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Over-capacity and changing market hits Intelsat
Pricing pressure fed by capacity over-supply and an ongoing decline in point-to-point and US government…
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Vessel voyage to end after Verizon acquisition
Jason Kilar’s online video service Vessel will close on October 31 after US telecoms giant…
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Starz-backed SVOD service Fandor names chief distribution officer
Starz-backed indie film service Fandor has named a chief distribution officer, and closed a deals…
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LeEco builds US streaming service
Mondo, a producer and distributor of animations aimed at adults, has struck a deal with LeEco…
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Stingray secures deal with US OTT outfit KlowdTV
Pay TV music service provider Stingray Digital Group has struck a deal to supply its…
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Comcast Ventures appoints Tinder co-founder
Comcast’s venture capital arm has appointed the co-founder of dating app Tinder, Dinesh Moorjani, as…
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Netflix surges as revenues top US$2bn
Netflix has reported better than expected results, with quarterly revenues topping US$2 billion (EUR1.8 billion)…
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Periscope aims at pro market with more streaming options
Twitter-owned video streaming service, Periscope, is now allowing users to broadcast with professional equipment –…
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Facebook increases Chromecast integration
Facebook users will soon be able to cast videos from the social network to Chromecast-equipped…
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BuzzFeed News and Twitter partner on US election coverage
BuzzFeed News is partnering with Twitter to stream a US election night special broadcast live…
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Pluto TV raises US$30m from ProSiebenSat.1, Scripps Networks
Over-the-top video service Pluto TV has raised US$30 million (€27 million) in a funding round…
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Research reveals hotel media preferences
Almost two thirds of millennials use their own devices to stream content while staying in…
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Sky invests US$2m in stealth TV startup Caavo
Sky has invested US$2 million (€1.8 million) in Caavo, a stealth US-based startup that was…
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Ex-MTV exec creates new media company ‘for 21st century’
A group of veteran US media executives led by a former MTV executive have launched…
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Amazon adds Kindle books to Prime offering
Amazon is throwing in the ability to view a selection of Kindle e-books to its…
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YouTube launches paid promotion notifications
YouTube has launched a new video feature that lets content creators flag when a video…
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Discovery hires finance chief from ProSiebenSat.1
Discovery has hired Gunnar Wiedenfels as CFO, poaching the finance chief from German broadcast giant…
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Google Fiber closes Webpass deal
Google Fiber has closed its buyout of San Francisco-based internet service provider, Webpass. In an…
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Hulu drops price of ad-supported subscription
Hulu has dropped the price of its ad-supported subscription offering from US$7.99 (€7.12) per month…
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Xiaomi launches Android TV-powered 4K Mi Box in the US
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi has launched its 4K Ultra HD streaming media player in the…
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Viacom, CBS explore merger
National Amusements, which owns controlling stakes in both firms, last week urged the pair to…
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Hispanic US veteran launches SVOD service
US Hispanic broadcasting industry veteran Carlos Barba has launched a Spanish-language subscription VOD service. Barba…
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Ampere: SVOD-only households on the rise
The proportion of homes ditching traditional TV and exclusively taking an SVOD service is on…
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HBO and Cinemax launch on PlayStation Vue in the US
HBO and Cinemax has launched on Sony’s over-the-top TV service, PlayStation Vue, in the US….
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More than four in five US TV homes subscribe to pay TV
Some 82% of US TV households subscribe to a pay TV service – down from…
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Facebook angers ad buyers over viewing time miscalculation
Facebook has attracted the wrath of advertising buyers and marketers after overestimating the average viewing…
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Verizon reportedly set to buy Vessel
US telco Verizon is in position to acquire mobile video platform Vessel, according to a…
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Liberty Global and CableLabs join wireless technology alliance
International cable operator Liberty Global and US-based cable technology body CableLabs have joned the MulteFire…
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Comcast starts Netflix trial on X1 boxes
US pay TV giant Comcast is due to start rolling out a beta version of…
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NCTA drops the word ‘cable’ in modernising rebrand
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) has renamed itself to ‘NCTA – The Internet…