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Pay TV Operators
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BT to charge for BT Sport as part of sweeping price increases
BT is due to start charging its customers to access BT Sport for the first…
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Sky buys stakes in UK production companies
Sky has acquired a majority stake in a northern England-based production company, True North, marking…
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PlayStation VR now supports 360° YouTube videos
PlayStation VR users can now experience immersive 360-degree YouTube videos using their PS VR headsets….
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Bouygues Telecom launches 4G internet box
France’s Bouygues Telecom has launched its new 4G Box, offering high-speed WiFi connectivity targeted at…
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Scripps names Asia boss
Scripps Networks Interactive has named Leena Singarajah as its Asia chief. She joined SNI in 2014…
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Netflix plans more market localisation
Netflix is setting its sights on more market localisation following the launch of tailored versions…
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Mediaset ‘open’ to new Vivendi deal
Mediaset is still open to a deal with Vivendi that “creates value”, but no proposal…
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ABI Research: linear OTT services to be worth US$7bn by 2021
Live linear OTT video services will account for US$7 billion of worldwide revenue by 2021,…
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BBC, Amazon partner on apocalyptic comedy
UK pubcaster the BBC and subscription VOD service are creating a six-part comedy based on…
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Google’s Brin hints at bright future for smart contact lenses
Google may have shelved Google Glass, its failed attempt to persuade the world that internet-connected…
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Discovery expands Nordic distribution
Discovery is expanding its Nordic footprint after agreeing new deals with TDC-owned cable operators YouSee…
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Aalborg’s AN-TV signs up for eSports TV
Danish cable operator Stofa’s partner community antenna network in the city of Aalborg, AN-TV, is…
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KPN reappoints COO for second term
Dutch telco KPN has reappointed Joost Farwerck as chief operating officer for a second four-year…
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Brexit causing ‘anxiety’ about consumer confidence, says Liberty Global’s Fries
Liberty Global chief Mike Fries has said he is concerned about the possible economic knock-on…
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Dailymotion to launch new app as part of strategic repositioning
Vivendi-owned YouTube rival Dailymotion plans to launch a new app in April as part of…
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HBO Now tops SVOD customer satisfaction rankings
HBO Now trumped its US SVOD rivals in most categories of a new customer satisfaction…
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AT&T chief ‘very confident’ of Time-Warner deal approval
AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson is “very confident” that the company’s planned merger with…
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Vimeo adds ‘video review’ tools
Vimeo has introduced new ‘video review’ tools, designed to make it easy for commercial content…
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Mediaset to revamp its pay TV strategy
Mediaset is to rethink its pay TV strategy, making its pay TV channels and content…
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Telefónica aims to be ‘biggest producer’ of Spanish-language TV
Telefónica España CEO Luis Miguel Gilpérez has said that the telco aims to be the…
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Multimedia Polska sees solid progress
Multimedia Polska – the Polish cable operator set to be acquired by Liberty Global –…
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Proximus TV to add huge radio catalogue to offering
Belgian service provider Proximus has struck a deal with radio station aggregator Radioline, to make…
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Netflix now ‘indispensable’ for many US viewers
Netflix is the TV brand that US viewers would be most reluctant to give up,…
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Ex-iTélé journalists create new social media-focused news service
A group of French journalists that left Vivendi-owned news channel iTélé following the recent dispute…
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Canal+ signs up as partner for new festival of TV series alongside MIPTV
Canal+ has signed up as a partner with the Cannes mayor’s office to further the…
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HbbTV requests video streaming proposals
The HbbTV Association has called for input on a reference application for streamed, DRM-protected video…
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Hispasat unveils next-generation satellite for 36° West
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has unveiled its latest geostationary craft, Hispasat 36W-1, which has been…
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OpenTV files suit against NFL
Kudelski Group’s OpenTV unit has filed a patent infringement suit against the US National Football…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV customers to almost double by 2022
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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AR to be ‘primary driver’ of VR/AR market by 2021
Mobile augmented reality (AR) could be the primary driver of the US$108 billion (€101 billion)…