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BBC Taster gets Idris Elba interactive doc
February 2, 2015The BBC has commissioned Story of Now, an interactive doc for its new…
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BBC reportedly set to lose golf Open
The BBC is set to lose its rights to the British Open golf championship to…
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Alarab News Channel goes live
The Bahrain-based Alarab News Channel went live yesterday, broadcasting 24-hours a day across the Middle…
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Twitter launched Vine Kids
Twitter has launched a child-friendly version of its mobile video service Vine. Vine Kids is…
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Ericsson expands Middle East playout services with twofour54 deal
Ericsson has bought the playout business of twofour54, the commercial arm of the Media Zone…
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BBC launches Doctor Who game for tablets
The BBC has launched a tablet version of its online game, The Doctor and the…
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C More shuts down kids channel, moves content online
TV4 Group-owned Nordic pay TV unit C More has shut down its C More Kids…
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Telekom Romania adds two Viacom channels
Deutsche Telekom-owned Romanian service provider Telekom Romanian has added Paramount Channel and Nick Jr to…
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Netflix buys Hot Girls Wanted
Streaming giant Netflix has bought a documentary about professional ‘amateur’ pornography following the Sundance Film…
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Albis names access solutions chief
Switzerland-headquartered TV technology provider Albis Technologies has named Eric van den Heuvel as head of…
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Amino sees brighter outlook
UK-based set-top provider Amino Technologies has seen solid EBITDA and profit growth on the back…
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Chromecast hits one billion milestone, YouTube viewing time up 50%
Users of Google’s Chromecast streaming device have now ‘cast’ content more than 1 billion times,…
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Amazon Prime membership climbs 53%
Worldwide paid membership of Amazon’s Prime subscription service grew 53% last year – 50% in the US…
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Nick going OTT with SVOD service
Nickelodeon is to launch a standalone US subscription on-demand service as the Viacom channel targets…
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Ofcom deputy admits Twitter activity “not appropriate”, agrees to sell Verizon stock
Ofcom deputy chair and Conservative peer Baroness Sheila Noakes has acknowledge that her activity on…
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BT adds TV customers, plans G.fast ultra high-speed broadband trial
UK telco BT added 45,000 TV customers in the quarter to December, which also saw…
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Sky moves into mobile with Telefonica deal
Sky is set to offer mobile voice and data services for the first time from…
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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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MBC’s Al Arabiya appoints new general manager
MBC has upped Al Arabiya journalist Turki al-Dakhil to the position of general manager at the…
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BBC renews Premier League highlights deal
The BBC has renewed its deal to air Premier League highlights for a further three…
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SCTE teams with ECEBE to create single CEE event
The UK Society of Broadband Professionals (SCTE) has teamed up with central and eastern Europe…
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Belarus takes first step towards analogue shutdown
Belarus is taking a major step towards digital switchover by beginning to shut down analogue…
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Virgin Media calls for halt to Premier League rights auction
UK cable provider Virgin Media has asked Ofcom to pause the current Premier League TV…
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‘Significant increase’ in no-TV households, says Ofcom
Digital TVs can now be found in 96% of UK homes, but there has been…
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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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CSA names new members, outlines goals
French media regulator the CSA has named Nicolas Curien and Nathalie Sonnac as members of…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Pirker to join Turner
ProSiebenSat.1 Media exec Benjamin Pirker is joining Turner Broadcasting System in Germany. Pirker will be…
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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…