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ITU announces new HDR-TV standard
ITU has announced a new standard for High Dynamic Range Television (HDR-TV) that aims to…
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BBC engineer named as RTS Young Technologist of the Year
The UK’s Royal Television Society has named BBC trainee broadcast engineer James Goodhand as its…
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BBC documentaries chief takes BBC Two post
The BBC has appointed its head of documentaries, Patrick Holland, as channel editor of BBC…
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BBC backs industry-wide adoption of HbbTV 2.0.1
The BBC has announced plans to move “beyond legacy MHEG technology” to industry-wide adoption of…
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Akamai: Euros to generate twice the streaming traffic of last World Cup
The Euro 2016 football tournament will generate double the amount of peak online streaming traffic…
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BBC unveils first ‘true VR’ projects
The BBC has unveiled its first “true VR” pieces of content, marking a step forward…
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Netflix joins BBC to co-produce The Last Kingdom
Netflix has come on board The Last Kingdom and will be a coproduction partner of…
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Eurosport looking to air Wimbledon highlights
Eurosport could air part of the Wimbledon tennis tournament for the first time if a…
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Ericsson and BBC R&D partner on live captioning
Ericsson has partnered with BBC Research & Development on a proof of concept that the…
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BBC online kids platform ‘could boost production sector’
An ‘iPlay’ digital platform, which would see the BBC and outside partners establish an online…
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NBC to provide 4K Olympics coverage
NBC Olympics will provide distribution partners with 4K, Ultra HD coverage of the Rio Olympics…
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BBC Children’s director adds BBC North duties
The director of BBC Children’s, Alice Webb, is to become the director of BBC North,…
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Cbeebies app launches with Mexico’s Totalplay
BBC Worldwide, the UK public broadcaster’s commercial arm, has secured a deal for its Cbeebies…
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BBC White Paper: iPlayer loophole to close, scope to trial pay services
The UK government has committed to retaining the current Licence Fee model of financing the…
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BBC Worldwide to look at expanding BBC Extra SVoD service
BBC Worldwide will look at expanding new American SVOD service BBC Extra into new territories,…
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Spotify launches original programmes
Music streaming service Spotify has launched a 12-strong slate of original programmes. The new shows…
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BBC+ app to boost personalisation progress
The BBC is due to launch a discovery app called BBC+ in the coming months,…
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Industry figures vocal in support for BBC
Several actors and TV industry names used their BAFTA award acceptance speeches to register strong…
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BBC Trust clears Freesat to offer live pay sports
The BBC Trust has cleared UK subscription-free satellite TV service, Freesat, to offer live pay…
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BBC’s global audience climbs 13%
The BBC’s weekly global audience for news and entertainment across TV, radio and digital has…
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Drama titles top March iPlayer stats
Drama series The Night Manager topped the list of programme requests for BBC iPlayer in…
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BBC plan to put factual at the heart of BBC Two
BBC programming chief Charlotte Moore plans to place factual programming at the centre of the…
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BBC iPlayer gets first third-party content
UK on-demand service BBC iPlayer will launch a pop-up channel that represents the first time…
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Government could force BBCWW to sell UKTV stake
The British government could force BBC Worldwide to sell its 50% in multichannel operator UKTV,…
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BBC digital technology chief reassigned following restructure
BBC digital director Ralph Rivera has left his role as a result of the restructuring…
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BBC and BT Sport retain English FA Cup rights
The BBC and BT Sport have retained the rights to English FA Cup football in…
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Netflix confirms it will stream Top Gear
Netflix has confirmed it is taking international rights to the BBC’s new-look Top Gear, though specific…
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BBC says channels safe as Kids iPlayer launches
The BBC has launched a kids-specific version of its iPlayer on-demand service and pledged to…
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BBC expected to name production chief
The BBC is expected to formally appoint Mark Linsey the boss of its new in-house…
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ITV: SVoD partnership with BBC and NBCU a ‘good idea’
ITV executive Simon Daglish said that an SVoD partnership between the broadcaster, BBC and NBCU…