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Quarter of UK pay TV homes now take Netflix
In the UK, 25% of pay TV households now have a Netflix subscription as over-the-top…
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Liberty Interactive buys Zulily for US$2.4 billion
Liberty Interactive Corporation, the parent company of shopping channel QVC, has agreed to buy e-commerce…
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US pay TV providers lose 470,000 subs in Q2
The 13 largest pay TV providers in the US, representing roughly 95% of the market,…
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Starz comedy debuts on Facebook without geo-blocking
The second season of LeBron James-inspired basketball comedy Survivor’s Remorse has launched internationally on Facebook,…
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US TV operators lose 600,000 subs in Q2
US multi-channel service providers lost more than 600,000 video subscribers in the three months ended…
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Discovery restructures US nets as Ross rises
Discovery Communications has placed Rich Ross into a networks group president role as it realigns…
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Haier launches new US Roku TV line
Chinese electronics firm Haier has launched a new line of Roku TVs in the US,…
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Amino completes Entone acquisition
Set-top box provider Amino has completed the acquisition of Entone. UK-based Amino agreed the US$73…
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BBC America spurs AMC to Q2 growth
AMC Networks’ new stake in US cable channel BBC America allowed the cable channels group…
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Google Fiber to launch in San Antonio, Texas
Google is due to roll out its fibre broadband initiative in San Antonio, Texas –…
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Discovery in deal with Verizon, outlines MENA ambitions
Discovery Communications is to begin supplying content to an upcoming mobile TV-focused OTT service from…
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CBS eyes international Showtime OTT launch
US broadcaster CBS is looking at international launches for its new Showtime OTT on-demand platform…
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NGSN gears up delivering OTT football to US
Online sports network NGSN has secured a raft of rights to bring international football to…
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Vice launches female-focused Broadly.tv
Vice has launched a female-focused online channel, called Broadly.tv, in the UK, US and Canada….
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EU-US net neutrality divergence ‘could impact competitiveness’
A significant divergence of neutrality rules in the US and the European Union could impact…
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Pace turns in strong performance
TV technology and set-top provider Pace has turned in an improved operating profit on lower…
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AT&T completes DirecTV acquisition
AT&T has completed its US$49 billion (€45 billion) acquisition of DirecTV following approval of the…
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Farncombe acquired by US-based Cartesian
UK digital TV consultancy, Farncombe, has been acquired by Cartesian, a Kansas-based consulting firm to…
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Comcast defends new OTT service
Comcast Communications has defended its new cord-cutting enabler Stream. The OTT service, which is currently…
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Technetix acquires Arris Supplies
Technetix Group has acquired Arris’s supplies division, formerly Telewire Supplies, to give it a better…
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Turner and Vubiquity team up to automate VoD
Turner Broadcasting in the US has turned to on-demand specialist Vubiquity to turn its broadcast…
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GoPro launches content licensing portal
Camera-maker GoPro has launched a content licensing portal, aimed at global advertising brands and agencies….
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Hulu explores no ads option
US streaming and catch-up service Hulu is exploring the launch of a ‘no ads Hulu’…
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Rovi to appeal Netflix patent ruling
Rovi has said it plans to appeal a US court ruling issued this week in…
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Netflix’s US market share to drop to 50% in 2018
Netflix’s share of the US over-the-top (OTT) video market is due to fall from 85%…
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TiVo, Motive TV update US apps to enable mirroring
TiVo and Motive TV have separately added new mirroring updates to their platforms in the…
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Bouygues top in France in latest Netflix ISP Speed Index
Bouygues Telecom overtook Numericable in June to become the fastest internet service provider in France,…
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Profit and revenue down at BBC Worldwide after AMC deal
Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…
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Cablevision stocks rise on Altice interest
US MSO Cablevision’s shares spiked at the end of last week after cable and telecom…
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Comcast to launch Stream online TV service
Comcast is due to begin trialling a new streaming cable service in the US, called…