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Russian competition watchdog gives green light for MTS expansion
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has given service provider MTS a green light to go ahead…
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Viceland extends Belgian reach
Youth-oriented media group Viceland has secured carriage of its Viceland channel with Belgian cable operator…
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Orange taps Harmonic for IPTV and OTT delivery
Orange has chosen video technology company Harmonic to provide a live encoding and transcoding platform…
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Netflix raises US$1.6 billion to support content spend
Netflix has announced plans to raise US$1.6 billion from investors, a week after the SVOD…
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Huawei and Dolby launch Dolby Vision HDR set-top box
Huawei and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled what they claim is the first IPTV set-top box…
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QVC launches UHD TV channel in Germany
Home shopping channel QVC is launching in Ultra HD in Germany, becoming the seventh UHD…
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Lionsgate launches Indian office, hires Videocon d2h’s Jain
North American studio Lionsgate has launched an Indian office and hired Rohit Jain, deputy CEO…
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Joe Lewis departs in ongoing Amazon sweep
Joe Lewis, head of half hour and drama series development at Amazon, is the latest…
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IHS Markit: media management market to grow 4.5% this year
The media management market grew by 6.4% in 2016 and is anticipated to grow another…
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TV4 caught in #MeToo wave as CEO unveils crisis measures
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4’s CEO Casten Almqvist has announced a new “no…
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Portuguese regulator calls time on excessive fibre wholesale pricing
Portuguese regulator ANACOM has called for the government to force a reduction in prices charged…
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Roku to power Globe Streamwatch player in the Philippines
Roku will power Globe Telecom’s forthcoming Globe Streamwatch player as part of a ‘Roku Powered’…
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Sportsfix taps Brightcove for Asian sports delivery
Southeast Asian over-the-top service, Sportsfix, has partnered with Brightcove to deliver live and on-demand local…
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Vodafone Spain adds Yu to One TV
Vodafone Spain has launched its YouTube network Vodafone Yu on its Vodafone One TV service,…
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Arqiva announces IPO plans
UK broadcast infrastructure firm Arqiva has announced plans proceed with an initial public offering (IPO),…
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Canal+ and Telecom Italia launch joint venture
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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Zaslav: Discovery recognised Scripps’ IP strength
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav has said the ability to mine Scripps Networks Interactive’s catalogue…
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French homes’ viewing devices revealed
French households now have an average of 5.5 screens, but the TV still reigns supreme…
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LinkedIn considers original programming
Business-focused social network LinkedIn is considering a move into original programming, according to a report…
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Apple hires Wandell from Amazon
Amazon’s head of international productions, Morgan Wandell, is leaving to join Apple as head of…
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Kwesé TV launches in Nigeria
Econet Media-owned African pay TV service, Kwesé TV, has officially launched in Nigeria. Kwesé held…
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Fox taps Ericsson for Middle East broadcast services
Ericsson has agreed an exclusive multi-year contract with Fox Networks Group Middle East to provide…
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BBC iPlayer requests up in September
The BBC logged 239 million requests for TV programmes on the iPlayer in September, up…
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French parliamentarians reject move to ease pubcaster budget cuts
French parliamentarians have withdrawn support for a move to ameliorate an additional €50 million in…
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Beenius teams with iPROM for programmatic advertising
TV technology provider Beenius has teamed up with south-eastern Europe digital advertising technology specialist iPROM…
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Sky Cinema launches new pop-up service for Halloween
Sky’s movie unit Sky Cinema has unveiled the latest in its line of pop-up channels…
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MTG reports continuing operations growth, despite eSports losses
MTG reported 83% profit growth for continuing operations in Q3, despite wider losses for its…
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Polish regulator says Liberty Global deal could restrict competition
Polish regulator the UOKiK has ruled that Liberty Global’s long-awaited acquisition of Multimedia Polska could…
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KPN names new CEO
Dutch telco KPN has named Maximo Ibarra as the company’s new management board chairman and…
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Russian pay TV market growth slowing down
The Russian pay TV market reached 41.88 million households at the end of the third…