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Eleven Sports strikes Drone deal
Pay TV sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has struck a deal with the Drone Champions League…
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Fox to launch SVOD service FX+ with Comcast
21st Century Fox’s US FX Networks unit has teamed up with cable giant Comcast to…
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CBS All Access goes global
CBS’s SVOD service, CBS All Access, is headed to the global market. The service will…
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Lionsgate launches Spanish OTT service Pantaya
Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group have launched Pantaya, a Spanish-language OTT service dedicated to premium…
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NBCU ‘sceptical of OTT services’
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has expressed scepticism over the long-term impact of over-the-top channels services…
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ZoneTV taps Ooyala for channels launch
US best-of-the-web channel provider ZoneTV has hired Ooyala to provide technology to enable it to…
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Hulu launches live TV service on Amazon Fire TV
Hulu has rolled out its recently-launched live TV streaming service on Amazon’s Fire TV and…
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More US service providers sign up for SES’s Ultra HD service
Nine new US cable and telecom operators have signed up to take satellite operator SES’s…
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Report: Discovery back in merger talks with Scripps
Discovery Communications is reportedly in merger talks with Scripps Networks Interactive. According to a Reuters…
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Ampere: US web users watch more online video than Europeans
Compared to Europe, the US has a higher proportion of internet users who watch video…
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NBC hires ex-Endemol Shine unscripted exec
US broadcaster NBC has hired former Endemol Shine North America unscripted production chief Linda Giambrone….
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Netflix international subscribers outnumber US after strong Q2
Netflix passed the 100 million-member mark and now has more international than US viewers, in…
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US pay TV market declines in Q1
The US pay TV market declined by 612,000 subscribers in the first quarter of this…
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AT&T reportedly planning new role for CEO in post-merger reorganisation
AT&T is to follow up its US$85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner with a management…
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TDG: 65% of 18-24s would choose SVOD over pay TV
Almost two thirds of US broadband users aged 18-24 would choose SVOD over traditional pay…
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Parks: 59% of US web homes have Netflix, Amazon or Hulu
Some 59% of US broadband households subscribe to Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu, according to Parks…
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Report: Facebook, Twitter, Snap bid for World Cup clips
Facebook, Twitter and Snap have reportedly offered 21st Century Fox “tens of millions of dollars”…
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Hulu adds HBO & Cinemax
HBO and its sister channel, Cinemax, are now available on US video-on-demand service Hulu. Beginning…
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Brown Sugar VOD service launches on Amazon Fire TV
African American subscription video-on-demand service, Brown Sugar, has launched on Amazon Fire TV. Owned by…
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Parks Associates: 9% of US homes plan to buy VR headsets
Some 9% of US broadband households plan to buy a virtual reality headset within the…
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AMC launching premium ad-free service in US
The Walking Dead channel AMC is launching an ad-free, linear channel for US$5 a month…
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CMT president Philips exits after 16 years
Brian Philips is leaving Viacom cable channel CMT after 16 years with the network. Frank…
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Netflix and Amazon could have limited impact on US pay TV
US pay TV will not decline as rapidly in the face of competition from Netflix…
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Altice USA launches IPO
Cable and telecom group Altice’s US subsidiary has launched its IPO, offering 63,943,029 shares of…
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Skinny bundle ‘VMSOs’ could present serious challenge to US pay TV
The US’s new wave of OTT TV ‘skinny bundle’ providers could amass 3.5 million subscribers…
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Sony bosses to lead Apple programming push
Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg are joining technology giant Apple to lead its push…
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US content ‘dominates Euro VOD slates’
American films and TV shows dominate the catalogues of Europe’s transactional and subscription VOD services,…
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Filmstruck launches on Roku
Filmstruck, the Turner-owned SVOD dedicated to arthouse, indie, foreign and cult films, has launched on…
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Google Fiber launches in Huntsville, Alabama
Google has rolled out its Google Fiber broadband initiative to Huntsville, Alabama, after leasing part…
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Ampere: Over 55s failing to see attractions of SVOD
Over 55s are not tuning in to subscription video-on-demand, even though they have embraced catch-up…