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Netgem launches SoundBox HD in UK with year’s free Amazon Prime
TV technology outfit Netgem has launched an all-in-one smart soundbar and TV box in the…
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BT to include Amazon Prime in TV offering as it unveils convergence plan
BT is to include Amazon Video as part of its TV offering as it pivots…
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YouTube Red drama enters Parrot Analytics’ UK digital originals top 10
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale , YouTube Red drama Cobra Kai and Amazon’s The Grand Tour…
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BARB: Amazon now leading UK SVOD growth
Netflix was the slowest growing of the UK’s main SVOD services in last year, achieving…
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Amazon to increase video spend throughout the year
Amazon said it plans to increase its spend on video throughout 2018, after the company…
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Amazon to remake UK hit Utopia
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order for Utopia, based on the British series of the…
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Video ‘driving adoption’ as Amazon Prime passes 100m members
Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has revealed in his yearly shareholders letter that Prime now has…
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Movistar+ and Dailymotion on Amazon Fire TV Stick
Telefónica’s Movistar+ TV service is now available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick following the…
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Amazon Prime adds dating show to Indian originals
Amazon Prime Video is to bring original reality series Hear Me. Love Me to its platform, based…
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Amazon teams up with Disney for two series in Europe
Amazon is launching two new series exclusively for Prime Video as part of a new…
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Amazon Channels reportedly primed for French launch
Amazon is mulling a launch of its à la carte pay TV offering Amazon Channels…
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Amazon orders Spielberg epic as investment in high-end drama deepens
Amazon Studios has greenlit a straight-to-series order of a four-hour miniseries based on the epic…
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Channel 5 enters SVOD with More Milkshake! on Amazon Prime
Viacom-owned UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5 is launching its first move into subscription video-on-demand by…
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Cheddar raises US$22m from Liberty Global, Antenna and others
Millennial-focused digital news service, Cheddar, has raised US$22 million in funding, with Liberty Global and…
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Amazon originals’ impact revealed
The effects of Amazon’s original programming strategy have been laid bare for the first time…
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BAMTech-powered NHL app launches on Fire TV
Disney-owned video streaming technology firm, BAMTech, has launched the NHL app it operates in partnership…
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France set to slash SVOD window lag for ‘virtuous’ players
Eutelsat chairman Dominique d’Hinnin is expected to present his report calling for reform of France’s…
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Global video revenues reach US$70bn driven by online services
Total global video revenues reached US$70.2 billion (€56.5 billion) in 2017 driven by the online…
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NCTA: regulators need to end ‘mindless’ net neutrality obsession and take on big tech
Regulators need to stop obsessing about “outdated” net neutrality and address the more pressing need…
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BBC’s Tony Hall highlights internet giants’ threat to British TV
BBC director general Tony Hall is once again to highlight the threat presented by US-based…
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Parrot: SVOD content spend climbs from US$5.5bn to US$13bn
Between 2013 and 2017 the amount invested in content by the major three SVOD platforms…
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Parrot study: German and Spanish content discovery habits compared
Content discovery habits differ significantly between consumers in Germany and Spain, according to an analysis…
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MásMóvil and Huawei move forwards with TV plan
Spanish alternative telco MásMóvil will unveil the TV service it is preparing with Huawei in…
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EntertainTV gobbles up Fremantle’s Picnic in exclusive content push
EntertainTV, the Deutsche Telekom pay TV service, has taken exclusive rights to Australian drama Picnic…
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Star Trek: Discovery tops Parrot list for Switzerland
Star Trek: Discovery topped Parrot Analytics’ top 10 list of in-demand digital originals in Switzerland…
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Amazon Prime brings in first French original
Amazon Prime Video is teaming up with Newen (through its Telfrance subsidiary), Bavaria Fiction and…
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Kagan: European SVOD revenues to reach US$6.8bn in 2022
The European subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market is due to reach revenues of US$6.8 billion in…
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NBC’s Jennifer Salke replaces Roy Price at Amazon Studios
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke is set to become Amazon Studio’s head of content, replacing…
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Stranger Things tops in-demand originals in Sweden
Stranger Things topped Parrot Analytics’s analysis of ‘in-demand’ digital originals in Sweden for the week…
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Amazon pledges to continue to increase video budget
Amazon has said it will continue to invest in video content and will incorporate it…