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Amazon to double video spend, triple original content
Amazon is moving to double its programme budget for the second half of 2016, while tripling the number of original shows available on its...
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TVBAwards 2016 nominations open
Nominations are now open for the TVBAwards 2016. The categories have been updated for the event, now in its third year, and eighteen awards...
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Massive Interactive launch Halo
The solution, which is set to debut at IBC2016 in September, has been developed to allows partners to add multiscreen video app management to...
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Twitter pens Premier League highlights deal with Sky
Twitter has partnered with Sky Sports to deliver ‘near-instant’ highlights from Premier League matches on its social media platform. Users in the UK and...
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ITV looks to cut costs following Brexit
ITV is looking to save £25 million throughout 2017
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BBC trialling live iPlayer subtitles
The BBC has begun trialling subtitles for live channels on its iPlayer service. Subtitles have only been available for on-demand programmes in the past,...
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Sky offering ‘Buy and Keep’ box sets
Sky Store is allowing its customers to buy and keep box sets permanently by delivering a DVD copy of purchased content to the customer....
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shomi looks to the cloud with Elemental
Canadian SVoD service shomi is using technology from Elemental to help reach its goals of scaling and accelerating growth in the Canadian online video...
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VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: setting the standards
John Ive moderates the second panel discussion of the day: Setting the standards for the industry’s future. The session explored the value of new...
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The future of sport
This is the summer of sport. It has kicked, smashed and sprinted past the competition in the ratings. The ritual of gathering around a...
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Sky seals Chinese Super League rights
Sky Sports has secured the rights to the Chinese Super League for the next three seasons. The move comes amid growing interest in the...
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Riedel joins AIMS
Riedel Communications has become the latest media technology company to join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). It is the 45th addition to...
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From assets to insights
The TVBEurope supplement: ‘From assets to insights’, in association with Sony, is now available for download. Created in association with Sony, the supplement will...
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Twitter secures MLB, NFL rights
Twitter has signed a deal to live-stream out-of-market games from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Hockey League (NHL) on a weekly basis....
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Vestberg steps down at Ericsson
Hans Vestberg has stepped down from his position as president and CEO of Ericsson. The news comes as no surprise following calls from Ericsson’s...
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SvoD services could become standalone apps
Niche SvoD services may evolve into standalone apps, according to the latest research from Parrot Analytics and Mipcom. The change would see apps distributed...
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Channel 5 launching ‘Best Of’ channel
Channel 5 is set to launch a ‘Best Of’ channel My5 early next month. The free-to-air channel, which will broadcast the ‘best content from...
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Atresmedia coming to the UK
Spanish service Atresmedia is bringing two of its channels to the UK. ‘Spanish Viva’ will be available through Virgin Media, making Atresmedia the first...
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German pay-TV revenue to hit €3 billion in 2016
Germany’s pay-TV and paid VoD revenues will reach €3 billion this year, according to the latest report from the country’s commercial broadcaster association, VPRT....
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Live HD and VR streaming for iPhones
The ‘world’s first’ HD camera to shoot and live-stream HD, VR and panoramic stills and videos directly from an iPhone has been launched by...
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‘Highest possible’ UHD quality for Sky
SIS Live is providing UHD fibre connectivity for Sky Sports UHD coverage of the Barclays Premier League. Following ‘months of collaboration’ the companies have...
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UKTV extends Ericsson deals
UKTV has extended its playout, VoD and access services contracts with Ericsson. The agreement will see Ericsson continue to deliver playout services for UKTV’s...
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NEP Group rebrands UK divisions
The NEP Group has rebranded two of its UK broadcast service divisions - NEP Visions and Roll to Record - under the collective title...
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Sky Sports News tees up OBLite for the Open
Gearhouse Broadcast has supplied OBLite, its live production HD OB trailer, to Sky Sports News for its coverage from the 145th Open in Scotland....
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Portugal Telecom adds extreme sports
Portugal Telecom has added extreme sports channel MCS Extreme to its programming lineup. The operator, which delivers services under the Meo brand, will see...
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VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: Keynote panel discussion
John Ive moderates the first panel discussion of the day: Who are the content stakeholders in an all IP world? How is the content...
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Sky+ undergoes makeover to aid discovery
Sky has introduced a new homepage design to its Sky+ connected TV platform. The makeover is designed to help its customers discover more content....
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Virgin dropping eir Sport
Virgin Media Ireland customers are set to lose out on eir Sport coverage after the company failed to agree a new deal for the...
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CSI acquires Sport 10
CSI Sports has completed the acquisition of Belgium’s Sport 10 channel. Sport 10, which reaches a total of 1.3 million subscribers via the Proximus...
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OTT TV and video revenues to generate $65 billion
Global OTT TV and video revenues will reach $65 billion in 2020, according to the latest Digital TV report. ‘Global OT TV & Video...
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App launched to deliver ‘more personalised’ BBC
The BBC+ app is now available for download. Available for both iOS and Android, the app ‘puts the things you care about at your...
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SVoD needs local programming for growth
International SVoD services need to focus on local programming in local languages for growth, according to the latest Pyramid Research report. Pyramid stated that,...
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Amazon to launch throughout Europe
Amazon is looking to deliver its Prime Instant Video platform throughout France, Spain and Italy, according to Le Figaro. No statement has been made...
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ITV appoints new managing director
Ruth Clarke has been named managing director of ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE). Clarke will oversee ITV’s global distribution strategy, which continues to...
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Whittingdale out as May finalises cabinet reshuffle
John Whittingdale has been removed from his position as culture secretary. The 56-year-old, who had been charged with overseeing the BBC’s royal charter review,...
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beIN La Liga kicks off in Spain
beIN has teamed up with Mediapro to launch beIN La Liga throughout Spain. The new venture marks the second pay-TV network owned by the...
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Euronews launching VR news project
Euronews is set to launch a virtual reality news project. The project, backed by the Google Digital News Initiative (DNI) Innovation Fund, will kick...
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Sky Q going UHD
Sky is set to roll out UHD content for its new Sky Q service next month. Starting August 13, the service will begin to...
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The QYou expands across Asia
The QYou has agreed a partnership deal with Multi Channels Asia (MCA) to deliver its TV formats across Asia Pacific. The move will expand...
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Bike channel arrives in UK
Cycling channel Bike has launched in the UK after agreeing a deal with Freesat. The channel, available as of this week, is the first...
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ADB launching graphyne2
ADB is launching a next-generation personal TV software platform, graphyne2. The platform, a client device and backend software suite, is designed to provide a...
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Netcracker acquires CoralTree Systems
Netcracker Technology has completed the acquisition of converged solution provider CoralTree Systems. The deal includes CoralTree's technology solutions and resources in
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