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Flipps mobile to TV app raises US$2.4 million
Flipps, a US-based app for streaming entertainment from a mobile device to a TV, has…
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Hulu steps up effort to block international users
Hulu has ramped up efforts to stop broadband users outside of the US accessing its…
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Technicolor unveils high frame-rate 4K box
Technicolor has used the Cable Show in the US this week to unveil what it says…
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Netflix signs interconnect deal with Verizon
Netflix has signed an interconnect deal with US telecom operator Verizon in a bid to…
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Netflix launching on US cable
Netflix will launch on three US cable TV systems next week. The streaming service will…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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AT&T and Peter Chernin launch US$500 million OTT offensive
US telco AT&T and Peter Chernin’s Chernin Group said yesterday they will invest US$500 million…
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Netflix to increase price for new members
Streaming service Netflix is to increase its base montly rate for new subscribers later this…
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Aereo faces Supreme Court today
Aereo faces its ultimate test today, as the US Supreme Court hears the case brought…
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A+E launches channels on Apple TV in the US
A+E Networks has launched dedicated channels for its A&E, History and Lifetime channels on the…
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Tubi TV enlarges US VoD offerings
A new US video-on-demand service, Tubi TV, has launched on platforms including the Amazon Fire…
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Nagra expands Dish security partnership
Swiss-based content protection specialist Nagra has extended its partnership with Dish Network and EchoStar Technologies in…
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US pay TV subscriptions tipped for rebound
The US pay TV market is set to return to growth in 2014 with subscriber…
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Maker rejects Relativity’s US$1bn approach
Maker Studios has turned down Relativity Media’s US$1 billion (€723 million)-plus approach in favour of…
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Internet advertising tops TV for first time in US
Internet advertising in the US has exceeded TV advertising revenues for the first time. Internet…
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BuzzFeed launches social TV initiative
BuzzFeed has partnered with Bravo and IFC to launch its BuzzFeed Social Tune In Program,…
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One in five Americans reached by ‘social TV’
Some 19% of online Americans aged 15 to 54 are reached by social media relating…
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Aereo readies Chromecast launch
US TV streaming service Aereo is set to launch on Google’s Chromecast platform by the…
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OpenTV and Nagravision sue Apple for patent infringement
OpenTV and Nagravision, both subsidiaries of digital security firm Kudelski Group, have filed a lawsuit…
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NAB’s Smith and Haim Saban raise alarm on spectrum and call for new broadcast standard
US broadcasters must take on the threat to their spectrum, which is coveted by wireless…
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Masstech acquires PlayBox assets
Masstech Group has acquired the products and technology assets of channel-in-a-box playout specialist PlayBox Technology….
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Dish, DirecTV shares up on merger rumours
Shares in US satellite pay TV companies DirecTV and Dish Networks have spiked after rumours…
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Netflix explores 3D printing
Netflix has exclusively acquired the documentary Print the Legend for all of its global territories….
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AOL unveils One advertising platform
AOL has unveiled plans for a cross-screen programmatic advertising platform, One by AOL, combining the…
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Disney buys Maker for initial US$500 million
The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…
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US SCTE looks to international markets with Liberty Global appointment
The US Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has named Liberty Global’s vice-president of technology…
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Apple reportedly in talks with Comcast for streaming service
Apple is in talks with Comcast to enter into a deal to allow Apple to…
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BSkyB teams up with FX Networks for comedy
BSkyB has teamed up FX Networks to work on developing new comedy shows for audiences…
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Netflix commissions first original comedy
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are to star in Grace and Frankie, Netflix’s first originally-conceived…
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Amazon readies video streaming device
Amazon is reportedly set to start shipping its much-rumoured video streaming device in the US…