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Ginx Esports TV launches in Latin America

Ginx Esports TV is due to launch in Latin America via over-the-top TV platform Zapping…

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YouTube Premium orders ITV Studios US comedy pilot

YouTube Premium has given a pilot order to half-hour comedy It’s A Man’s World, produced by…

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IHS Markit: Amazon devices drive higher Prime Video affinity

More than one in five US households have at least one Amazon device, with this…

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Kagan: Nigeria accounts for 29% of African multichannel subscribers

Nigeria accounted for 29% of Africa’s multichannel subscribers and 22.4% of its TV households at…

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Nagra MTM: 84% of pay TV execs expect ‘dramatic increase’ in competition

Some 84% of pay TV executives expect competition for paid-for video services to “increase dramatically”…

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Samsung unveils 8K TV at IFA

Samsung is set to launch an 8K television with 8K artificial intelligence upscaling capabilities at…

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Eutelsat appoints IBM veteran as EVP of sales and products

Eutelsat has appointed former IBM executive Philippe Oliva as executive vice-president of sales and products….

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Roku signs up JVC to TV licensing programme

JVC will be the latest TV brand to use the Roku operating system, with high…

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eMarketer: UK digital ad spend to reach £13bn this year

UK digital advertising spend will reach £12.98 billion in 2018, accounting for 63.6% of total…

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Facebook rolls out Watch globally

Facebook is to roll out its Watch service globally, one year after the service was…

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RTL posts strong results as it focuses on VOD and drama

RTL announced strong Q2 and H1 results as it focuses on its two main growth…

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Nickelodeon launches ‘90s SVOD service via VRV

Nickelodeon has launched a subscription video-on-demand service dedicated to its content “from the 1990s and…

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Parrot Analytics partners with Guinness World Records

Parrot Analytics, the big data TV analytics firm, has partnered with Guinness World Records (GWR)…

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Panasonic and Samsung among first to deploy HDR10+ firmware

Panasonic and Samsung are among the first manufacturers to support HDR10+ after the companies announced…

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Arris’ Ruckus supports Facebook’s Express WiFi initiative

Arris-owned Ruckus is joining Facebook’s Express WiFi initiative, deploying hotspots to connect parts of Africa, India and…

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LG introduces 8K OLED TV at IFA

LG Electronics is due to introduce what it claims is the world’s first 8K (7680…

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LRG: 69% of US homes subscribe to Netflix, Amazon or Hulu

Some 69% of all US households now take at least one subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service…

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GfK MRI: ‘Vast majority’ of US viewers not ready to cut the cord

The “vast majority of US consumers” are still not ready to give up on pay…

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Beer company BrewDog launches SVOD service

BrewDog, a popular independent craft brewery from Scotland, has launched The BrewDog Network, a curated…

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eMarketer projects strong ad gains for Hulu and Roku

Hulu and Roku will both experience strong US advertising revenue growth over the next two…

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Iflix to launch 24-hour news service

Emerging markets SVOD service Iflix is set to launch a 24-hour news service in all…

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YouTube mulls putting premium unscripted shows in front of paywall

Luke Hyams, head of the newly formed originals unit at YouTube EMEA, discussed the shows…

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LG rolls out Google Assistant on TVs in more markets

LG is set to launch Google Assistant on its TVs in seven more markets in…

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Report: Oculus Santa Cruz due for Q1 2019 launch

Facebook-owned Oculus is aiming to launch its latest headset, dubbed Santa Cruz, in the first…

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Twitter agrees multi-year Overwatch highlights deal

Twitter has agreed a new multiyear deal to bring videogame highlights and livestream content of…

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Multicast ABR market to be worth US$852m by 2023

The global multicast ABR transcasting market will be worth $852.2 million annually by 2023 and…

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Corbyn calls for ‘British Digital Corporation’ to take on tech giants

UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has used his Alternative McTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh…

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WARC: online video ad spend to reach US$30bn this year

Advertisers are expected to spend almost US$30bn on online video advertising this year, driven by…

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US subscribers to OTT pay TV services climbs 119%

The number of US subscribers to over-the-top delivered pay TV services like Sling TV, DirecTV…

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Twitch drops ad-free viewing from Prime membership

Amazon-owned video game streaming platform, Twitch, has announced plans to drop ad-free viewing as one…