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Netflix agrees global pact with Fox for American Crime Story
SVOD giant Netflix has agreed a global streaming pact with 20th Century Fox Television Distribution…
Wurl Network goes live with streamed channel line-up
US-based streaming cable TV network, Wurl Network, has gone live, offering broadband-delivered channels to cable…
Arris expands channel programme to US, Canada
Arris has expanded its channel program, which provides resources to drive global sales of Arris…
Verizon to buy Yahoo assets for US$4.8bn
Verizon has agreed to buy Yahoo’s core internet operations for US$4.83 billion (€4.4 billion). Yahoo…
Report: Al Jazeera plans US streaming move
Al Jazeera Media Network is reportedly planning to make its English-language international news channel available…
BBC iPlayer Radio app launches in the US
The BBC’s iPlayer Radio app is now live in the US, following its international debut…
Facebook updates Live video
Facebook is launching a number of updates to its Facebook Live video service, including the…
Dish Network sees record subscriber losses
US pay TV giant Dish Network lost a record 281,000 pay TV subscribers in the…
Parks: More than half of US OTT services are SVOD
Some 55% of over-the-top (OTT) services in the US have a subscription-only business model similar…
Quarter of US TV homes now without pay TV
One quarter of US TV households now go without a cable or satellite pay TV…
US consumers turning to SVoD over cable
Almost half of US consumers with an SVoD and pay TV subscription watch their streaming…
Netflix orders Disjointed Chuck Lorre series
Netflix has ordered a 20-part straight-to-series comedy from comedy guru Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros….
BitTorrent News channel to launch next week
BitTorrent’s live-streaming TV news network, BitTorrent News, is due to go live on July 18….
Dailymotion changes reportedly leading to big staff losses
French YouTube rival Dailymotion has seen almost half of the staff employed at the time…
Google Fiber opens up in Charlotte
Google Fiber has opened up sign-ups for residents and businesses in Charlotte, North Carolina, 18…
Rovi-TiVo deal cleared by FTC and DoJ
Rovi Corporation’s US$1.1 billion (€961 million) buyout of TiVo has received clearance from the US…
Netflix ISP Index: Verizon reclaims top spot in US
Verizon FiOS regained its position as the fastest internet service provider in the US in…
Lionsgate buys Starz for $4.4bn
Studio Lionsgate has acquired premium cable channels provider Starz for US$4.4 billion (€4 billion). The…
Redstones slam ‘vicious’ Viacom attacks
National Amusements has branded members of Viacom’s board “antagonistic” and “vicious” as the battle for…
Netflix accounts for 35% of North American web traffic
Netflix represents 35.2% of peak period downstream traffic on North American fixed internet networks, according…
Netflix orders reality show featuring social media star
Netflix’s latest original programme is an unscripted series featuring social media star Cameron Dallas. The…
PlayStation Vue launches on Roku
Sony’s over-the-top TV service, PlayStation Vue, has launched on Roku devices in the US, with…
DreamWorks deal cleared
NBCUniversal’s US$3.8 billion (€3.4 billion) deal for DreamWorks Animation has gained regulatory clearance from the…
NASA launches Apple TV app
NASA has launched an app for the fourth generation of Apple TV, letting users live-stream…
All change at Altice as Drahi steps down as president
Altice boss Patrick Drahi has stepped down from his role as president of the company…
Netflix US overtakes YouTube
Netflix is now the most watched on-demand video service in the US, beating YouTube into…
Twitter acquires UK’s Magic Pony with video in mind
Twitter has acquired Magic Pony Technology, a UK-based outfit that specialises in machine learning techniques…
BitTorrent plans ‘live news channel’
Peer-to-peer video sharing platform BitTorrent is looking to launch a “tent-pole live news channel” to…
China takes top spot for large screen TVs as growth explodes
China has now emerged as the leading global market for large-screen TVs, with demand spiking…
Tumblr gears up for live video launch
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr is gearing up to launch a new live video service today,…