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Conviva reports 54% growth in live TV streaming

Video measurement and analytics company, Conviva, measured 54% year-on-year growth in global live TV streaming…

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Mediapro to take over programming of DTT channel TEN

Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has struck an agreement with digital-terrestrial channel provider TEN whereby…

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Omnia Media’s Arcade Cloud launches on Xumo

Gamer-focused entertainment brand, Arcade Cloud, has launched its ad-supported VOD channel on the Xumo platform…

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Facebook sees video growth but admits it is still ‘well behind YouTube’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is seeing video expand dramatically across its ecosystem,…

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Strategy Analytics: TV to account for 80% of video ad spend in five years

Even though digital video is the fastest growing digital advertising category, TV will still account…

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Vimeo launches integration for LinkedIn company pages

Vimeo now allows its paying subscribers publish videos from their Vimeo account to their LinkedIn…

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Snapchat launches TV-style Shows format in the UK

Snapchat has partnered with a number of broadcasters and publishers to bring its TV-style Shows…

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UK government moves to tax tech giants

The UK government has called on digital platforms including Facebook and Amazon to “pay their…

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Synamedia opens for business, appoints Americas VP

Investment firm Permira has completed its acquisition of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS)…

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Mobile video ‘could account for 90% of 5G traffic’

Mobile video traffic has grown more than 50% year-on-year – a trajectory that could see…

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ITU Plenipotentiary Conference kicks off in Dubai

The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 started today in Dubai, marking the beginning of a three-week…

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Turner to roll out Gumball VIP second-screen app internationally

Turner International is set to roll out its ‘Gumball VIP’ second-screen kids app in a…

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Ofcom names Sophie Morgan to content board

UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has named TV presenter and entrepreneur Sophie Morgan to…

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Amazon rules out Prime Video AVOD plans

Amazon has said it has no plans to launch an ad-supported version of its Prime…

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Iflix announces ‘significant expansion’ of channels line-up

Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix has said it is on target to offer more than…

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Sky Italia taps Nagra for DVB-T pay TV security

Sky in Italy has teamed up with Nagra, which will provide broadcast and direct-to-TV content…

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ABC News heads for Hulu’s Live TV

ABC’s News Live Service will now be available on Hulu’s Live TV service. ABC launched…

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Broadpeak joins Streaming Video Alliance

Content delivery network and video solutions provider, Broadpeak, has joined the Streaming Video Alliance. The…

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Ofcom: BBC must be more transparent and take more risks

UK public broadcaster the BBC needs to go further in acting transparently, particularly in relation…

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BT appoints new chief executive

BT Group has appointed the co-chief executive of payments services company Worldpay, Philip Jansen, as…

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Facebook and YouTube say no to ‘one-size-fits-all’ ratings

Facebook and YouTube have expressed a desire to get involved in a Joint Industry Currency…

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WARC: AVOD spend to nearly double by 2023

Advertisers are expected to nearly double their spend on ad-supported video-on-demand in the next five…

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The QYou launches direct-to-consumer mobile app in India

Youth broadcaster QYou Media has launched the Q India mobile app on the Google Play…

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Hulu viewers can now add Starz to their subscription plan

Hulu viewers can now add Starz to their subscription plan to gain access to the…

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YouTube CEO slams European copyright reform plan

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has spoken out against the European Parliament’s copyright reform initiative, claiming…

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Mediacom: 94% of UK kids now have access to OTT services

A massive 94% of children and teenagers in the UK now have access to on-demand…

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Liberty Global and Comcast back OpenSync initiative

Liberty Global, Comcast and Bell Canada are all backing a new open source software initiative…

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Denmark’s DR revamps streaming service

Danish public service broadcaster DR has partnered with video UX specialist Massive to revamp its…

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Point Topic: now over one billion fixed broadband subscriptions

The one billionth fixed broadband subscription globally was almost certainly signed up before the end…

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TDG: Roku users less likely to subscribe to pay TV services

Roku users are less likely than other TV streamers to subscribe to legacy pay TV…