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The BBC and Discovery: getting back together
One of the signature movie genres of the 1930s was the ‘comedy of remarriage’: films…
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Blocked streams
Public and commercial broadcasters’ efforts to band together to take on the transatlantic juggernauts of…
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Ovum: On Netflix’s quest for “moments of truth”
Since 2013, Netflix’s stated aim has been to win “moments of truth.” That is, those…
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Ovum: Smart home vendors must tap into what their customers think
There are many factors that contribute to the success of businesses, and customer satisfaction is…
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Ovum: Reshaping pay TV for the new reality
Ovum’s forecasts indicate that growth across all TV and video segments is becoming increasingly elusive…
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BritBox: risks and rewards
This week produced an interesting note from analysts at Berenberg focusing on ITV’s prospects for…
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Does BritBox signal the end of the linear EPG?
The BBC and ITV have announced (again) their plan to rule the VOD world with…
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Brits on the Box
This week brought the news that the UK’s two leading broadcasters plan to launch a…
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Ovum: Telcos have made inroads into re-bundling, but complacency is not an option
Last year was the year operators finally listened to consumer demands: we want new “sexy”…
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Sex, lies and broadband
European consumers value broadband more than sex, claims a study commissioned by Liberty Global, details…
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Europe’s copyright rules battle
The European Union’s key institutions – the Commission, Council and Parliament – this week finally…
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Ovum: Service providers that fail to take a deeper and longer-term view of data privacy will lose out
Data privacy and security scares are rarely out of the news and hardly a week…
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A tale of two streamers
You may say I’m a streamer, but I’m not the only one, as John Lennon…
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Why a shake-up for TV means a shake-up for DVB
TV is undergoing a change unlike anything it has experienced before. Even the introduction of…
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Ovum: Taking voice to a multibillion-dollar digital economy platform
Voice is growing rapidly as a new user interface through digital assistants such as Amazon…
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Telecoms and OTT TV: Altice’s plans for Molotov
Altice this week entered into exclusive talks to buy a 60% stake in Molotov, the…
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Ovum: BeoutQ piracy threatens to devalue western sport rights as Arab pay TV is forced into a readjustment
The ongoing political dispute between Qatar and those who boycotted it – principally Saudi Arabia,…
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A fork in the stream: NBCUniversal’s OTT TV strategy
Comcast and NBCUniversal this week filled in some of the details on their plans for…
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RTL’s ad-tech ambitions
RTL’s acquisition last week of server-side ad insertion (SSAI) company, Yospace, marks its latest investment…
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Welcome to the new pay TV world
New market entrants have emerged in the world of pay TV and profoundly changed the…
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Ovum: The rise of the TV re-intermediaries
The ongoing unbundling of pay TV by Netflix, Disney+, and other direct-to-consumer (D2C) video apps…
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Ovum: 10 predictions for 2019
This year is likely to see an accelerating pace of change in the digital video…
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Amino: opportunities amid ‘cord confusion’
More consumer TV choice than ever is leading to ‘cord confusion’ but it is also…
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Free: the return of the box
At a time when cloud TV is in the ascendant and the future of the…
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Ovum: When Netflix runs out of steam
All good things come to an end. And so it will be with Netflix’s growth…
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Brit Player or bit-players: PSB collaboration in the digital era
Ofcom CEO Sharon White this week made her strongest plea yet for UK public service…
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Convergence conundrums
Liberty Global’s management strongly believe that the company’s share price is cheap, and the forthcoming…
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Vodafone’s growth story
Vodafone, which posted its first quarterly results this week under new CEO Nick Read, has…
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Networking events: what next for cable?
The European cable industry, as David to the telcos’ Goliath in infrastructure-based competition, has always…
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Middle East media: new recruits for BeIN’s battle
The BBC and Sky this week added their voices to the growing chorus of media…