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TDC accepts €5.4bn takeover, drops MTG plan

TDC’s board has recommended shareholders accept a €5.4 billion takeover offer from a consortium of…

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21st Century Fox promises independent board for Sky News

21st Century Fox has promised a fully-independent board for Sky News and insulation of the…

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AT&T digital chief to lead Otter as CEO

US-based digital media investments firm Otter Media has appointed a new CEO, who will transfer…

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JW Player taps SpotX for new ad platform

Video player provider JW Player has teamed up with programmatic ad technology outfit SpotX to…

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SES appoints new CEO and CFO

Satellite operator SES has named the CEO of SES Networks, Steve Collar, as the next…

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New CEO to succeed Moore at National Geographic Partners

National Geographic Society (NGS) boss Gary Knell will be the next CEO of National Geographic…

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eMarketer: 78% of digital video viewers watch on their phone

More than three quarters of digital video viewers globally will use their mobile phones to…

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CSA steps in as TF1’s dispute with operators deepens

French media regulator the Conseil Supéreiur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has volunteered to mediate in the…

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SES and Intelsat move to protect C-band with joint plan

Satellite operators SES and Intelsat have teamed up to propose the joint use of C-band…

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EE trials 4G home broadband in the UK

EE is trialling a 4G antenna solution in a bid to offer fast, over-the-air broadband…

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Vodafone UK appoints chief technology officer

Vodafone UK has appointed Vodafone Group’s technology enterprise director, Scott Petty, as chief technology officer (CTO)….

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Eurovision Media Services expands capacity agreement with Eutelsat

The European Broadcasting Union’s commercial arm Eurovision Media Services has renewed and expanded its agreement…

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Facebook moving on with plans to challenge YouTube in ad space

Facebook has held talks with media buyers about planned changes to its Watch offering that…

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Swisscom TV growth grinds to a virtual halt

Swisscom saw its TV base edge up by 3.5% to 1.47 million in the year…

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Fox names new digital president

Fox Networks Group (FNG) has promoted from within for a new leader of its Digital…

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ABOX42 teams up with Singularity

Germany-based set-top provider ABOX42 has teamed up with US-based TV technology outfit Singularity to market…

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eMarketer: YouTube ‘close to saturation’ in the UK

More than 90% of digital video viewers in the UK regularly visit YouTube with the…

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VOD veterans launch digital entertainment management firm

A pair of video-on-demand industry veterans from the UK has launched a new media entertainment…

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Yahsat: Al Yah 3 satellite ‘in good health’

Yahsat has said that its Al Yah 3 satellite “continues to operate nominally and is…

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YouTube Go app rolls out to 130 more countries

YouTube has announced plans to roll out its offline viewing app YouTube Go to more…

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Sony CEO steps down, CFO to take top job

Sony Corporation CEO Kazuo Hirai is due to step down in April after six years…

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Kagan: 37.2m US households to go broadband only by 2022

The number of broadband-only households in the US is set to grow from 19.0 million…

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Facebook usage time down 5% following updates

Facebook has admitted that recent updates to prioritise personal interactions over posts from businesses, brands and media…

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BFI: TV production spend jumps to £938m in the UK

Total UK production spend for high-end television programmes reached £938 million (US$1.33 billion) in 2017,…

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UK children now watch most video on personal devices instead of TV

For the first time this year the majority of UK children view most video content…

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Warc: UK ad spend up 3.5% in Q3 2017

UK advertising spend rose 3.5% year-on-year in Q3 2017 to reach £5.4 billion, marking the 17th…

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RYOT Studio appoints former YouTube exec as chief business officer

RYOT Studio, the next-generation creative studio owned by Verizon subsidiary Oath, has appointed former YouTube…

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UK government: superfast broadband now in 95% of UK premises

The UK government says it has delivered its manifesto commitment to extend superfast broadband to…

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Oath appoints new CFO amid strategic expansion plan

Verizon subsidiary Oath, the patent company of brands like AOL, Yahoo and HuffPost, has appointed…

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Eutelsat: Yah 3 satellite ‘operating nominally’

Satellite operator Eutelsat has said that the Yahsat’Al Yah 3 satellite is “operating nominally” following…