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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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AWS Elemental highlights benefits of royal wedding recognition tech
The image recognition technology that Sky News will use to enhance its coverage of the…
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NBCUniversal rebrands flagship UK channel
NBCUniversal has renamed its flagship UK entertainment service Universal Channel as Universal TV with refreshed…
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Sky News offers machine-learning enhanced Royal Wedding with AWS
Sky News has teamed up with AWS Elemental to use new cloud-based machine learning technology…
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UK consumers taking dim view of internet adverts
Over half of UK consumers believe that the ads they see on websites are not…
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Sky Sports launching new dedicated horse-racing channel
Sky Sports is launching a channel dedicated to horse racing, the latest in a series…
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YouGov: 3% of UK adults list video as ‘top priority’ on mobiles
Just 3% of UK adults listed watching videos as a top priority when using their…
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WARC: TV ad revenue in the UK to rebound this year
TV adverting revenue is expected to rebound this year after dropping in 2017, in part…
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Comcast makes £22bn cash bid for Sky
Comcast has made a firm cash offer for Sky that values the pay TV operator…
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Channel 4 orders Grenfell Tower VR original from Parable
Channel 4 has commissioned its first virtual reality original from VR studio Parable, named Grenfell: Our…
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Sky overtakes P&G as UK’s biggest traditional advertising spender
Pay TV operator Sky has overtaken Procter & Gamble as the biggest spender on traditional…
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BBC to ‘reinvent the iPlayer’ in a bid to remain relevant to 16-34 year-olds
The BBC will focus on reinventing the iPlayer this year and making it more of…
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Ofcom opens seven new investigations into RT in wake of Salisbury attack
UK media and telecoms regulator Ofcom has opened seven new investigations into Russian overseas news…
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Sky reports 10% earnings increase despite ‘challenging environment’
Sky reported a 10% increase in earnings for the nine months to March 31, despite…
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BT Sport names EE’s Matt Stagg as mobile strategy chief
BT Sport has appointed EE mobile video and content chief Matt Stagg as director of…
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Netflix unveils raft of European originals
Netflix is set to launch a new string of European originals including a Julian Fellowes…
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BT is most complained-about UK pay TV provider
BT was the UK’s most complained about pay TV provider in regulator Ofcom’s latest quarterly…
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BT makes The Terror available on YouTube in UK first
BT is giving the public a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s thriller The…
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Discovery Kids launches on Amazon Channels in the UK
Discovery has launched digital subscription service, Discovery Kids, on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels service in…
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Hall: BBC facing ‘fight for the future’ in big tech-dominated world
The BBC and UK public service broadcasting in general faces “a fight for the future”…
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UK makes major VR pledge in £150m Creative Industries Sector Deal
The UK government has made a major commitment to virtual reality (VR) and immersive technologies…
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Estonia targeting potential Brexit broadcast exodus
Estonia has emerged as the latest country to target UK-based broadcasters looking for a new…
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UKTV controller Emma Tennant passes away
The British television industry is today mourning the passing of the well liked UKTV controller…
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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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COBA warns of threat to kids content as Ofcom mulls EPG change
UK multichannel broadcasters’ association COBA has issued a warning that changes to regulations governing the…
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Macquarie outlines scenarios for Sky, Comcast, Disney and Fox
Analysts at infrastructure investment group Macquarie have outlined four scenarios for Sky following Comcast’s announcement…
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UK pledges £67 million to Gigabit broadband voucher scheme
The UK government has pledged to invest £67 million (€76 million) in a voucher scheme…
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NBCUniversal’s Hayu now on Roku
NBCUniversal-owned reality SVOD service Hayu is now available on Roku streaming players in the UK….
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QYou debuts in UK on GoMedia rail passenger infotainment service
Best-of-the-web channel QYou Media is making its debut in the UK as part of rail…
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Ampere: over 55s waking up to SVOD bingeing
Although over-55s remain staunch supporters of linear television, a new study shows they are now…