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BBC News signs video distribution deal with Yahoo
The BBC has entered into a partnership with Yahoo that will see BBC News branded video clips syndicated across Yahoo sites in north America
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Sky to create ‘world first’ for British Masters
Sky Sports is to create what it claims to be a world first as part of its coverage of the British Masters golf, when...
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Walter Presents acquires over 100 hours of foreign drama
Walter Presents, the UK’s new on-demand foreign language drama service has acquired 61 hours of Dutch drama and over 50 hours of German drama
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Interactive UHD channel launches in Europe and India
New channel brings original factual entertainment programming in UHD to around 60 million homes
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Channel 4 to offer world drama VoD service
Channel 4 has announced a new video streaming brand showcasing foreign-language drama free-of-charge to UK viewers
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Eurosport secures F1 rights in Portugal
Eurosport has signed a deal with Formula One Management (FOM) to secure the exclusive TV and digital rights to the FIA Formula One World...
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Formula E goes social with Little Dot Studios
Formula E has signed a partnership with broadcaster and producer Little Dot Studios to create and distribute video content across YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat...
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BBC to launch kids iPlayer
The BBC is to launch a dedicated children’s on-demand service, giving users access to youth-oriented content from across the BBC and, in future, from...
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fuboTV teams up with Akamai for global OTT soccer service
fuboTV has selected Akamai Technologies’ Media Delivery Solutions to support its over-the-top (OTT) soccer streaming service
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Piksel and Spafax partner for new Voyage
Piksel and Spafax together bring a flexible in-flight entertainment solution to the airline industry
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BBC Worldwide shows to air on South African VoD
BBC Worldwide will deliver original television content to South African VoD service MTN FrontRow. The new shows include the BBC’s BAFTA award-winning Sherlock series...
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RT Software makes Champions League debut on BT Sport
RT Software’s real-time 3D graphics solutions was chosen to support BT Sport’s live UEFA Champions League launch coverage last week
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BBC to broadcast Wimbledon until 2020
The All England Club and the BBC have extended their current contract, giving the BBC the rights to broadcast Wimbledon, from 2018 to 2020
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Formula E extends deal with ITV in the UK
Formula E will continue to be televised live and free-to-air on ITV in the UK for the second season of the FIA Formula E...
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Proposals for BBC Studios unveiled
The BBC has published a document setting out more details of its ambition to transform the majority of its in-house production unit into BBC...
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Mobile ad spend accelerating at pace with mobile viewing
New Ooyala report reveals premium broadcasters boost advertising revenue with programmatic trading
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Brightcove: IBC predictions
Brightcove’s Luke Gaydon takes us through his predictions of the future trends and topics are likely to be top of mind at this year’s...
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SBS/Sanoma selects Ericsson for live and VoD OTT services
Ericsson has been selected to deliver a managed OTT live and on-demand TV platform for Dutch media organisation SBS/Sanoma
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Anvato drives TV Everywhere offerings for Scripps Network brands
TV Everywhere and OTT platform provider Anvato has announced it is powering the live TV Everywhere offerings for Scripps Networks Interactive brands HGTV, Food...
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Freeview Play to launch next month
The new Freeview Play connected TV service is to launch in October, combining catch-up TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5,...
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RR Media partners with WSC Sports for automated sports highlights solution
RR Media has joined forces with WSC Sports Technologies, combining the company’s global digital media services and reach with WSC's automatic clipping and video...
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The evolution of entertainment discovery
Rapid changes in the way that consumers view content means that operators must rethink the way that content is discovered
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Ericsson partners with Image Nation Abu Dhabi for TV channel
Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services contract with content creator Image Nation Abu Dhabi, which includes playout, media preparation, media management...
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Broadcasters benefit from AP’s live video initiative
Besides AP Direct, which was introduced in 2013, broadcasters can also access three additional live content streams from AP Video Hub
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Harmonic and Dimetis partner for DVB-T2 HEVC trials in Germany
Harmonic has joined forces with German IP broadcast specialist Dimetis to create a fully integrated field test system to accelerate the distribution of next-generation...
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Tata Communications picks PlayBox for global broadcast playout service
PlayBox Technology’s new CloudAir virtual application has been selected by Tata Communications to support its new cloud broadcast playout service
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ContentWise expands with Babeleye partnership for MEA
The partnership, which will see Babeleye’s platform integrated with both ContentWise solutions, will enable ContentWise to deliver search, discovery and recommendations for local content
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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
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ITN Productions kicks off three seasons of Football League with EVS
ITN Productions, the in-house TV production business from ITN, recently signed a three season contract to produce all content from the Football League to...
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RTL retains Formula One rights
RTL Television and Formula One World Championship are extending their partnership, meaning that the Cologne-based channel will continue to show the F1 races
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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...
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Fear the Walking Dead launch party hits London
Last night the derelict premises of the Old Central St Martin’s School of Art building in London was transformed into a safe bunker for...
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joiz joins forces with RR Media for viewer engagement solution
RR Media has partnered with community marketing platform joiz to offer user engagement and loyalty club tools for broadcasters, content owners and rights holders
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BBC and Sky unveil new additions to on-demand services
The public broadcaster has added a number of features to its iPlayer, while Sky customers can now benefit from new additions that bring its...
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Reuters unveils Partner Marketplace for new video content
Reuters has launched its Partner Marketplace, a service offering clients fully-licensed video content from a range of specialist providers, available via a single, tiered...
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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
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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...
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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...
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Don’t break the spell: Conviva releases latest findings on viewing behaviour
Slow start times, inferior picture resolution, or excessive interruptions lead to viewers quickly abandoning content, and nearly a third of viewers will abandon a...
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Partnership with Top Victory Investments to bring Dolby AC-4 to market
Dolby Laboratories is collaborating with Top Victory Investments to promote the adoption of the Dolby AC-4 standard in its affiliate TP Vision’s televisions, for...
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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...
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La Liga to remain on Sky Sports for another three seasons
Sky Sports will remain the home of La Liga for another three seasons, following a bidding war with BT Sport. Sky Sports viewers will...
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