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Eurodata: TV industry increasingly looking abroad for ideas
Of the roughly 9,000 new and recurring TV programmes that aired in 2017, some 46%…
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Report: Chinese video service Kuaishou to raise US$1bn in funding
Tencent-backed Chinese live-video service, Kuaishou, is reportedly close to securing US$1 billion in funding in…
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TiVo: US leads average number of TV hours viewed
TV viewers in the US watched an average of 5.1 hours of content per day,…
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Jeffrey Katzenberg mobile service NewTV makes CEO hire
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s upcoming mobile video service, NewTV, is nearing launch with the hire of Hewlett…
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Chernin-backed Otter buys up Fullscreen
Online content companies Fullscreen and Ellation are now a fully owned subsidiary of web video…
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Ampere: Premier League rights to pass £10bn mark
The value of Premier League football rights is set to break the £10 billion barrier…
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Bell Media brings Starz to Canada for first time
Canada’s Bell Media has teamed up with Lionsgate to bring in its premium pay television…
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DVB to agree targeted ad requirements by June
The DVB said it expects to agree a set of commercial requirements for targeted advertising…
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Rupert Murdoch calls on Facebook to pay ‘carriage fees’ for news
News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has called for Facebook to pay publishers for news…
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WARC: TV ad spend six times that of online video
TV ad spend outweighs online video by a ratio of six to one, but its…
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Report: Facebook appoints Eurosport CEO
Facebook has reportedly appointed Eurosport CEO Peter Hutton as it looks to secure live sports…
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Polish police make arrests over illegal IPTV network
Police in Lublin, Poland arrested three men last week who were charged with illegally distributing…
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Facebook tests video ‘Watch Parties’
Facebook is testing a new video experience called Watch Parties, designed to let groups of…
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Spotify launches ‘new multimedia format’
Spotify has introduced a new media format called Spotlight, which adds visuals to podcasts, audiobooks…
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Roku introduces Ad Insights Suite
Roku launched a new Ad Insights Suite, designed to help marketers to plan over-the-top (OTT)…
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Parks: 12% of US broadband homes use livestreaming platforms
Some 12% of US broadband households used a live streaming platform like Facebook Live or…
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YouTube takes tougher stance on monetisation
YouTube is introducing stricter criteria for which channels can run ads as part of its…
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Deloitte: UK TV viewing by 18-24 year-olds to drop by up to 15% in 2018
Traditional TV viewing among 18-24 year olds in the UK will fall by 10%-15% in…
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M6 strikes extended partnership with Canal+
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a new partnership deal with Vivendi-owned pay TV provider…
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NATPE: Facebook orders shows from Bear Grylls & Blumhouse TV
Facebook’s growing ambitions for its Watch video service have expanded with the commission of original…
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Nielsen to measure YouTube mobile app ads in UK, France and Germany
Ratings agency Nielsen has launched advertising measurement on YouTube’s mobile app via its digital ad…
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S&P: 4G subscriber numbers grew 43% in 2016
Mobile 4G subscriber numbers grew 43% in Europe between the end of 2015 and 2016…
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Vivendi hedges on Fnac Darty stake
French media giant Vivendi has entered into a hedging transaction with Société Générale to protect…
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EY: online video revenues in MENA to grow by up to 35% annually
Online video revenues are projected to grow by 22%-35% annually in most markets in the…
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Alpha Networks hires former Netgem CEO Fryson
Technology company Alpha Networks has named former Netgem CEO Patrice Fryson as EVP of business…
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Mediawan to acquire French production outfits
Mediawan, the independent European audiovisual content platform backed by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder…
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Access specialist InCoax takes enhanced role within MoCA
InCoax Networks has been elevated to Promoter membership status within the Multimedia over Coax Alliance…
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Vivendi and Mediaset mulling new three-way JV deal
Vivendi, Telecom Italia and Mediaset are circling a possible agreement that would give the Italian…
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France Télévisions piloting targeted advertising on DTT platform
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has teamed up with transmission services provider TDF to test…
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Europol and AAPA shut down illegal streaming network
Europol and the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) have helped to dismantle an illegal IPTV streaming…