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Roku owners use OTT services more than Apple TV users, says Parks
More Roku owners than Apple TV owners use an over-the-top (OTT) video service, according to…
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Sesame Street VoD service goes live
Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind Sesame Street, has launched Sesame Go, a new…
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FIC continues Nat Geo People rollout
Fox International Channels said will launch its new Nat Geo People channel in a total…
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ADB partners with ContentWise for multiscreen recommendations
Software provider ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcast) has signed a global partnership deal with content discovery…
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i24news launches on Swisscom TV
Israel-based international news channel i24news has launched in Switzerland on the Swisscom TV platform. The…
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NAB’s Smith and Haim Saban raise alarm on spectrum and call for new broadcast standard
US broadcasters must take on the threat to their spectrum, which is coveted by wireless…
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Global IPTV subscribers reach 92.7 million
Global IPTV subscriber numbers reached 92.7 million at the end of 2013, a year-on-year increase…
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Pay TV market subscriber numbers grow by 6.3%
The overall number of digital subscribers for the leading 100 pay-TV services in the world…
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Lithuania’s TEO ups two execs in company restructure
Lithuanian telco TEO has upped two of its senior execs as part of a planned…
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Vice and FremantleMedia launch online food network
Vice Media and FremantleMedia yesterday launched in beta their new online food channel, called Munchies. …
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Imagine Communications buys Digital Rapids
Software and networking solutions firm Imagine Communications has acquired Digital Rapids, in a deal it…
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Vivendi agrees €17 billion SFR sale to Altice/Numericable
Vivendi has agreed to sell French telco SFR to Altice/Numericable, which has fended off competition…
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Yahoo! to take on Netflix with fresh online content push
Yahoo! is reportedly planning to take on the likes of Netflix and Amazon by acquiring…
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Sky exec to head BT’s TV unit
Delia Bushell has been appointed managing director of BT TV, the UK telco’s growing pay…
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Ericsson chooses Elemental for first EVE integration
Video compression specialist Elemental used its press event at the NAB Show on Saturday to…
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CNBC launches on UPC in Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern European satellite TV provider UPC has launched business and financial news channel…
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MTG, Sony sign content deal
Modern Times Group and Sony Pictures Television have signed a multi-year content deal. The agreement…
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OCS partners with Viaccess-Orca on second-screen Game of Thrones app
Orange Cinema Series (OCS) in France is partnering with Viaccess-Orca on an immersive second-screen app…
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TalkTalk ups Sky entertainment content
Customers of UK service provider TalkTalk can now access seven Sky entertainment channels and 100…
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MTG appoints chief content officer for digital division
Jakob Mejlhede has been named chief content officer of Modern Times Group’s next-generation division, MTGx….
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Discovery open to teaming up with pay TV operators, may take Velocity international
Discovery is open to partnering with European pay TV operators to acquire or develop new…
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HBO cuts Sky Italia deal
Sky Italia has agreed an exclusive programming deal with HBO as it prepares its own…
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Liberty Global appoints Telenet exec as VP of strategy
Liberty Global has appointed Telenet’s senior vice president of strategy, investor relations and corporate communications,…
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Tuchman takes control of global MGM channels
AMC/Sundance Channel Global president Bruce Tuchman has added the role of president, MGM Channel Global…
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Swisscom adds Opera TV Store to set-top boxes
Swiss telco Swisscom is set to add the Opera TV Store app platform to its…
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Crackle signs AVOD deal with NBCU
Sony Pictures Television’s on-demand service Crackle has signed a multi-year licensing deal with NBCUniversal Television…
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Canal+ Overseas expands Intelsat agreement
Pay-TV operator Canal+ Overseas has expanded its capacity deal with Intelsat, allowing it to extend…
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ITV lines up summer launch for Encore
UK broadcaster ITV is set to launch its new pay channel, ITV Encore, on June…
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TV ratings start-up TVbeat appoints former TalkTalk TV director
Former TalkTalk and MTG executive Laurence Miall-d’Août has been appointed CEO of London-based TVbeat –…
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BT Sport confirms Chromecast launch
BT Sport is due to launch as a content partner for Google’s Chromecast HDMI streaming…