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Amazon beats Sky to secure ATP tennis rights for UK
Amazon has beaten Sky to secure the UK rights to men’s ATP World Tour tennis,…
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Parrot Analytics: Ozark leaps into top place for in-demand UK digital originals
New Missouri-set Netflix crime drama Ozark was far and away the most ‘in-demand’ show in…
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BBC builds proof-of-concept voice sign-in and search for iPlayer
The BBC has built a proof-of-concept version of its iPlayer on-demand platform that allows individuals…
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Broadcasters in Spain and UK facing advertising uncertainty
Weak advertising growth in Spain and the UK could have an adverse impact on commercial…
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Dave and Home launch on Freesat in the UK
UKTV-owned channels Dave and Home have launched on the Freesat platform in the UK. Dave,…
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BT offers to bring 10Mbps broadband to 99% of the UK
BT has offered to invest up to £600 million (€670 million) to deliver internet speeds…
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Freeview Play now on over half of smart HD TV sales
TVs with Freeview Play now account for over half of all smart HD TV sales…
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BT TV additions slow to a crawl
BT added just 8,000 TV customers in its financial first quarter, compared with net adds…
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Sky confirms Sky España OTT plans
Sky has confirmed plans to launch a “simple and affordable” over-the-top service in Spain, marking…
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Sky partners with Devialet on Soundbox speaker
Sky is launching an all-in-one sound system in partnership with audio technology startup, Devialet. The…
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IHS Markit: linear TV viewing down in Europe last year
Linear TV viewing declined in the biggest European markets in 2016 as more TV watching moved…
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Studios investment brings 3% revenue drop to ITV
UK broadcaster ITV’s mid-year results show a 3% drop in revenue, which it partly attributes…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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Kids on-demand service joints Freesat
Free UK kids programming on-demand service Ketchup TV has joined free-to-view digital satellite operator Freesat’s…
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BBC VR study highlights ‘virtual cinema’ potential and headset woes
The ability of virtual reality to remove distractions and enable viewers to enjoy an immersive…
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x-Mobility adds TVPlayer to MVNA offering
Mobile virtual network aggregator x-Mobility has signed a deal with UK TV streaming platform TVPlayer…
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UK creative sector benefits from £700m in tax relief
The UK’s creative industries have benefitted from more than £700 million in tax relief over…
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Sky bid ‘will be referred’ in absence of new evidence
UK secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport Karen Bradley has pushed back…
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Viacom launches Daily Show on Amazon’s Alexa in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a spin-off digest of The Daily Show with…
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BBCWW names new Western Europe chief
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has named Nick Percy as executive vice president in Western Europe. Percy…
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BBCWW upbeat despite drop in cash returns
The BBC’s commercial arm reported a year-on-year increase in sales and profits, but cash returns…
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Parrot Analytics: Netflix dominates digital originals across European markets
Netflix dominated expressions of interest in digital originals across seven major western European countries in…
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BBC breaks Wimbledon streaming record
The BBC served 24.1 million stream requests during Wimbledon this year, making it the most-streamed…
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Dave and Home to launch on Freesat
UK channel provider UKTV is to launch comedy channel Dave and home-and-garden channel Home on…
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BBC changes US news partner
BBC News and CBS news have struck an editorial and newsgathering partnership that will allow…
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Now TV plans Entertainment Pass price increase
Sky-owned over-the-top video service, Now TV, is set to increase the price of its Entertainment…
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RTS names Young Technologist
The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has named the winner of its annual RTS Young…
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Channel 4 sets £695m record spend on programming
UK broadcaster Channel 4 (C4) made revenues of £995 million (€1.12 billion) and spent a…
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BBC adds iPlayer live restart to set-top boxes
The BBC is rolling out ‘live restart’ iPlayer functionality to compatible set-top boxes. Starting with…
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STV taps SpotX for programmatic advertising
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has chosen video ad serving platform SpotX to support programmatic selling…