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US MLB reportedly mulling transfer of streaming rights to teams
The US’s Major League Baseball (MLB) is leaning towards transferring domestic US streaming rights to…
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Ofcom competition head named as regulators group chief
Ofcom competition group director and executive board member Jonathan Oxley has been named as chief…
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3SS enables new Google Assistant actions for Android TV
3 Screen Solutions (3SS) is launching a new product and service designed to deepen Google…
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EU postpones decision on controversial copyright directive
Trilogue negotiations – the parlaying between Europe’s three key institutions – over the final form…
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Facebook Watch claims 400m monthly viewers, outlines plans for 2019
Facebook Watch now has more than 400 million people a month and 75 million people…
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YouTube removes 7.8m videos for breaching site rules in Q3
YouTube removed 7.8 million videos that violated the platform’s guidelines in the three months from…
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TDF to expand digital-terrestrial UHD trial
French media regulator the CSA has authorised transmission services provider TDF to use a third…
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Ofcom: half of UK homes could boost their broadband
Half of British households could switch to faster broadband without paying more according to Ofcom,…
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Facebook ‘in talks with TV networks’ about distribution via its apps
Facebook is in talks with premium pay TV networks to distribute their services via its…
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MTG’s ESL and Intel extend partnership
MTG’s Turtle Entertainment, the operator of eSports company ESL, has extended its global partnership with…
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Eleven Sports UK could shut down
Sports streaming service Eleven Sports’ UK operation may be shut down just four months after…
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Orange sets out innovation strategy at Show Hello event
Orange set out its ‘inclusive innovation’ strategy at its Show Hello event in Paris yesterday,…
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Discovery strikes European Tour deal for GOLFTV
Discovery has struck a deal with European Tour, expanding the line-up of its forthcoming ‘digital…
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ProSiebenSat.1 forms joint venture with eSports.com
ProSiebenSat.1’s sports business unit, 7Sports, has agreed an international joint venture with news platform eSports.com,…
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LiveU: 25% of traffic now HEVC-encoded
A quarter of LiveU-generated traffic is now HEVC-encoded, according to the live video streaming company’s…
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Bavarian football association in eSports move with M-net
The Bayerische Fußball-Verband (BFV), Bavaria’s football association, is pushing ahead with investment in eSports with…
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EC opens in-depth investigation into Vodafone-Liberty Global deal
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Vodafone’s proposed acquisition of Liberty Global’s…
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Cinedigm acquires Viewster
US content and channels provider Cinedigm has acquired Swiss OTT VOD service Viewster and its…
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MTV+ joins Amazon channels line-up in Germany and Austria
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels in Germany…
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Pluto TV to launch pop-up channels and Action Sports
Linear ad-supported OTT TV service Pluto TV is to ramp up its free offering in…
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Deloitte: 25 mobile operators to launch 5G next year
Some 25 wireless operators will launch 5G services in 2019, a figure that will likely…
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TV Licensing reveals most-tweeted BBC shows of 2018
Question Time, The Andrew Marr Show and Doctor Who were the first, second and third most-tweeted about BBC TV…
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Iflix partners with AIS in Thailand
Emerging markets SVOD service, Iflix, has partnered with Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service…
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Ofcom names Stephen Nuttall to content board
UK media regulator Ofcom has appointed former Sky and YouTube executive Stephen Nuttall to its…
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Ampere: Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox to spend US$43bn on content in 2018
The mergers of Comcast-Sky and Disney-Fox mean that two in every 10 dollars spent on…
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EC takes aim at IP theft with Piracy Watch List
The European Commission has published a ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List’ to highlight websites and…
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Deutsche Telekom taps MediaKind for ‘world first’ 360° sports streaming
MediaKind, the media technology outfit formerly known as Ericsson Media Solutions, has unveiled what it…
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Hopster launches on Sling TV
Pre-school entertainment and learning app, Hopster, has launched on Sling TV in the US. Sling…
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Iflix and Next 10 launch short-form content Creators Hub
Emerging markets SVOD service, Iflix, has partnered with content creator-focused investment fund, Next 10 Ventures,…
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Strategy Analytics: 222m homes will own Ultra HD TVs by year-end
By the end of this year 222 million homes worldwide will own an Ultra HD…