admits Liberty’s Dorr
Liberty Global’s next generation TV platform platform Horizon “wasn’t a fantastic product when we launched…
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Netflix effect will help German video spend to grow
Consumer spending on video entertainment in Germany will grow by 2% this year to reach…
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Endemol launching online gaming channel
Production and distribution group Endemol is launching a new video game-focussed online channel, Legends of…
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MCN ChannelFlip creates new talent divisions
Shine Group-owned YouTube multichannel network ChannelFlip has created two new divisions to increase its range…
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Disney turns to OTT to engage 20 to 30 year-old viewers
Disney is looking to over-the-top (OTT) delivery as a way to engage 20 to 30…
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Netflix launches in Switzerland
Netflix has launched in Switzerland – the fourth European country in which the service has…
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Google granted TV identification patent to enhance search
Google has been granted a patent that could reportedly enable its search engine to identify…
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Sweden’s TV4 recruits digital content chief
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has hired Anna Rastner as head of…
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Netflix launches in Austria
Netflix has followed up its launches in France and Germany by adding Austria to the…
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Liberty’s Telenet moves into original content
Days ahead of Netflix’s Belgian launch, Liberty-backed cabler Telenet has unveiled plans for its first…