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Free webinar: Expert secrets to deploying a successful PTP network
Tektronix will offer help with how to set up a PTP network
Facebook acquires social media video developer Vidpresso
Acquisition is aimed at enhancing interactive elements of Facebook Live
Viacom launches new digital studios division
Unit will focus on creating, distributing and monetising digital content for Viacom’s brands outside of the US
Kudelski sells SmarDTV device business to Neotion
New business SmarDTV Global is an affiliate of Neotion
Argosy subject of a management buyout
Now under the direct control of existing directors, Chris Smeeton and Josh Simons
EBU and European Athletics renew broadcast rights deal to 2027
Deal covers worldwide broadcast rights and services provided from Eurovision Media Services
Disney’s SVoD service could be cheaper than Netflix
CEO Bob Iger has revealed plans for the company's new streaming platform
Middlechild brings in Matt Ralph as head of new digital division
Ralph was previously assistant digital commissioning editor for BBC Factual
ITV invests in new $1 billion SVoD platform
"NewTV" is being described as the first entertainment platform built for easy, on-the-go mobile viewing
Fox buys more time for new Sky bid
Company filed paperwork which gives it several more weeks to produce a new offer
Lionsgate signs multiyear TV agreement with Universal Music Group
Companies will develop original scripted and unscripted TV projects drawn from UMG’s portfolio
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Discovery appoints first ever CEO, Global Direct-to-Consumer
Peter Faricy joins the company from Amazon
NEP’s Mediatec acquires FilmGEAR business in Denmark
Firm will take over live event assets from the Showcare brand
Freeview interest spikes in wake of Virgin-UKTV spat
UKTV is said to be losing around £1m a week
Mediaset scores Euro 2020 rights
Deal also includes 80 matches featuring foreign national teams
Keith Underwood appointed Channel 4 COO
Underwood was previously director of strategy and technology
Apple's Tom Cook hints at entertainment offering
Cook tells analysts company is working on "something" but isn't ready to reveal what yet
InterDigital acquires Technicolor patent licensing business
Includes approximately 3,000 worldwide video coding patents and applications
ITV, Virgin Media agree new carriage deal
Details of the new agreement have not been announced
ITV could pull its channels from Virgin Media
Broadcaster could remove its channels as soon as this weekend if an agreement is not reached
dock10 recruits Ian Dodd as head of post production
UK-based TV facility has bolstered its post production team with additional appointments
STV appoints MD for new Digital division
Richard Williams joins the company from UKTV, where he was general manager of UKTV Play
COBA tells government to "be ambitious" on Brexit broadcasting deal
Organisation insists it's "crucial that the Government gives industry confidence that it will fight for broadcasting"
RTS reveals winner of Young Technologist of the Year Award
Technology support engineer at BBC Wales, Gareth Reid, bagged the 2018 accolade
Google invests in AI transcription company Trint
Funding part of latest grants from Google's DNI Fund
Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham in final race to be new Channel 4 HQ
More cities cut from creative hubs shortlists
Liverpool fails to make shortlist for new Channel 4 HQ
Mayor Joe Anderson has confirmed the news in a tweet
TVBEurope announces The 2018 MediaTech Outlook
Outlook combines unique market intelligence, technological insight and agenda-setting opinion
Ofcom "concerned" at Virgin/UKTV row
Four million viewers estimated to have lost UKTV's 10 channels
Presteigne Broadcast Hire appoints new CTO
Simon Atkinson will focus on strategic technology initiatives
Swedish telco Telia acquires Bonnier's TV business
Deal includes Sweden's TV4, streaming service C More, and Finnish MTV
Jünger Audio announces reorganisation as part of insolvency proceedings
Ongoing search for new investors to continue
Comcast drops 21st Century Fox bid to focus on Sky
Leaves the way clear for Disney to purchase Fox's entertainment assets
UK equity company acquires majority stake in Game of Thrones VFX studio
Mayfair Equity Partners has bought into Pixomondo
Insight tv pens distribution deal with KPN
Dutch viewers can watch the broadcaster’s 4K UHD HDR and HD content via KPN’s IPTV service
Netflix "still sets the benchmark" despite missing subscriber target
SVoD added around half of predicted subscribers in Q2
Vodafone Spain shifts away from football rights
Telco announces it will focus on high-end TV and film content instead
Cooke Optics acquired by Caledonia Investments
Current management team and day-to-day activities remain unchanged
Brexit White Paper "provides little clarity" for broadcast sector
COBA says it is "deeply concerned" that broadcasters will have to begin restructuring
RTL Interactive appoints head of VoD content
Moritz Pohl will take up the newly created role from the 1st of October
Battle for Sky intensifies as Comcast ups its offer
DCMS gives Fox go-ahead to take control of Sky
Almost half of the UK is registered with the BBC
Figure revealed as part of the BBC's Annual Review