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Deutsche Telekom orders first original series
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom (DT) has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced…
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Chromecast dominates among EMEA video developers
Google Chromecast is the dominant over-the-top device in EMEA with 37% adoption among developers, according…
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Disney gets new EMEA chief
The Walt Disney Company has a new president for the EMEA region. Rebecca Campbell (pictured)…
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Finland’s terrestrial TV to go all-HD in 2020
TV operators in the Finnish terrestrial broadcasting network have agreed to move entirely to HD…
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France’s NRJ looking to sell Towercast transmission outfit
French radio and TV group NRJ is planning to sell its transmission arm, Towercast, and…
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BBC Brit goes high-definition on DStv
BBC Worldwide’s flagship entertainment channel, BBC Brit, will become available in HD on DStv channel…
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Arianespace sets new date for Intelsat and BSAT craft
Arianespace’s delayed launch of the Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a satellites has been rescheduled for September…
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Russian OTT services see subscription revenue outpace advertising
Subscription and transactional income for Russia’s streaming services surpassed advertising revenues in the first half…
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BBC Worldwide hires royalties collection specialist
BBC Worldwide has hired royalties collection specialist 560 Media to collect rights revenue on its…
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Liberty Global: ‘GigaWorld’ to create €250bn European market by 2025
Gigaspeed technologies could generate a market worth at least €250 billion per year in Europe…
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Telefónica launching 4K UHD TV service in beta
Telefónica is planning to launch its Movistar+ UHD service in beta, making its new UHD…
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Western European SVOD subscriptions ‘to reach 65m by 2022’
The number of Western European SVOD subscriptions is due to reach 65.07 million by 2022…
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Liberty Global launches ‘converged connectivity’ app
Liberty Global is launching a ‘converged connectivity’ app that it says will enable users to…
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SVOD service Afrostream shutting down
African-themed subscription video-on-demand service Afrostream is shutting down two years after its launch. The service,…
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CMA names investigation group for Fox-Sky deal
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed the investigation group that will put together its…
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Mediaset strikes deal to launch international channel on DirecTV
Mediaset has struck a deal with US telecom and pay TV operator AT&T to include…
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A+E content chief joins Nat Geo
A+E Networks’ Christian Drobnyk has joined National Geographic Global Networks as executive VP of programming…
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Médiamétrie adds Molotov to multi-screen measurement
France’s audience measurement organisation, Médiamétrie, has included digital service Molotov into its ‘four screen TV’…
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Bavarian Broadcasting DG to take over as ARD chair
The director general of Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation), Ulrich Wilhem, will take over as the next…
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AsiaSat names new general counsel
Satellite operator AsiaSat has named Saphina Ho as its new general counsel. Ho succeeds Catherine…
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Deloitte: UK smartphone video viewing up 500% since 2012
The proportion of UK adults watching video on their smartphones has risen fivefold in the…
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Google in new deal with rightsholders to combat piracy in France
Google has signed an agreement with French antipiracy group l’Association de Lutte Contre la Piraterie…
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YouTube shuts down paid channels, launches sponsorships
YouTube has ended its 2013-launched paid channels initiative and has instead introduced sponsorships in a…
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Roku now seeking up to US$252m through IPO
Roku is now looking to raise proposed maximum of US$252 million in its planned IPO,…
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Portuguese regulator slams Altice acquisition of Media Capital
Portuguese media and communications regulator ANACOM has said that Altice’s proposed acquisition of Media Capital…
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Ex-BBCWW North America president named CEO of Mitú
Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide North America has been named the new CEO of…
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AT&T reportedly mulling sale of Latin American pay TV operations
AT&T is reportedly mulling a possible sale of its pay TV assets in Latin America…
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Telekom Austria to rebrand all its operations under A1 marque
Telekom Austria is to use its domestic market A1 brand across all its operations in…
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EBU concerned about savage budget cuts for Ukrainian pubcaster
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has expressed concern about the underfunding of Ukrainian public broadcaster…
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RTL partners with Wochit for social video
Mediengruppe RTL has partnered with Wochit, a video creation platform aimed at editorial teams uploading…