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Whistle Sports raises US$28m in funding
Whistle Sports has raised more than US$28 million as part of an ongoing Series D…
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Parks: 85% of US millennials subscribe to OTT
More than 85% of millennials in US broadband houses subscribe to at least one over-the-top…
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Apple orders English-language version of Canal+ series
Apple has ordered an English language adaptation of Canal+ French series Calls, which will be co-produced…
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HbbTV Association names new chair and vice-chair
The HbbTV Association, which promotes the open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband…
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Altice Europe unveils TowerCo agreements
Telecom, cable and media giant Altice Europe’s French and Portuguese untis have agreed the sale…
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Disney ups 21st Century Fox bid to $71.3 billion
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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Instagram launches IGTV
Instagram has formally launched its previously rumoured, long-form, vertical video service, IGTV. The Facebook-owned photo…
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SVOD platforms drive €1.03bn in UK TV export sales
Streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix accounted for a quarter (£225 million) of UK…
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Viacom to axe Viva brand following German shutdown
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is set to scrap its Viva music channel brand after…
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Amazon Prime Video launches on BT TV set-top boxes
BT has become the first UK pay TV provider to offer Amazon Prime Video access…
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eMarketer: mobile engagement to surpass TV by 2019
US adults will send more time on their mobile devices than they do watching TV…
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UK accepts 21CF-Sky terms after Disney sweetens Sky News pledge
The UK government has accepted deal terms between 21st Century Fox and Sky, following an…
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Sony brings Google Assistant to Android TVs in UK
Sony Europe has said that that select Sony 4K HDR TVs with Android TV will…
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KPN taps Accenture to enhance iTV service
Dutch operator KPN has agreed a new five-year deal with Accenture, in a move designed…
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Sports streamer DAZN scoops up live rights to Serie A
Sports streaming service DAZN has announced its expansion into Italy following parent company Perform Group’s…
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NEM: Mediapro respond to Serie A soccer rights ruling
At Croatia’s New Market Europe (NEM), Mediapro’s acquisitions exec Alex Pinheiro Rotter (right) responded to…
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Mail.Ru in ‘final stages’ of preparing first CIS professional eSports tournament
Russian internet company Mail.Ru is in the final stages of preparing the launch of what…
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Dataxis: South Asian pay TV and OTT growing by 7.4%
The number of pay TV and over-the-top (OTT) video subscribers in South Asia is due…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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Amazon unveils Fire TV Cube
Amazon has unveiled the Fire TV Cube, a hands-free 4K Ultra HD streaming media player…
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US pay TV subscriber numbers drop 10 percentage points
The number of traditional US pay TV subscribers has fallen ten percentage points in four…
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Médiamétrie takes 50% stake in African media research outfit Omedia
French audience ratings agency Médiamétrie has taken a 50% stake in Omedia, a media and…
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Amazon breaks into English Premier League with new deal
Amazon Prime Video has broken the hold of Sky and BT on the English Premier…
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Report: Instagram to make a push into long-form video
Instagram is reportedly planning to allow video uploads of up to an hour and is…
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Banijay in global collaboration with Twitter
Banijay Group and Twitter have revealed a global collaboration to monetise Banijay content and drive…
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Apple orders J.J. Abrams music comedy drama
Apple has ordered a J.J. Abrams musical dramedy named Little Voices, which will star Waitress…
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EE to stage live 5G trials in East London later this year
UK mobile operator EE is due to launch what it claims will be the country’s…
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Tony Hall: UK needs strong BBC ‘more than ever in our history’
The UK needs a strong BBC “more than ever in our history” to counter fake…
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UK sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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ABI: Global pay TV revenues to reach US$295bn in 2022
The worldwide pay TV market is set to reach revenues of US$295 billion in 2022…