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NAGRA, MTM publish 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum findings
Senior pay-TV and content provider executives identify five priorities for the industry
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NEP Group acquires full-service production company HDR
Deal expected to close later this year
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Maximo Ibarro ‘to be named CEO of Sky Italia’
Ibarro is currently CEO of Dutch telecoms company KPN
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NEP completes construction of Netherlands data centre
Eventually will house more than 300 new 19-inch racks
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DAZN lands Africa Cup of Nations, CONCACAF Gold Cup rights
Exclusive broadcast deal covers Germany, Austria and Brazil
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Insight TV joins 8K/UHD/HDR webinar
Webinar will look at the latest advances and use cases from the world of UHD (4K and 8K), HFR, and HDR
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EFL to review TV negotiation process
Report commissioned following EFL's controversial Sky deal
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EMG acquires Global Production
Forms part of EMG's strategy to consolidate its Italian business
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MX1, Sky Deutschland extend service agreement
Includes content management, playout and uplink services
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The Farm Group to be put out to pasture
WPP to sell its £50 million stake in the post production company
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Red Bee Media extends live captioning services for beIN SPORTS France
Covers captioning of live content for major national and international sport broadcasts
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Channel 4 executives “will not relocate to Leeds”
Expects majority of staff to resign rather than relocate
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BBC Studios, Discovery close UKTV deal
Partnership also makes Discovery exclusive SVoD home of BBC natural history programmes
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TVBEurope launches State of Play webinar series
New webinar series will give attendees the chance to be part of the discussion on the industry’s hot topics
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La Liga fined over mobile phone ‘spying’
App used microphones on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
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AWS CEO: We would split if ordered by US government
Andy Jassy spoke about a possible spin-off for the first time
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EBS announces UKTV EPG deal
Provides EPG services for UKTV operations on Sky, Freeview and Freesat
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Channel 4’s move to Leeds ‘will cost at least £50 million’
Up to 90 per cent of staff have indicated they would prefer redundancy to moving to Leeds
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Mediaset sets up pan-European media company
MediaForEurope will operate in Italy, Spain and Germany
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Italy’s Mediaset ‘planning corporate reorganisation’
Company to hold extraordinary board meeting
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The DPP reveals ‘greatest risks’ posed by IP transition
DPP report looks at 16 business, technology and user experience challenges
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Comcast CEO discusses possible European Sky expansion
Brian Roberts tells investors: "We bought Sky to try to grow it"
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Ofcom will not conduct assessment of BBC/UKTV deal
Deal sees BBC Studios take control of UKTV’s entertainment channels
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Bitmax signs content management agreement with Distribution Solutions
Helps maximise revenue generation from products across entire content lifecycle
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Argosy becomes Canare distributor for EMEA
Supports Argosy customers in their transition to IP production over SMPTE 2110
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Pluto TV launches on Amazon devices in Europe
Also introduces MTV Pluto TV, MTV Dating and MTV The Shores
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NAGRA, HD PLUS renew technology partnership
Includes NAGRA content security integrated in Smart TVs
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LiveU announces majority investment by Francisco Partners
Expected to accelerate the company’s global expansion
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Eurofins opens Security Test Lab
To perform security testing on set-top boxes, connected TVs, PCs, tablets, mobile devices and other IoT devices
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Canal Plus acquires pay-TV operator M7 Group
Brings Canal Plus’ customer base to 12 million across Europe
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Red Bee Media to deliver OTT services for NLZIET
Selected for transcoding, packaging and delivery of live channels and catch-up content
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Italian regulator imposes restrictions on Sky over Mediaset deal
Deal given partial green light with restrictions
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OTT monitoring and compliance market ‘to expand by 16 per cent in five years’
Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market to reach $149.7 million by 2024
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EditShare announces new investor and CEO
"If you make video, you are very likely a customer of ours, or could be."