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TPG Capital acquires US cable operators in US$2.25bn deal
Moves to consolidate the US cable industry have taken another step forward with the acquisition…
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Fox Television Stations names Berg as COO
Sharri Berg has been named as chief operating officer of news and operations at Fox…
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New York Times makes VR move with design agency acquisition
The New York Times Company is moving into virtual and augmented reality with the acquisition…
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New chiefs for Fox News
Fox News has named Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and senior EVP Bill Shine…
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Turner leads US$45m investment in Refinery29
Turner has led a US$45 million (€40 million) funding round in female-focused lifestyle site, Refinery29,…
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Microsoft buys videogame streaming service Beam
Microsoft has agreed to buy Beam, a live-streaming videogame service that lets viewers watch and…
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SNL Kagan: next 10 years ‘upbeat’ for US cable market
The next 10 years “look upbeat” for the US cable industry, with its broadband footing…
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Disney plans ESPN web service after taking US$1bn BAMTech stake
Disney is gearing up to launch an ESPN-branded subscription streaming service, after buying a US$1…
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NextVR raises US$80 million funding round
Virtual reality broadcast specialist, NextVR, has raised US$80 million (€72 million) in Series B funding,…
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Cisco unveils Full Duplex DOCSIS reference design
Cisco has unveiled a reference design for Full Duplex DOCSIS, the latest iteration of the…
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Top US pay TV operators lose 663,000 subs in Q2
The 10 leading pay TV services in the US lost 663,000 subscribers between them in…
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SFR hits Altice results but US turns in strong performance
Altice Group second quarter financials were pulled down by continued subscriber, revenue and earnings losses…
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Hulu ditches free service, Yahoo steps in
Hulu is canning its ad-supported streaming and catch-up service with a chunk of the free…
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Switzerland tops Netflix’s July ISP Speed Index
Switzerland’s ImproWare was the fastest internet service provider in Europe in July with average monthly…
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Report: Apple digital TV guide in the works
Apple is reportedly working on a digital TV guide that will work on its Apple…
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Goldman Sachs invests in Kaltura
Online video platform specialist Kaltura has secured US$50 million (€45 million) in pre-IPO funding from…
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Redstone family renews call for Viacom changes after poor Q3
Viacom’s majority shareholder, National Amusements, has renewed its calls for a management shakeup at the…
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Lionsgate can ‘dramatically scale’ drama with Starz
Lionsgate chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer has said the US$4.4 billion (€3.9 billion) acquisition of premium…
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Altice appoints global chief data officer
Altice has appointed former Cablevision exec, Paul Haddad, as its global chief data officer. Haddad,…
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Time Warner investment values Hulu at $5.8bn
Hulu has been valued at around US$5.83 billion (€5.18 billion) after Time Warner made a…
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International growth helps offset Viacom US performance
International revenues and filmed entertainment helped offset a decline in Viacom’s domestic US TV revenues…
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NBC planning major OTT expansion
US broadcaster NBC is nearing the end of its “toe in the water” experiments in…
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Kudelski settles patent litigation with Apple
Switzerland-based TV technology specialist, Kudelski Group, has agreed a patent license agreement with Apple, ending…
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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
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Globo agrees Olympics content deal with Snapchat
Brazilian broadcaster and Rio Olympics rights holder, Globo, has agreed to provide content to Snapchat…
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YouTube growth helps cement Google Q2 gains
The continued strength of YouTube along with mobile gains helped Google parent company Alphabet to…
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Facebook boss details ‘video first’ focus
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed the company’s commitment to video as the company announced bumper…
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Apple CEO hints at ‘bigger TV plans’
Apple’s introduction of the latest version of Apple TV and its tvOS software last October…
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Comcast Ventures invests in VR studio Kite & Lightning
Comcast Ventures has invested in virtual reality studio Kite & Lightning, marking the latest in…
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SES working with US cable operators on UHD TV trials
Satellite operator SES says it is working with a number of US cable operators to…