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Hybrid TV & OTT
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UPC Hungary launches app store on legacy STBs
UPC Hungary has partnered with Netherlands-based Metrological to deploy a cloud-based TV app store on…
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Netflix to have capacity for 1Tbps in France
Netflix will have internet capacity to deliver one Terabit per second of traffic ready for…
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TiVo founders’ Qplay service to shut down
Qplay, the internet video firm set up by TiVo founders Michael Ramsay and James Barton,…
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Cyfrowy Polsat offers HBO Go to HD customers
Polish pay TV provider, Cyfrowy Polsat, is offering free access to HBO Go for its…
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Xbox Entertainment Studios to close as 18,000 jobs go
Microsoft’s original video division Xbox Entertainment Studios is to close as part of an 18,000-job…
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Vodafone Portugal introduces new services to OTT TV offering
Vodafone Portugal has revamped its TV services with a new graphic interface, the incorporation of…
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Virgin Media to live stream V Festival on YouTube
Virgin Media, the major sponsor for UK music event the V Festival, said it will…
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SFR first in France with offline VoD, adds OCS Go
French service provider SFR has introduced download-based video-on-demand for multiscreen and offline viewing, including offering…
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World Cup boost for HbbTV in Hungary
There are now over 200,000 HbbTV-enabled smart TVs sold in the Hungarian market, according to…
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Google Play Movies launches in Ireland
Google has launched films to rent and buy on its online entertainment store, Google Play,…
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Roku widens gap over Apple TV in the US
Roku has widened its gap over rival Apple TV in the US market and accounted…
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Aereo argues for right to operate as cable provider
Banned US TV streaming service Aereo has argued that it can continue to operate as…
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Google introduces Android mirroring for Chromecast
Google has added Android mirroring to its Chromecast smart TV devices, enabling user to see…
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Connected device ownership passes one billion worldwide
The global installed base of connected TV devices has now passed one billion and will…
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Tribune Digital Ventures acquires EPG data leader
Tribune Digital Ventures has acquired What’s-ON, a TV search and EPG data provider for India…
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UK media buyers planning to spend more on VoD
Over half of UK media buyers plan to increase their spending on video-on-demand advertising by…
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BSkyB enlists Agama for Now TV, Sky Go quality assurance
BSkyB has extended its quality assurance agreement with Agama, using the latter’s monitoring solution to…
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Freesat sues Amazon for trademark infringement
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat is suing Amazon for trademark infringement over its use of…
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Tablet shipments to outstrip PCs in 2015
Tablet shipments will outstrip PC shipments next year, despite experiencing a slowdown in 2014, according…
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Innowave licenses RDK software
Portuguese TV technology provider Innowave has licensed the RDK software stack to bring its TV…
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Mirada places shares to drive growth in OTT market
TV technology provider Mirada has proposed to place a £3.5 million (€4.4 million) share offering…
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Paul Jackson joins Videojug, targets Buzzfeed and Vice
Ex-Eyeworks, BBC and ITV executive Paul Jackson has taken a consultancy role at Videojug as…
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France’s Leclerc launches OTT service
Ahead of Netflix’s planned launch in France this autumn, French supermarket chain Leclerc is launching…
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Amazon making Mena Suvari pilot with Universal
Amazon is making Hysteria, a new one-hour drama starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty). The pilot…
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Samsung bundles Now TV offer with Galaxy tablets
Samsung is offering a three-month Now TV Sky Movies Pass to customers that buy a…
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Aereo urges customers to ‘stand together’
Aereo’s CEO and founder Chet Kanojia has called on users of the blocked web TV…
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Adknowledge buys video ad platform TriVu Media
US-headquartered digital marketing firm Adknowledge has bought video ad firm TriVu Media – which aims…
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Samsung Turkey launches second screen app
Samsung Turkey has launched a multiscreen TV app for mobile devices in partnership with technology…
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Aereo suspends service after legal ruling
Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…
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Samsung adds MBC Shahid VoD app
TV manufacturer Samsung has teamed up with Dubai-based broadcaster MBC to launch the latter’s Shahid…