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World’s first human rights TV channel launches in UK
IOHRTV aims "to put human rights into the front line of mainstream media”
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Business
BBC plans biggest investment in Scotland for 20 years
BBC Scotland will begin broadcasting in autumn 2018
Production & Post
Golf Channel Thailand picks PlayBox for playout
Golf Channel Thailand has chosen channel branding and playout systems from PlayBox Technology as part of a major upgrade to its studios in Bangkok
Business
UKTV channels to land on Freesat
Broadcaster UKTV will launch three channels on Freesat, marking the next step in its platform growth strategy
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Jazz and Blues TV to go online with Piksel
Jazz and Blues TV has partnered with Piksel to launch the first digital music TV channel dedicated to jazz and blues
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Newstag and Euronews agree distribution deal
Newstag, a mobile first news video service based in Stockholm, has announced an agreement with the Euronews channel
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ITV Hub to go live next week
A promotional ad for ITV’s new online service has hit YouTube. The ITV Hub will become the new digital destination for all its TV channels and online services, replacing ITV Player and itv.com
Production & Post
Festival 4K marks IPTV 4K UHD channel in France
Playout service provider Basmedia, is launching a new HEVC UHD service using Ateme’s TITAN Live. The channel, Festival 4K, will launch in France
Business
Ziggo launches free sports channel
Dutch cable operator Ziggo will launch a new sports channel this month, featuring major events, a weekly talkshow and sports-related films and documentaries
Business
Vice announces aggressive move into TV in Europe
Digital youth brand Vice is planning an 'aggressive' move into TV, with a number of channel launches planned across Europe and the UK
Features
Return to OZ: streaming media and the new creative class
During the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to the early 1960s, the ‘Big Five’ motion picture studios hired creative professionals under long-term contracts
Business
French OTT offering signs major distribution deals
Molotov, created by Jean-David Blanc, founder of AlloCiné, and Pierre Lescure, founder of Canal+, has entered into OTT distribution agreements with a number of television broadcast partners and will be hosting over 80 French and international TV channels on its new distribution platform
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NOS delivers UHD first in Portugal
ViBE VS7000 provides HEVC encoding for NOS' own exclusive 4K content and content from Hispasat 4K channel
Business
AwesomenessTV goes Beyond US with Endemol
Endemol Shine Group has entered a multi-year partnership deal with multi-platform media company AwesomenessTV to expand the teen brand’s international presence
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Digital to take majority share in UK consumer’s media time
The amount of time UK adults spend with digital devices and platforms continues to grow rapidly, with UK consumers spending an extra half hour every day on such devices this year compared to last year, according to eMarketer's latest estimates of media consumption in the country
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Harmonic and Intelsat partner for UHD demo channel
Intelsat's Galaxy 13 satellite to deliver 2160p60 video content enabled by Harmonic's Spectrum server and Electra X3
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ITV extends playout contract with Ericsson until 2024
Ericsson will continue to provide playout services for ITV’s portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD, CITV and their associated regional variants
Business
BBC Earth grows with new original commissions
BBC Worldwide today announced new programming for global factual brand BBC Earth, with two more series green lit for the global channel
Features
How will Project Dovetail transform the broadcast industry?
With BARB (Broadcaster’s Audience Research Board) announcing that they will be publishing their TV Player report this September, what particularly interests us at TVPlayer is how Project Dovetail will transform the broadcast industry when it launches
Business
Three hundred staff to go at MTG
Modern Times Group is to lay off 300 staff in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the UK as part of a restructuring programme
Business
BT Sport takes the Ashes
BT Sport has outbid Sky to become the home of the 2017/18 Australia vs England Ashes, and will show all Australian home cricket internationals live in the UK, from 2016 to 2021
Business
Eurosport acquires Rugby League package for Setanta Sports Asia
Eurosport has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights from Sky for a selection of Rugby League properties to be broadcast on Discovery’s recently acquired premium rugby channel, Setanta Sports Asia. The rights are effective immediately until the end of the 2019 season
Business
Endemol Shine UK takes controlling stake in Simon’s Cat
Endemol Shine UK has acquired a controlling share in animation company Simon’s Cat, founded in 2008 by illustrator, animator and director Simon Tofield
Business
Full UKTV offering now available on BT TV
A deal announced yesterday will allow BT customers to access all ten of UKTV’s channels for the first time
Business
PassionTV back on air via IPTV solution
Passion TV chooses Arqiva’s new Connected Broadcaster solution to go after the younger generation
Business
TVPlayer Plus boosts channel line-up
TVPlayer Plus will launch this month from TVPlayer, an OTT live streaming provider for broadcast TV channels. At the core of the live-streaming and catch-up-TV service is Media Excel’s HERO platform provided by Garland
Production & Post
PerceptionTV adds regionalisation capability to multiscreen platform
IPTV technology specialist PerceptionTV has added a regionalisation version of its multiscreen IPTV/OTT platform allowing content providers, TV start-ups and aggregators to personalise the platform by brand image, viewer location, and regional content
Business
BT customers to witness ‘start of the zombie apocalypse’ with AMC launch
AMC will launch in the UK for the first time on 28 August exclusively to BT customers. The channel, from international TV network AMC Global, will premiere new series Fear the Walking Dead
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AlloCiné and Canal+ founders launch Molotov in France
AlloCiné and Canal+ founders JeanDavid Blanc and Pierre Lescure (pictured, left to right), have teamed up to create Molotov, a service for the distribution of programmes and channels.
Analysis
TV Catchup – (nearly) the end of the road?
DLA Piper’s John Cloke (senior associate), Patrick Mitchell (legal director), and Jonathan Salt (trainee), assess the recent case brought by UK free-to-air broadcasters against the internet streaming service TV Catchup.
Business
London Live announces new Live from London strand
London Live, the capital’s TV channel, is increasing its coverage of events across London with an official Live from London strand.
Business
Zee Network Europe celebrates 20 years with &TV launch
Zee Network Europe, the largest south Asian entertainment network celebrated the completion of 20 years of Zee TV in Europe this week with the launch of entertainment channel &TV.
Production & Post
Arkena selects BroadStream for playout expansion
Global media services business Arkena has appointed BroadStream Solutions to support the European growth of its playout business.
Business
Pixel Power: Dynamic Automated Graphics Generation
Dynamic Automated Graphics Generation, a white paper from Pixel Power is available now from NewBay Connect.
Production & Post
UTV Ireland looks to Deluxe
Deluxe has been tapped by UTV for content preparation for recently launched UTV Ireland channel.
Production & Post
Gearhouse re-enters the jungle
Gearhouse Broadcast has returned to the jungle for the seventh time to deliver technical and production facilities for ITV Studios’ I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
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ABOX42 launches Ethnic OTT TV
ABOX42 has unveiled Ethnic TV, designed to provide a complete solution for OTT TV providers around the globe.
Business
Plans to ‘re-invent’ BBC Three unveiled
A proposal was announced yesterday announced a to relaunch BBC Three, including a move online
Production & Post
Russia’s Shopping Live on-air with Aveco
Russia’s Shopping Live channel is using Aveco’s ASTRA Control Automation and Media Asset Management system.
Business
Rightster to manage Lehren Networks’ Bollywood channels
Rightster has joined forces with Indian film specialist Lehren Networks, to manage its 77-plus YouTube channels.
Production & Post
VG Television launches with Octopus
Norwegian newspaper group, VG, has launched a new television channel, and invested in Octopus Newsroom’s NRCS.
Production & Post
Pixel Power brands new channel for Ireland
Pixel Power is to supply two BrandMaster branding switchers to UTV in Belfast, for its new broadcast centre.
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New lifestyle channel Ride TV picks Globecast
Globecast has been selected to provide content management and playout for equestrian lifestyle channel Ride TV.
Production & Post
Antenne Réunion upgrades system with BCE solutions
Reunion island broadcasting group Antenne Réunion has replaced its channel management software with BCE’s broadcast solutions suite.
Production & Post
Levira opens new playout facility in Bratislava
Levira, an independent TV playout service provider in northern Europe, has installed a new playout facility in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Production & Post
N1 chooses Trilogy’s Gemini
N1, a new news channel that will cover the Balkan countries of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina has selected Trilogy's Gemini distributed matrix intercom system.