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Netflix ‘under threat as top VOD net for UK youth’
Netflix remains the most popular service for British children and teenagers, but Amazon Prime Video…
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Verizon makes Oath after completing Yahoo deal
Verizon has competed its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business and has combined it…
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Major content firms pact for anti-piracy coalition
The Hollywood studios, leading SVOD services and key networks around the world have formed a…
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Altice USA looks to raise US$1.35bn in IPO
Cable and telecoms group Altice aims to raise some US$1.35 billion by listing its US…
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BT looks to the future with SDN architecture trials
BT is trialling new technology as it looks to move to a next-generation, flexible broadcast…
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Fullscreen launches on Roku
US over-the-top service, Fullscreen, has launched on Roku streaming devices in the states. Youth-focused Fullscreen,…
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Altice agrees global partnership with Netflix
Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD giant’s content available…
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Pay TV subscriber numbers grow 35% between 2010-2016
The global number of pay TV subscribers climbed by 35% between 2010 and 2016, taking…
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Cable Europe calls for ‘investment-friendly’ connectivity regulation
Cable Europe has called for an investment-friendly and predictable regulatory environment, following last week’s discussions…
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Virtual revolution
The nascent virtual reality market is slowly coming of age, with a new crop of…
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YouView taps Amazon’s Alexa for voice controls
YouView is piloting Amazon’s Alexa voice service in a bid to bring voice controls to…
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Content portability rules adopted in Europe
The European Council (EC) has adopted new rules that allow consumers who pay for online…
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ProSiebenSat.1, TF1 Group, Mediaset found video ad exchange
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, France’s TF1 Group and Mediaset in Italy and Spain have jointly established the…
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Netflix model ‘could up sports teams’ revenues by x56’
Major football clubs could up fan revenues by a multiplier of 56-times by replicating Netflix’s…
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Vivendi buys 60% stake in Havas Group
Vivendi has agreed to buy the Bolloré Group’s majority stake in ad giant the Havas Group…
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Discovery backs Paris 2024 Olympics bid
Top executives from Discovery and Eurosport have met members of the Paris 2024 Olympic Bid…
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Facebook adds subtitle support for live videos
Facebook is now supporting closed captions in Facebook Live, as part of its efforts to…
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France’s Mediawan makes production play
Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the production company…
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Harmonic ups Kalra to CFO
Harmonic has upped its corporate controller and chief accounting officer, Sanjay Kalra, to chief financial…
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Ginx eSports channel launches on DStv
Ginx Esports TV is due to launch on the DStv satellite service in South Africa…
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Amazon Prime Video to launch on Apple TV
Amazon Prime Video is due to launch on Apple TV “later this year,” Apple CEO…
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Twitch Prime goes global with 200-country launch
Amazon-owned Twitch has rolled out its premium Twitch Prime service globally, launching the service in…
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One Love Manchester breaks BBC iPlayer records
The One Love Manchester benefit concert has broken live viewing records on the BBC iPlayer….
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Telenet agrees 5G and IoT deal with ZTE
Liberty Global-owned Belgian cable operator, Telenet, has agreed a strategic partnership with ZTE Corporation covering…
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Whitepaper | OTT TV for Broadcasters
Preserving Broadcast-Grade Quality and Services The OTT encoder-packager point of view As OTT TV technologies…
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Haggart leaving Liberty Global
Liberty Global SVP of programming Peter Haggart is leaving the company. Haggart originally joined Liberty…
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BT Sport and Snapchat partner for Champions League final
BT Sport is partnering with Snapchat in the UK on social coverage of Saturday’s UEFA…
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BT Sport boss defends football ratings, calls for more access
The head of BT Sport, Simon Green, has dismissed fears about declining sports ratings, but…
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Liberty Global touts economic benefit of network investment
Liberty Global claims its €14.5 billion investment in super-fast networks over the past four years…
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EU approves Vivendi control of Telecom Italia
The European Commission has approved Vivendi’s acquisition of de facto control over Telecom Italia, after…