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BFI: Tax credits spur record levels of TV production spend

High-end tax credits for the UK’s television sector generated a record spend of £896.7 million…

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A+E Networks ups UK boss to EMEA content and creative role

A+E Networks has upped general manager for A+E Networks UK, Heather Jones, to senior vice-president…

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eMarketer: 2018 to be milestone year for digital video ads in the US

US video ad spend is tipped to grow nearly 30% to US$27.82 billion in 2018,…

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Futuresource: 4K UHD to move into the mainstream this year

Almost 50% of all TVs shipped worldwide this year will be 4K capable, marking 2018…

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SMPTE appoints Dolby Labs VP as next president

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has appointed Patrick Griffis, vice president…

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Feelmakers TV targets international expansion with Digital Cornucopia

Feelmakers TV has partnered with Spanish production and distribution company, Digital Cornucopia, in a deal…

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Tele2-Com Hem deal due to close next month following EC approval

Com Hem has applied to delist its shares from Nasdaq Stockholm after the European Commission…

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Fox makes more appointments ahead of Disney takeover

Fox, the company that will emerge after Disney completes it  US$71.3bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s…

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Parrot Analytics: Black Mirror leads Hungarian digital originals listing

Black Mirror was the most in-demand digital original in Hungary for the week ending October 7,…

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NENT’s Viaplay announces Google Home integration

Viaplay will be compatible with Google Home and Google Home Mini when the smart speakers…

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EBU to create Eurovision Services subsidiary

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced plans to transfer business services to a new…

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Report: BT and Apple in talks over EE-Apple TV partnership

BT is reportedly in talks with Apple about making its mobile network EE a distributor…

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Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica look to 5G with network partnership

Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland have partnered to speed up the expansion of their mobile…

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OTT to account for 46% of Western Europe TV revenues in 2023

Over-the-top-delivered content will account for 46% of all Western European TV revenues by 2023, up…

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Ampere: YouTube ad income rate reaches level of broadcast TV

YouTube’s ad income for an hour of viewed content is now roughly equal to that…

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Hong Kong’s TVB cuts staff in restructuring move

Hong Kong commercial broadcaster TVB has cut 150 jobs as it looks to restructure operations. …

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Turkcell targets one billion app downloads in three years

Turkish mobile operator Turkcell has set a target of one billion app downloads within three…

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Report: Walmart partners with MGM for Vudu content

Walmart has partnered with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), in a deal that will see the…

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CCS predictions: 5G headaches and Netflix cinemas

Global analyst firm CCS Insight has unveiled a series of thought-provoking predictions for 2019 and…

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Berenberg: eSports market to be worth US$20bn by 2025

Analysts at Berenberg have published a detailed report about the video games sector in which…

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Discovery appoints digital products lead

Discovery has promoted Karen Leever to president of US digital products and marketing. In the…

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Net Insight unveils new structure to sharpen customer focus

Net Insight, a leading provider in streaming, media transport and resource scheduling, has announced a new…

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Parks: 91% of US OTT subscribers take Netflix, Hulu or Amazon

More than nine in ten US over-the-top video subscribers take at least one of the…

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Vonetize strikes LatAm SmartVOD deal with LG

OTT and VOD solutions provider Vonetize has reached an agreement with LG Electronics to expand distribution of…

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Amazon unveils new Fire TV Stick 4K with voice remote

Amazon has launched a new version of its Fire TV Stick that supports 4K, HDR10+…

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StarHub cuts 300 jobs in transformation drive

Singaporean telco StarHub has unveiled plans for a “strategic transformation” that will result in the…

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Nordic region’s Canal Digital adds offline viewing

Starting today, customers of Nordic DTH provider Canal Digital can download movies, series and shows…

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M7 Group names de Nooijer as European OTT director

M7 Group, one of Europe’s leading pay TV providers, has appointed Mertijn de Nooijer as…

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European TV news ‘pluralistic and varied’ says EAO report

A new report from the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO) into TV news channels has revealed…

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ABC Australia confirms investigation following MD exit

The board of Australian public broadcaster ABC has confirmed that an independent advisor is investigating…