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DISH agrees metadata deal with TiVo
US pay TV provider DISH has selected TiVo to provide programme metadata across its linear…
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Mobibase adds fashion service FNL to offering
OTT and video-on-demand aggregator and distributor Mobibase has struck a distribution deal with fashion and…
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Stingray passes subscriber milestone
Business-to-business music provider Stingray’s subscription video-on-demand offerings have surpassed the milestone of 100,000 paying subscribers…
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Discovery buying Scripps for US$14.6bn
Discovery Communications is acquiring fellow US-based cable group Scripps Networks Interactive for US$14.6 billion (€12.4…
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TF1 pulls services from SFR in major escalation of retrans dispute
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded…
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Brave Bison cuts losses after axing half its staff
UK-based digital content company, Brave Bison, reported lower revenues but also reduced losses in H1…
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Orange will not compete in premium sports, says Richard
Orange will not compete in premium sports by launching a new sports channel and will…
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BT offers to bring 10Mbps broadband to 99% of the UK
BT has offered to invest up to £600 million (€670 million) to deliver internet speeds…
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Twitter ups live video output
Twitter said it delivered more than 1,200 hours of live premium video in Q2, with…
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Asia Pacific OTT revenues tipped to triple by 2022
Over-the-top video revenues in Asia Pacific are set to triple between 2016 and 2022, driven…
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New UK and scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
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Freeview Play now on over half of smart HD TV sales
TVs with Freeview Play now account for over half of all smart HD TV sales…
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Euskaltel turns in solid subscriber gains
Spanish regional cable operator Euskaltel, which last week completed the acquisition of Zegona Communications-owned Asturias…
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Canal+ secures top-tier Turkish football for African channel
French pay TV operator Canal+’s international arm has secured the exclusive rights to distribute coverage…
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AsiaSat 9 scheduled for liftoff in September
AsiaSat’s latest satellite, AsiaSat 9, is now scheduled for a launch on September 28 at…
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Med-1 TV HD on Arabsat
Pan-Arab news, current affairs and sport channel Med-1 TV HD has joined satellite operator Arabsat’s…
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Facebook: video to be big business driver in next few years
Video will be a much bigger driver of Facebook’s business in the next few years…
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French watchdog mulls new DTT multiplex for UHD TV services
France’s media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the…
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BT TV additions slow to a crawl
BT added just 8,000 TV customers in its financial first quarter, compared with net adds…
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NBCU ‘sceptical of OTT services’
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has expressed scepticism over the long-term impact of over-the-top channels services…
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Amazon to up content spend in Q3
Amazon plans to up its investment in video content in the current quarter, despite reporting…
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German broadcasters team up for unified log-in
German broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 and RTL Deutschland Media Group have teamed up with internet service provider…
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WARC: TV ad expenditure in the UK to fall 1.9% this year
Total TV ad expenditure in the UK is forecast to fall 1.9% this year, according…
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SFR boosted by media unit
Altice-owned French telco and cable operator SFR said that the revenue of its media unit…
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AltspaceVR shuts down citing ‘financial difficulty’
Virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, is due to close down on August 3, citing “unforeseen…
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Proximus TV boosted by high-end offerings
Belgian telco Proximus added 17,000 TV customers in the second quarter to take its total…
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Eutelsat benefits from mobile and broadband growth
Satellite operator Eutelsat’s full-year performance was boosted by its mobile and broadband businesses as traditional…
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SES slows down decline in video revenue
SES saw its decline in video revenues slow down in the second quarter. The company’s…
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RTVE budget to hit €1bn
Spanish pubcaster RTVE will see its budget hit €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) next year. The…
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Sky confirms Sky España OTT plans
Sky has confirmed plans to launch a “simple and affordable” over-the-top service in Spain, marking…