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GfK invests in UK viewer data specialist Genius Digital
Global market research agency GfK has made a strategic investment in UK-based viewer data specialist…
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Racing UK launches pay-per-day on Freeview
Racing UK has launched a pay-per-day service accessible via the Freeview platform in the UK….
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Virgin Media Business to connect Vue cinemas
Virgin Media’s business unit has been contracted to supply a Wide Area Network to connect…
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Ofcom opens new round of local TV licence applications
UK communications and media regulator Ofcom has invited applications to operate 11 further local TV…
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BBC Worldwide unveils Western Europe restructure
BBC Worldwide has restructured its Western Europe division, announcing five new country chiefs. All of…
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YouView updates accessibility features
UK connected TV platform YouView has released the first in a series of updates to…
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Al Jazeera to launch HD service as UK DTT expands into 600MHz
Al Jazeera is to launch an HD service on the Freeview platform in the UK…
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ATVOD rules against porn sites, calls for changes to payment rules
UK video-on-demand regulator ATVOD has taken measures against 10 adult content services that it says…
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Cable needs to offer full suite of mobile services, says Virgin Media
Mobile telephony for cable is a “big scale game” that cable operators should enter wholeheartedly…
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Virgin Media to reduce headcount
UK cable operator Virgin Media is to cut 600 senior and middle management posts as…
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BSkyB to up its investment in original content
UK pay TV operator BSkyB is to increase its investment in original drama production over…
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Tesco’s Blinkbox challenges rivals with huge marketing push
Blinkbox is taking on Netflix and Lovefilm Instant with its biggest ever marketing campaign. The…
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Ofcom appoints former Lovefilm exec to content board
UK regulator Ofcom has appointed Lesley McKenzie, the former group digital officer at subscription video-on-demand…
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Pace signs deals with Astro, Foxtel
UK-headquartered broadcast technologies firm Pace has signed deals with pay TV providers Astro in Malaysia…
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Nickelodeon UK partners with web video network Viral Spiral
Nickelodeon UK has partnered with management company and video network Viral Spiral, in a bid…
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Barb taps into timeshifted data
Barb, the official source of TV viewing figures in the UK, has started reporting timeshift…
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New Buzz for Blinkx
Internet media platform Blinkx is launching a new original video content channel, Blinkx Buzz, in…
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Toshiba TVs using Rovi DivX Plus Streaming for Knowhow
Rovi has announced the availability of a range of Toshiba DTVs that use Rovi’s cutting-edge…
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Amazon’s Lovefilm buys Copper for the UK
Lovefilm has acquired Copper, the BBC America period drama series. The show is produced by…
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Twitter’s Wang heads back to US
Twitter has upped UK sales director Bruce Daisley to UK MD, taking over from Tony…
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CBS Chello Zone channels available to all Virgin Media customers
CBS Chello Zone’s channels have been made available to all Virgin Media customers in the…
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Ericsson to supply headend for Comux
Ericsson is to supply the compression platform to power the delivery of local TV services…
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UK’s Cirkus strikes deal with Sweden’s Boxer
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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Smart TV users engaging with ads, says survey
Smart TV users are actively engaging with interactive advertising, according to a study of UK…
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RRsat makes European push with JCA acquisition
RRsat Global Communications Network has established a UK base after buying London-based digital video services…
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YouView to launch new ad campaign
UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV platform YouView is launching a new advertising campaign this autumn that…
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BSkyB in ultra-HD test broadcast of Premier League match
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has conducted a test broadcast in Ultra HD at its…
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TalkTalk passes half million YouView customers
Over 500,000 customers have signed up for UK service provider TalkTalk’s YouView offering since its…
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Netflix reaches up to two million in the UK
Analysts estimate that up to two million people in the UK are streaming content via…
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OSN launches first international channel in UK
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has debuted its first international channel venture with the…