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NFL agrees global highlights deal with Facebook

The National Football League (NFL) has agreed a multiyear, worldwide deal to post match highlights…

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Sky to ‘completely change’ the way it reports ratings

Sky is set to “completely change” the way it measures and reports on the performance…

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Less than 80% of TV homes in US now take pay TV

Approximately 79% of TV households in the US subscribe to some form of pay TV…

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SVT pioneer Annie Wegelius dies at 58

Former SVT programming chief Annie Wegelius has died aged 58 after a protracted battle with…

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Comedy Central UK appoints original programming boss

Comedy Central has appointed Lucy Robinson to head its London-based programming team and promoted Louise…

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Paywizard takes new investment to grow internationally

TV subscription and billing specialist, Paywizard, has secured new funding from existing investors with plans…

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NOS selects Metrological for OTT app store

Portuguese cable operator NOS has partnered with Metrological to launch a cloud-based TV app store…

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Canada’s Comwave selects Abox42 set-top box

Canadian communications company, Comwave, has selected an Abox42-produced set-top box for its new ComwaveTV service….

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YouTube ups ad targeting with Director Mix

YouTube has launched a new tool designed to make it easier for advertisers to create…

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Tele München Group buys Load Studios stake

Tele München Group has acquired a stake in recently-established, German-based digital content company, Load Studios….

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Dataxis: global pay TV subscribers up 60m in a year

The global number of pay TV subscribers climbed by 60 million between Q2 2016 and…

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BBC iPlayer adds ‘From the Archive’ section

The BBC has added a section to its iPlayer catch-up service that will include a…

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High speed internet ‘available in 75% of EU homes’

High-speed broadband services of at least 30 Mbps were available to 75.9% of EU households…

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Barcroft launches consumer-focused TV app

UK-based factual production company Barcroft Productions is leaping on the success of its YouTube channel…

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Eurosport commits to cycling after ratings jump

Eurosport has pledged to continue to invest in its cycling coverage after it announced that…

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Microsoft CEO: mixed reality to transform collaboration

New technologies like virtual and augmented reality could fundamentally transform collaboration and teamwork, according to…

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Fox Netherlands taps TVT/DMC for channel delivery

Fox Netherlands has selected content services company TVT/DMC to deliver the channel to Dutch audiences….

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Eleven secures Serie A football streaming rights for Italy

Eleven Sports has secured live rights to Serie A football in Italy and will air…

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Amazon Web Services to open Middle East data centres by 2019

Amazon Web Services is due to build new infrastructure and open data centres in the…

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Proximus becomes shareholder in Belgian start-up community

Belgian service provider Proximus has come onboard as a new shareholder in Belgian startup community…

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Report: Intel shelves ‘Project Alloy’ VR headset plans

Intel is reportedly shelving plans to launch Project Alloy as an open platform for developers…

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Czech cable consolidation in train with Rio acquisition

Investment group Kaprain has acquired the number three Czech cable operator Rio Media, according to…

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YouSee rewarding multi-play customers with flexible benefits

TDC-owned multi-play service YouSee has unveiled a new packaging structure designed to provide more flexibility…

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BuzzFeed News partners with Grabyo on Twitter Live show

BuzzFeed News has partnered with cloud-based video platform Grabyo to broadcast daily news show AM…

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Modern Times Group secures ATP tennis rights

Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a deal to secure the ATP tennis rights for…

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YouTube updates Studio app

YouTube has renamed its Creator Studio app to YouTube Studio and is adding new features…

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CSA boss opposes reintroduction of advertising on pubcaster

Olivier Schrameck, the chief executive of French media regulator the CSA, has expressed his opposition…

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T-Hrvatski Telekom names new CFO

Deutsche Telekom-owned Croatian telco T-Hrvatski Telekom has named Daniel Daub as its new chief financial…

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UK creative industries ‘could be worth £128bn’ in 10 years

The UK’s creative industries could be worth £128.4 billion (€145.8 billion) by 2025 and create…

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Amazon serves up new ATP tennis tournament

ATP and ATP Media have confirmed that Amazon will be an official worldwide streaming partner…