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Virgin Media squares Full Circle with exclusive deal
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has acquired three seasons of US drama Full Circle….
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Free launches Arabic and Vietnamese bouquets
French service provider Free has added two new à la carte bouquets targeted at Arabic…
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EBU appoints first head of digital
The EBU has appointed the head of the digital innovation at Flemish public broadcaster VRT,…
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Altice USA to use Nagra to secure TV services
Altice USA, the number four US cable operator, has chosen Nagra to provide conditional access…
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Irdeto hails MTS milestone
Conditional access provider Irdeto has said that its technology has now been deployed to over…
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History launches on Magyar Telekom
A+E Networks UK has agreed a distribution deal with Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom for its…
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BBC and Snapchat team for Planet Earth II
BBC Worldwide will launch exclusive Planet Earth II content on Snapchat a day ahead of…
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Freesat updates TV genre list
UK free-to-air satellite platform, Freesat, is updating its TV guide genre list, introducing international and…
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Amazon to maintain high investment in Originals
Amazon’s increased spend on original content will “continue in 2017 and likely beyond”, as it…
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Vodafone putting UK TV plan ‘on hold’
Vodafone has put its plans to launch a TV service in the UK on hold,…
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KPN TV additions slow down in fourth quarter
KPN added 18,000 IPTV customers in the quarter, along with 2,000 broadband customers and 19,000…
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ProSiebenSat.1 signs broad content deal with Vodafone
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has signed a long-term agreement with Vodafone for the distribution of its free,…
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Telia merges Lithuanian units
Nordic telco Telia has merged its Lithuanian operations and renamed the combined company Telia Letuva….
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Telenor Broadcast sees in tough final quarter
Norwegian telco Telenor’s Broadcast arm had a poor fourth quarter, with revenues down 6% year-on-year…
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TF1 names teleshopping and e-commerce chief
TF1 Group has named Agnès Rosoor as CEO of home shopping channels Téléshopping and Top…
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Google becomes ‘world’s most powerful brand’
Google overtook Apple to become the world’s most valuable brand in 2017, ending a five-year…
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Facebook ordered to pay US$500m in Oculus VR lawsuit
Facebook’s VR division, Oculus has been ordered to pay US$500 million to games firm ZeniMax…
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Vodafone Germany to launch new advanced TV service in February
Vodafone Germany is to launch a new advanced TV platform, GigaTV, in February. The platform,…
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Departing Harding says YouView upgrade benefiting pay TV uptake
Along with the news that Dido Harding is to step down as CEO of the…
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Modern Times Group sees strong Q4 growth
Nordic and international pay and free TV outfit Modern Times Group (MTG) turned in a…
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Fox and Viaplay team up for Fox+ streaming service
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa and Viaplay have launched Fox+, a new drama and…
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Parks: US churn rate for OTT services is 19%
Some 19% of US broadband households cancelled an over-the-top video service in the past 12…
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Discovery and Sky both claim victory as dispute is resolved
Discovery Communications’ channels will remain on the Sky platform in the UK and Germany after…
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RTL looking at ‘all strategic alternatives’ for BroadbandTV
RTL Group will not exercise its call option to acquire the 49% of YouTube multichannel…
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Netflix and Amazon ‘not leading to more upfront money’ for producers
The advent of well-funded global content buyers such as Netflix and Amazon is not translating…
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SFR Play goes OTT in France
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is making its subscription video-on-demand service SFR Play available as…
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BBC hires former Sky digital platform chief
The BBC has named Matt Grest as director of platform. Grest was previously Sky’s director…
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Discovery strikes raft of Olympic deals
Discovery Communications has struck a series of deal for its Olympic Games coverage with Polish…
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Sky taps Nokia for CDN to deliver OTT TV and data services
Sky is tapping Nokia to provide its Velocix Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver high-speed…
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YouGov: BBC iPlayer ‘treading water’ compared to Amazon and Netflix
The BBC is “treading water” with its iPlayer service while Amazon and Netflix are “starting…