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TV on target: advanced advertising
Does TV need to deliver targeted advertising to survive, or does its ability to deliver…
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Vivendi denies Mediaset talks report
Vivendi has denied an Italian press report that suggested the French media giant and its…
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Discovery channels yanked from Russian platform
Discovery’s channels have been pulled from Russian pay TV platform Tricolor TV in argument over…
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HBO and Cinemax join Amazon Channels
Amazon has struck a deal with HBO to include HBO and its Cinemax offering on…
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Sky Deutschland names sales chief
Sky Deutschland has named Thomas Menneking as its new senior vice-president of sales. Menneking, who…
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Polish platforms add channels
Polish fixed-line service providers Vectra and Netia and pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat have each…
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TF1 takes majority stake in MinuteBuzz
French broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in local online video entertainment platform MinuteBuzz…
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Mediapro to broadcast 4K El Clasico with 360° replays
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro is to make 4K 360° replays of a forthcoming El Clasico football…
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UK Treasury pledges to underwrite content funding shortfall post-Brexit
The UK Treasury has pledged to underwrite any shortfall resulting from content companies receiving EU…
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MTG completes InnoGames stake acquisition
Nordic free and pay TV broadcaster Modern Times Group has completed its previously announce acquisition…
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Virgin Media launches V6 box, download-to-own and ‘TellyTablet’
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘home entertainment experience’, based on its new 4K UHD…
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Sky launches Sky Mobile offering
Pay TV operator Sky has launched its new mobile offering, Sky Mobile. Sky has differentiated…
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Eurochannel secures berth on SFR Belgium
Movie channel Eurochannel, the worldwide leading award-winning European cinema TV channel has secured carriage on…
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Netgem launches Watch on Twitter on EE
TV technology provider Netgem has launched its Watch on Twitter service as part of its…
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SintecMedia buys Operative Media
Francisco Partners-owned broadcast advertising management software provider SintecMedia has agreed to acquire digital advertising business…
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Canal+ taps FreeWheel for advertising management
Vivendi-owned French pay TV operator Canal+ has tapped video advertising specialist FreeWheel to optimise and…
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AT&T launches mobile-skewed OTT service DirecTV Now
AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other…
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Ofcom to force BT to legally separate Openreach
Ofcom is to formally notify BT to legally separate Openreach, the infrastructure arm that supplies…
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Brexit report says UK media has shot at major global expansion
An industry report for the UK government looking at Brexit challenges and opportunities says there…
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Sky Sports News HD goes free-to-air in Germany
Sky Deutschland is taking its Sky Sports News HD channel free-to-air. The channel will become…
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M7 takes additional capacity for Czech HD channels
Pan-regional pay TV operator M7 Group has tapped satellite provider SES for additional capacity to…
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HBO launches in Spain with Vodafone
HBO has launched its Spanish service. HBO España is currently available exclusively to Vodafone customers…
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BBC launches vertical news videos
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including vertical videos and…
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Proximus 5G trial delivers movie download ‘in seconds’
Belgian service provider Proximus has inaugurated trials of 5G mobile technology in partnership with Chinese…
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Digitürk secures top-tier football rights
BeIN Media Group-owned Turkish pay TV platform Digitürk has secured the rights to Turkish Süper…
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Sky Sports adds English netball to sports rights
Sky Sports has signed a four-year deal with England Netball to secure rights to live…
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France Télévisions taps Net Insight for DOM-TOM distribution
France Télévisions Réseau Outre-Mer, the network of TV and radio stations operating in France’s overseas…
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Closing Premium would be ‘worst option’ for Mediaset
Closing Mediaset Premium would be the worst of the choices on offer to the Italian broadcaster, but…
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New Canal+ mobile TV service set for 20 countries
Canal+ has launched its vaunted premium TV-over-mobile service Studio+ in France, and said it will…
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Focusing on FTTP will set back EU Gigabit goals, says Liberty Global report
Focusing exclusively on fibre-to-the-premises is likely to be counter-productive in enabling Europe to reach the…