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Digital
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‘Unsustainable’ Al Jazeera America to shut down
Al Jazeera America will close its cable and digital operations in the coming months, citing…
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UK digital video revenues pass £1bn for the first time
Digital revenues from services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky Store exceeded £1bn for the…
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Just 12% of US viewers have switched to digital-only
Half of the US population has bought or rented TVs or movies digitally in the…
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TVN ups Anting to board member for digital
Polish broadcaster TVN Group has appointed company executive Christian Anting to the management board, with…
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Analogue-to-digital TV deadline reached with much work to do
The official deadline for for switchover from analogue to digital TV in Europe, Africa, the Middle…
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Subscription TV in decline as digital makes gains, says PwC
US subscription TV penetration is expected to fall from 79.5% in 2012 to 76.9% in…
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BBC director general outlines digital direction
BBC director general Tony Hall has spoken out in support of changing the licence fee…
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Spanish write-down takes Mediaset into the red
Mediaset turned in a net loss of €20.5 million for the first have after taking…
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Netflix effect to make Sweden first to pass digital milestone
Digital video revenues is expected to exceed packaged video revenues in Sweden for the first…
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VoD traction to increase as digital payments soar, says Juniper
Online VoD services like Netflix will be deployed and will have gained traction in most…
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UKTV presses Play with first digital-only service
UK multichannel operator UKTV is launching its first direct-to-consumer digital service this summer. UKTV Play…
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Former Sony digital strategy chief joins General Harmonics
The former chief digital strategy officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Mitch Singer, has joined Canadian…
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Half of children think digital content should be free, says YouGov
Some 49% of children aged eight to 15 years old agree or strongly agree that…
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Telefónica offers to buy out Mediaset’s Canal+ stake
Telefónica has offered €295 million to acquire Mediaset’s 22% stake in Spanish pay TV operator…
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OTT revenue to grow by 28.1% per year, says PwC
Revenue generated by over-the-top (OTT) video streaming services is set to grow at an annual…
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Telefónica seals deal to take control of Canal+ Spain
Prisa and Telefónica have definitively agreed the sale of Prisa’s 56% stake in pay TV…
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Telefónica in €725 million bid for control of Digital+
Telefónica has made a €725 million bid for a controlling stake in Prisa-backed Spanish pay…
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Mediaset looking to decide future of pay TV platform by June
Mediaset vice-chairman Piersilvio Berlusconi confirmed that the Italian media company had received interest from international…
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Ziggo takes pay TV hit
Dutch cable operator Ziggo reported a 4.3% year-on-year decline in pay TV revenue in the…
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NBCUniversal to launch digital programme initiative
NBCUniversal is making a push into “original, digital-first” programming, which it plans to broadcast across…
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UPC Cablecom plans digital expansion, ahead of analogue switchoff
Liberty Global-owned Swiss cable operator UPC Cablecom plans to extend its free digital channel offering…
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MTG appoints chief content officer for digital division
Jakob Mejlhede has been named chief content officer of Modern Times Group’s next-generation division, MTGx….
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BBC unveils £8 million investment plan for World Service
The BBC World Service has pledged £8 million of new investment for digital and multiplatform…
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BBC details digital Winter Olympics plan
The BBC has unveiled plans to air “the most complete digital coverage of a Winter…
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Bertelsmann digital exec steps down
Bertelsmann digital executive Thomas Hesse has stepped down “to pursue new professional opportunities” in the…
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TV now 55% digital as global analogue switch-offs continue
More than 55% of households with a TV now receive a digital signal, compared to…
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Endemol ploughs €30m into digital production venture
Production giant Endemol has unveiled a new global venture to create a network of connected…
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RTL eyes further digital growth
RTL Group said that its strong and rapidly growing digital presence has now established it…
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Blockbuster to shut US DVD business, focus on digital
Dish Network-owned video rental firm Blockbuster is set to close all its remaining US stores…
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Telenet slows TV losses
Belgian cable operator Telenet said that it reduced its loss rate of basic cable TV…