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Simplestream raises £500,000 for US, Europe expansion
UK-based multiscreeen TV technology company Simplestream has received ￡500,000 in funding from Clydesdale and Yorkshire…
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Eleven teams with Twitter for Ivy League football
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a deal with Twitter to live-stream Ivy League American…
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TCL launches big-screen 4K HDR Roku TV
TCL has launched an ultra high definition 75-inch Roku TV – its largest television set…
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Moody’s study: a tale of two telco markets
European and US telcos are experiencing contrasting fortunes, with Europe’s players seeing prices rising thanks…
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Zone TV taps AI for self-scheduling digital channels
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of…
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Eurodata unveils European viewing trends
People in the five biggest European markets watched an average of three hours and 48…
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Roku unveils five new streaming players
Roku has unveiled five new streaming players that it says offer better performance, improved wireless…
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HBO tops pay list as US subscribers become more selective
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the…
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Amazon launches new 4K UHD Fire TV device
Amazon has launched of its Fire TV streaming device featuring support for 4K Ultra HD…
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Comwave taps ABOX42 for new TV offering
Canadian independent telecom operator Comwave has tapped Germany-based set-top provider ABOX42 to deliver its new…
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Less than 80% of TV homes in US now take pay TV
Approximately 79% of TV households in the US subscribe to some form of pay TV…
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Mediaset strikes deal to launch international channel on DirecTV
Mediaset has struck a deal with US telecom and pay TV operator AT&T to include…
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Ex-BBCWW North America president named CEO of Mitú
Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide North America has been named the new CEO of…
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The Africa Channel launching SVOD offering
US-based The Africa Channel is launching a subscription video-on-demand service targeted at the African diaspora…
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Report: Philo SVOD service to offer channels from US cable giants
Channels from US cable TV giants like Discovery, AMC Networks and Viacom are set to…
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Roku launches The Roku Channel
Roku has launched a free movie-streaming channel on its platform, called The Roku Channel. Available…
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North American SVOD subscriptions to grow 53% by 2022
The number of North American SVOD subscriptions is due to grow by 53% between 2016…
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Nielsen: traditional TV signal reception up in the US
The percentage of US homes with TVs receiving traditional TV signals is currently 96.5%, an…
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Roku increases lead in US battle of streaming devices
Roku is increasing its lead in the battle for supremacy between streaming media player providers…
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Turner to launch OTT sports after securing Champions League rights
Turner is to launch a new standalone premium sports streaming service in the US after…
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US satellite TV operators suffer ‘biggest ever losses in Q2’
US satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish suffered more combined subscriber losses in Q2 2017…
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YouTube TV expands to half the US
YouTube has rolled out its subscription TV streaming service to 14 new markets in the…
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TDG: ‘skinny bundle’ TV online customers happy with value
Subscribers to virtual pay TV services “overwhelmingly consider service value to be very solid,” according…
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US connected device sales ‘to reach 442m by 2020’
More than 442 million connected devices will be sold in the US by 2020, according…
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New chief for SlingTV as Lynch exits for Pandora
DISH Network’s Erik Carlson will lead its over-the-top service, SlingTV, after Roger Lynch moved to internet…
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Britbox launches on Amazon Channels in the US
BBC Worldwide and ITV’s US subscription video-on-demand service, Britbox, is now available via Amazon’s Channels…
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Altice ‘looking at Charter bid’
Altice and its US offshoot Altice USA are in the initial stages of putting together…
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Fox chief: live-streaming TV proves pay power
The progress of live-streaming TV services reaffirms the strength of pay TV bundles, according 21st…
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NBCU comedy SVOD service Seeso shutting
NBCUniversal is shutting its comedy-themed SVOD service Seeso. The US service’s future has been in…
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Ampere: revenue per channel stronger for streaming pay TV
Virtual pay TV operators in the US are making more than twice the revenue of…