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UK accepts 21CF-Sky terms after Disney sweetens Sky News pledge
The UK government has accepted deal terms between 21st Century Fox and Sky, following an…
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SVOD service TrueRoyalty.tv launches
Following on from the global popularity of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s recent wedding, a…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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Viacom launches Paramount Network in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks is to launch Paramount Network in the UK in July as…
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Amazon breaks into English Premier League with new deal
Amazon Prime Video has broken the hold of Sky and BT on the English Premier…
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EE to stage live 5G trials in East London later this year
UK mobile operator EE is due to launch what it claims will be the country’s…
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UK sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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Vodafone to offer Amazon Prime Video with mobile plans
Vodafone UK has teamed up with Amazon to become the first UK mobile company to…
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Kantar: UK large-screen TV market quadruples in five years
The British large-screen television market has quadrupled in the past five years, according to the latest TV…
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Ordeal by Innocence leads strong month for BBC iPlayer
Agatha Christie murder mystery Ordeal by Innocence was the most-watched programme on the BBC iPlayer…
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Nick Play VOD app launches in the UK with Virgin Media
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched its Nick Play video-on-demand app via Virgin Media…
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ITV considering £1bn joint buyout plan for UKTV with BBC
ITV is considering entering a joint venture with the BBC for £1 billion (€1.1 billion)…
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Starzplay launches on Amazon Channels in UK and Germany
Amazon is set to add Starzplay, from US TV Network and Lionsgate Company Starz, in…
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YouTube reveals royal wedding streaming numbers
The live-stream of last weekend’s UK royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was…
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UK government pledges full-fibre for ‘most homes and businesses’ by 2025
The UK government has said a “step change” is needed in the country’s approach to…
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Virgin Media to offer BT Sport’s Champions League final in 4K UHD
BT Sport is to air this year’s UEFA Champions League football tournament final in 4K…
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Boost for Comcast’s Sky bid as Hancock ‘not minded’ to intervene
Comcast has received a boost in its bid for Sky as UK secretary of state…
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Sky to build new innovation centre in London
UK-based pay TV operator Sky is to build a new dedicated innovation centre on its…
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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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Sky confident about royal wedding second-screen technology
Sky is confident that its second-screen facial recognition enhancement to its coverage of tomorrow’s royal…
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YouView data reveals changing UK TV usage habits
UK hybrid digital-terrestrial and IPTV platform YouView has unveiled the findings of analysis of viewer…
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STV’s technology chief to quit as new structure takes shape
STV’s chief technology and platforms officer Alistair Brown is to leave the company at 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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STV to close second channel, focus on digital
STV has laid out its plans for the next three years, which will see the…
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BT loses TV subscribers as competition bites
BT lost 16,000 TV subscribers in the fourth fiscal quarter to the end of March,…
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ITV sees strong growth in online revenue and Studios
ITV has released a trading update ahead of its earnings report, revealing that its revenue…
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Liberty Global increases revenue, but subscriber growth slows sharply
Liberty Global beat expectations by delivering its strongest quarterly revenue growth in close to five…
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Kagan: SVOD supplementary to pay TV
TV households in Europe are primarily adopting online subscription video-on-demand services as a supplementary form…
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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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BBC, C4, ITV in plan to combat Netflix with new streaming service
The BBC, Channel 4 (C4) and ITV have held discussions to join forces and create…