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YouView looking to AI and voice to enhance discovery
YouView, the UK digital TV joint-venture platform used primarily by BT and TalkTalk TV customers,…
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VOD 365 launches on-demand channels on YouView
VOD 365, which provides branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, Freesat, mobile and smart TV…
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Barclays doubles SVOD investment fund to £200m
Barclays has doubled its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) investment fund for UK TV producers to £200…
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BBC consults on options for over 75s licence fee
The BBC has launched a consultation on the future of licence fee payments by over…
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Freesat adds Eros Now to platform
UK free-to-view platform Freesat has added Bollywood video-on-demand service Eros Now to its platform. The…
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Liberty Global CFO rules out big acquisitions as company mulls strategic options
Liberty Global will use proceeds from the sale of its German and CEE businesses to…
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Virgin Media to contest Ofcom early termination fine
Virgin Media is to appeal a fine levied by UK regulator Ofcom for making excessive…
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Vodafone: no UK TV offering until broadband is ‘successful’
Vodafone will not launch a TV service in the UK until its fixed-broadband offering is…
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Channel 4 and Facebook team up for weekly news show
Channel 4 has partnered with Facebook for a weekly news show, months after the social…
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SPT’s FunimationNow joins Amazon’s UK channels line-up
Sony Pictures Television’s anime service, FunimationNow, has joined the Amazon Prime Video Channels line-up in…
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Ofcom reappoints Gurassa as Channel 4 chair
UK regulator Ofcom has reappointed Charles Gurassa as the chair of Channel 4 for a…
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Virgin Media powering Liberty Global as overall residential cable revenues dip
Strong growth from the UK’s Virgin Media has powered Liberty Global Q3 performance, while overall…
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ITV Hub viewing booming as ITV posts solid results
ITV delivered 6% growth in revenues over the first nine months of the year, driven…
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Netflix ‘on course’ to pass 10 million subscribers in UK
Netflix is on course to pass the 10 million-subscriber mark in the UK by the…
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BBC iPlayer box-set plan hits regulatory hurdle
The BBC’s plans to extend the availability of box-sets on its iPlayer on-demand service, and…
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Ofcom outlines plans to boost fibre build-out
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has outlined proposals to give businesses, mobile operators and…
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Channel 4 picks Leeds for national HQ
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has selected Leeds as the base for its national headquarters, alongside…
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Snapchat launches TV-style Shows format in the UK
Snapchat has partnered with a number of broadcasters and publishers to bring its TV-style Shows…
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UK government moves to tax tech giants
The UK government has called on digital platforms including Facebook and Amazon to “pay their…
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Ofcom names Sophie Morgan to content board
UK media and telecom regulator Ofcom has named TV presenter and entrepreneur Sophie Morgan to…
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Sky’s Darroch to ‘stick around’, outlines post-Comcast priorities
Sky will stay focused on growing “all segments of pay TV” as well as building…
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Ofcom: BBC must be more transparent and take more risks
UK public broadcaster the BBC needs to go further in acting transparently, particularly in relation…
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Facebook and YouTube say no to ‘one-size-fits-all’ ratings
Facebook and YouTube have expressed a desire to get involved in a Joint Industry Currency…
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UK government outlines new measures in piracy clampdown
The UK government has outlined a number of new measures in an effort to clamp…
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BBC launches Get Creative app for Cbeebies
UK public broadcaster the BBC has launched a new Get Creative app for its Cbeebies…
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UK government unveils details of £60m kids TV fund
The UK government has announced the final details of a £60 million fund that aims…
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Eleven Sports bows to UK ‘blackout rule’ for Saturday football
Eleven Sports has agreed to stop airing live foreign football on Saturday afternoons, but has…
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Deloitte: teenagers to boost SVOD growth in the next five years
A growing number of UK teenagers will subscribe to VOD services as they opt to…
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UK PSBs call for new prominence rules to tackle tech giants
The UK’s public service broadcasters have asked the government to guarantee the prominence of their linear…
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BFI: Tax credits spur record levels of TV production spend
High-end tax credits for the UK’s television sector generated a record spend of £896.7 million…