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The ITV Hub digital service to launch next week
ITV’s new digital service, The ITV Hub, is due to launch next week, replacing the…
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Sky News airs first virtual reality report on migrant crisis
Pay TV operator Sky’s Sky News service has launched its first virtual reality news report….
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YouTube Kids app launches in the UK and Ireland
YouTube is launching its kids app in the UK and Ireland, its first rollout outside the US….
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India’s Times Now launches in the UK, more Euro rollouts planned
Times Now, the 24-hour English news channel from India’s Times Group, has launched in the…
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EE TV adds 25 channels from TVPlayer
EE has added British Eurosport, Discovery Channel and 23 other premium channels to its TV…
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Sky extends HBO deal across Europe
Sky’s role as the exclusive home of HBO programming in the UK will be extended…
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Virgin Media study brands retrans fees a ‘bad idea’
A study by Virgin Media found that 72% of people thought proposals to introduce pay…
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Sky rejigs programming team
Sky has installed a new head of comedy and rejigged its senior programming team across…
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Parks Associates: OTT cancellation rate 3% in the UK
Some 3% of UK broadband households cancelled a subscription to an over-the-top (OTT) video service…
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Vodafone to launch UK TV service early in 2016
Vodafone has said that it plans to launch its long-anticipated TV service in the UK…
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Microsoft announces European cloud expansion
Microsoft plans to expand its public cloud initiative to the UK in 2016 and has…
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Amazon Instant Video launches on Roku in the UK
Amazon Instant Video has launched on the Roku streaming platform in the UK and Ireland…
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TiVo passes four million subscriber milestone
TiVo has now passed the four million subscriber mark internationally, the company has revealed. TiVo…
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Vision247 launches UK app on iOS and Android
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has launched its VisionTV UK app on iOS and Android devices, making…
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PlayBox names technology chief
Playout specialist PlayBox Technology has named Stanislav ‘Sunny’ Petkov as chief technical officer to oversee…
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NBCU merging UK and EMEA channels business under Colin McLeod
NBCUniversal is merging its UK and emerging markets channels business under its current central and…
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UK government admits to Channel 4 sale option
The British Conservative government has admitted it is looking at privatising public broadcaster Channel 4…
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Now TV launches on Apple TV
Sky’s over-the-top streaming service Now TV has launched on the new Apple TV set-top box…
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Freesat adds 6,000 TV homes in third quarter
UK free-to-air satellite platform Freesat added 6,000 new TV homes in the third quarter, taking its…
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Strategy Analytics: social media use unrelated to TV content
Use of social media while watching TV is high, but use in relation to what…
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RTS unveils awards shortlist
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the shortlist for its RTS Craft & Design…
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Sky prepares to ‘set your TV free’
Sky has announced a UK launch event later this month where it will reveal what’s…
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BBC Store to launch next month
The BBC is due to launch its buy-to-own digital content store in the UK next…
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Sky kids app to focus on VoD, not games
Sky’s forthcoming kids app will be device agnostic, but will not include games content, the…
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Amazon bags Lucifer, Badlands for UK
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK rights to new US dramas Lucifer and…
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Disney launching UK streaming service
Disney is launching DisneyLife, a direct-to-consumer streaming service in the UK. Disney said DisneyLife will…
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BBC and Sky services join Apple News
BBC News and Sky’s Sky News service will both be available as part of the…
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Football fans feeling the pain as costs mount, says Virgin Media
Some 77% of English football fans want to see more Premier League football made available…
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Sky posts strong first quarter results
European pay TV operator Sky has posted strong results with subscribers, revenue and profit all…
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Sky Media launches Sky AdVance ad solution
Sky’s advertising sales division of has launched Sky AdVance, a new product designed to help…