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French MPs vote to end licence fee
Gabriel Attal, minister of public accounts, said the decision to axe the licence fee would “not jeopardise the funding or the independence of public...
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BT/Warner Bros Discovery joint venture wins CMA approval
BT Sport and Eurosport UK will initially retain their separate brands before being brought together under a single brand in the future
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Viaplay acquires Premier Sports in £30 million deal
Company has appointed DAZN's Edward Breeze as SVP and head of sports UK
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Stephen Ratcliff joins Presteigne to lead sales team
Ratcliff will work closely with the Hire team, the Projects team and with Presteigne’s international partners in Paris and Hilversum
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LiveU expands Spanish presence
The company said the move is in response to ever-increasing demand for its technology in the country
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Morgan Henry joins Blackbird as VP engineering
Henry previously worked at YouView as head of engineering technologies
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Meet the senior product consultant
Kiloview's Zane Zeng discusses his average day helping make content creation easier, and why he believes IP-based production can help everyone who loves video...
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Ofcom: RT breached impartiality rules 29 times in four days
Ofcom said it found that RT’s coverage failed to preserve due impartiality in relation to the conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
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TVBEurope July/August 2022 issue now available
This issue looks at the plans for broadcast coverage of the Commonwealth Games, investigates the two codecs vying for adoption by the media industry,...
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Looking Glass Survey deadline extended
The Charity said it especially wants to hear from people outside of London
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Lords: BBC faces “stagnation and decline” if it fails to respond to urgent challenges
A report by a cross-party committee suggests a universal household levy linked to council tax bills is one alternative to the BBC's licence fee
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Viaplay in talks to acquire Premier Sports
Acquiring Premier Sports would give the streaming service a linear option, as the company currently broadcasts a number of pay-TV channels in the UK...
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iWedia acquired by Reinhart Interactive TV
Between them, Zappware and iWedia reach up to 50 million households, with customers including Bouygues Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, and Swisscom
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Netflix names Microsoft as technology partner for ad-supported offering
"Microsoft has the proven ability to support all our advertising needs as we work together to build a new ad-supported offering," said Netflix COO...
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DAZN ‘in talks to acquire Eleven Sports’
Talks are said to be advanced but there's no guarantee the deal will happen
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RTS celebrates two Young Technologists of the Year
Jahreal Wright, user support specialist at Sky, and Jonathan Chappell-Seetayah, IP broadcast project engineer at Timeline TV, were both chosen to receive the award...
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Sky, ITV, BT Sport, IMG under investigation over ‘anti-competitive behaviour’
The broadcasters are being investigated under Section 25 of the Competition Act, which allows the CMA to look into potential cartels
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disguise expands metaverse plans with Meptik acquisition
disguise CEO Fernando Kufer says the acquisition of the creative studio will help it lead the next era in extended reality and metaverse experiences
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Synamedia accelerates SaaS offerings with Quortex acquisition
Quortex's multi-tenant SaaS technology builds video streams on-the-fly based on the requirements of end users and matched to viewers’ locations, devices and time zones
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Meet the chief creative officer
Ewan Johnson, CCO and co-founder of Arcturus, reveals how a trip to a galaxy far, far away set him on a course to the...
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European Union investigates Alliance for Open Media licensing policy
The EU is reportedly investigating alleged anti-competitive behaviour related to the license terms of AV1 by AOM and its members in Europe.
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Bundesliga’s Andreas Heyden to lead new German sports streamer
S Media Nation is due to launch in the third quarter of 2023 and aims to be the new German home of sports other...
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Analyst: Channel 4 privatisation ‘likely to be pushed back’ following Johnson’s ousting
Enders Analysis' director of television tells TVBEurope privatising the broadcaster is unlikely to be a priority for the new PM or culture secretary
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Former BSkyB CEO joins Airties as chairman
Airties has also announced it is moving its corporate headquarters Paris in order to support its global expansion plans
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Entries open for Rise Awards 2022
A drinks event during IBC Show will reveal the shortlist, with the winners set to be announced on Thursday 10th November at BT Sport's...
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ALPAC Capital takes majority share in Euronews
Company has acquired 88 per cent of the Euronews' shares after reaching an agreement with previous holder, MGN
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MEDIAGENIX acquires video distribution services company BeBanjo
The acquisition generates a broad solution portfolio combining MEDIAGENIX's WHATS’ON Media Business Management Platform with BeBanjo’s Movida VoD-first solution
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Meet the sports broadcast graphics operator
AE Live's Jodie Butcher reveals how she went from PE teacher to working on some of the biggest sporting events in the world, and...
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Vincent Grivet re-elected chair of HbbTV Association
The Assoication has also elected a new Steering Group, containing representatives from broadcasters and technology vendors
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Andy Kaplan to head up operations at Light Iron
Kaplan has previously worked at Technicolor and Company 3
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Best of Show at IBC 2022 nominations open
Awards celebrate the innovation and craft of the industry’s R&D teams by recognising some of the standout products and solutions on display in Amsterdam
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Thum + Mahr acquired by Broadcast Solutions
Co-founders Peter Thum and Hanno Mahr will become advisors to the company, which will remain in Monheim an Rhein
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EBU’s DG Noel Curran to serve further six years in office
Organisation also appoints two new members to its executive board
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Amazon to share Champions League rights with BT Sport
Amazon has won the rights to Tuesday night games, with BT Sport airing Champions League matches on Wednesday
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MediaForEurope ‘will look at’ Channel 4 when it goes up for sale
Numerous companies are circling the broadcaster ahead of privatisation
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BFI: UK production training sector needs £104 million investment a year and another 21,000 employees
The BFI calling for the industry to invest at least 1 per cent of all production budgets in training existing and future workforce
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‘We’ve seen a crazy amount of demand’: IBC prepares for return to in-person show
“We’ve surpassed our initial expectations and are thrilled with the levels of enthusiasm and engagement among exhibitors and visitors for this year’s show," said...
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French TV hit by strikes
Staff are protesting against President Macron's plans to abolish the country's licence fee, as well as plans to merge a number of public service...
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Meet the creative producer
NDI TV's Renato John-Paul Straume Fogliani explains how no day is the same in his job, and why he would advise anyone who wants...
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Digital 9 agrees £459.3 million deal for 48 per cent stake in Arqiva
Deal is expected to complete in the second half of 2022
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Dr Rajesh Pankaj appointed InterDigital CTO
He is also inventor or co-inventor on 230 patents worldwide
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Avid returns to IBC
Avid CEO Jeff Rosica said the company is confident that the improving conditions and handling of the pandemic can help to ensure that IBC...