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Richard Alden freed after Kenyan prosecutors drop charges
Former Wananchi CEO Richard Alden has been freed after Kenyan authorities dropped a murder charge…
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BBC to make Blue Planet II series available in UHD, HDR
The BBC is set to make all espisodes of David Attenborough’s latest series, Blue Planet II,…
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Fox Networks Europe & Africa launches Nat Geo on-demand service
Fox Networks Europe & Africa is following up the launch of on-demand service Fox+ with…
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Poland’s Inea sold to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell its majority stake in Polish cable…
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ProSiebenSat.1 acquires majority stake in social advertising outfit Esome
ProSiebenSat.1 Media is acquiring a majority in Esome advertising technologies, a social-advertising provider in German-speaking…
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YouTube staffs up to tackle inappropriate content
YouTube has announced plans to grow its ‘trust and safety teams’ to 10,000 people in…
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Freeview Play launches on Sony Bravia TVs
UK digital-terrestrial TV platform Freeview’s Freeview Play on-demand service is now available on selected Sony…
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Vidme failure highlights challenges facing VOD services
Self-styled YouTube-meets-Reddit video-on-demand service Vidme is to shut down, citing competition from Google and Facebook….
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GroupM: Global TV ad spend to grow this year and next
Global TV advertising investment will grow this year and next but will lose overall market…
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Google: YouTube should not be regulated like a broadcaster
Google’s European president Matt Brittin has said it is “appropriate” that YouTube is not subject…
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BBC launches VR production studio
The BBC has launched a virtual reality production studio, BBC VR Hub, in a bid…
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YouTube launches Snapchat inspired ‘Reels’ video format
YouTube has launched Reels, a new feature inspired by the ‘stories’ video format first popularised…
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Vine founder plans ‘follow up’ service
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann has announced plans for a “follow up” to the short-form video…
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Altice to sell Swiss assets
Altice is to sell its Swiss telecom solutions business and data centre operations to InfraVia…
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Spanish households failing to use parental controls
Over half of Spanish households are aware of the availability of parental controls on their…
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TDG: US legacy pay TV services to lose 26% of subscribers by 2030
US pay TV providers will lose 26% of their legacy subscriber base by 2030 amid…
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Terry Burns in frame to replace Hodgson as Ofcom chair
The UK government has named Lord Terry Burns as its preferred candidate to be the…
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Scripted content reigns supreme for millennials – study
A Eurodata study of 15-34-year-olds from ten countries including the UK, US and Japan shows…
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BBC merges Studios and Worldwide
UK public broadcaster the BBC is merging its production arm, BBC Studios, and commercial division…
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Ofcom: live TV ‘still important’ to children
Live viewing on the TV remains “an important part of children’s lives”, with the TV…
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Ericsson: half of TV and video viewing will be mobile by 2020
By as early as 2020 half of all TV and video viewing will be done…
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HDMI 2.1 specification supports 10K and dynamic HDR
The HDMI Forum has released version 2.1 of the HDMI specification, which includes support for…
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NBCU appoints new International Studios boss
Jeff Wachtel is relocating from LA to London to become the replacement for Michael Edelstein…
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Poland the ‘top European market for OTT TV’
A higher proportion of people watch over-the-top video on their home TV sets in Poland…
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VOD outfit Pantaflix secures Disney deal as it plans global rollout
German movies-on-demand service Pantaflix, which has ambitions to expand globally, has struck a deal with…
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Russia’s Beeline appoints new CEO
Russian telco and wireless provider, Beeline, has named former MTS Group executive Vasyl Latsanych as…
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AsiaSat 9 now fully operational
Satellite operator AsiaSat’s AsiaSat 9 satellite is now fully operational at its 122° East orbital…
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Former Ofcom CEO: BBC licence fee sustainable ‘for present purposes’
Former Ofcom boss Ed Richards has said that the BBC licence fee is a sustainable…
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Ovum: US SVOD to more than double pay TV by 2022
In the US, the number of subscriptions to online video services will more than double…
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TVN launches Player+ with Canal+ and HBO content
Polish broadcast group TVN has launched Player+, an expanded video-on-demand and live channel offering that…