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BBC Studios names new director
Lisa Opie has been named as the new genre director of factual for BBC Studios. Opie, who is currently controller of business for factual...
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UKTV Play revamped
On-demand TV platform UKTV Play has undergone its first major redesign. The service, which offers content from all ten of UKTV’s TV channels, has...
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Sky Cinema launching 8 July
Sky is set to launch a new movie offering, Sky Cinema, on 8 July. Cinema is to replace the current Sky Movies service throughout...
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The challenges of subtitling cricket
The performance of live subtitling is physical, a vocal exercise like public speaking or singing. If you possess the required aptitudes - essentially, you...
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Effectively managing the OTT challenge in today’s market
Whether a company is a broadcaster delivering OTT services, a pure-play OTT provider, or a telco delivering online video for commercial gain, it is...
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ITN seals deal to make Channel 5 news until 2020
ITN has struck a £35 million deal with Channel 5 to continue to make its news programmes until 2020. The four-year deal represents a...
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Mobile growth sees all other media decline
The rise of mobile internet consumption is seeing all other media outlets decline, according to the latest Zenith report. The second annual edition of...
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IP4Live 2016 webinar: Progress in managing the IP transition
Registration is now open for the EVS IP4Live 2016 webinar: ‘Progress in managing the IP transition’, which takes place on 27 June. Part of...
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TVU and Sat-Comm partner for live streaming solutions
TVU Networks has agreed a deal with satellite and broadcast systems integrator Sat-Comm to deliver its IP-based live video uplink solutions to Sat-Comm customers....
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Newstag adds CNN to news service
Newstag is adding CNN International to is mobile-first video news service. nNews, business, feature and entertainment content from CNN will appear on the platform
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Geek & Sundry launching Legendary SVoD service
Geek & Sundry will launch its own SVoD service later this year. Alpha, created by parent company Legendary Entertainment, has been built as a...
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Le Mans to host first ever live 24-hour advert
Ford and Eurosport are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Le Mans 24 Hours by hosting the first ever live 24-hour advert at the event....
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Discovery and ORF pen Olympic deal
Discovery Communications has agreed a long-term partnership with Austrian public broadcaster ORF that will see every event of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games...
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Vimond Highlights in action at Euro 2016
Vimond Highlight solutions have been implemented by multiple broadcasters for use at the European Championships, which kicked off on Friday. TV4, TV2 and SVT...
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Ericsson joins TVBEurope 2020 as Gold Partner
TVBEurope is pleased to confirm that Ericsson has joined this year’s TVBEurope 2020 conference as a Gold Partner. The one-day strategy summit, which will...
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Eurosport secures Bundesliga coverage
Eurosport has taken its first step into the premium sports market after penning a four-year deal to exclusively broadcast Bundesliga matches. The broadcaster has...
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Timeline renews MediaCityUK commitment
Timeline Television has renewed a five-year lease at its MediaCityUK base. The post production, outside broadcast and studio-based service provider has also expanded its...
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Eurovision, Net Insight partner for UEFA live coverage
Eurovision has partnered with Net Insight, a provider of live, interactive and on-demand media transport, to support its live coverage of the UEFA European...
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Makers Channel launches in UK
Dutch service Makers Channel has launched in the UK. The platform, self-proclaimed as the ‘perfect mix of YouTube and Netflix’, collates the ‘best of...
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Piksel and Dr Oz launch OTT service from JungoTV
Piksel has partnered with JungoTV to launch a new international content OTT service, powered by Piksel Digital Showcase. The service will deliver language-specific video
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Phabrix at Broadcast Asia
Phabrix has been demonstrating its latest products at Broadcast Asia 2016 as it looks to increase its footprint throughout Asia. Represented on both its...
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BBC experimenting with VR projects
The BBC is launching a number of new virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree projects. The various, ‘relatively low budget’ releases have been developed to...
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IBC2016: Best of Show Awards open for nomination
NewBay Media is now accepting submissions for the Best of Show Awards, honouring outstanding products exhibited at IBC2016. The awards are open to any...
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Global IP traffic to triple by 2020
Global Internet traffic will nearly triple over the next five years, according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI). The rapid rise will,...
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Sony Pictures Television takes stake in Blueprint
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in UK indie Blueprint Television. Founded by producers Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin in 2005,...
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Ostmodern aids maxdome overhaul
Ostmodern played a ‘key role’ in the redesign of Germany SVoD service maxhome, according to the broadcast and VoD specialist. The redesign, which took...
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UK E&M sector to be largest in EMEA by 2017
The UK’s entertainment and media (E&M) sector is set to overtake Germany and become the largest in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA),...
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TVU, Techex form IP partnership
TVU Networks and Techex have joined forces to offer Techex customers TVU Networks’ range of IP transmission, routing and distribution solutions. The deal will...
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People on the move – May
A monthly round-up of appointments in the broadcast and media industry. Arkessa has appointed Samuel Staehle as its new regional director for Germany, Switzerland...
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NeuLion acquires Saffron to ‘transform’ OTT
Technology product and service provider NeuLion has completed the acquisition of Saffron Digital. Neulion, which specialises in the broadcasting, distribution and monetisation
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Elemental and STN partner for OTT delivery
Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) has selected Elemental Technologies video processing solutions to power the unified headend delivery of broadcast and OTT TV content
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MarkLogic aids BBC Store creation
MarkLogic has been selected by the BBC to provide the database platform at the heart of the BBC Store. The operational and transactional Enterprise...
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Virgin Trains Beaming OTT to passengers
Virgin Trains has released a complimentary on-board entertainment service. The free app, Beam, will give customers access to an array of free entertainment through...
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Newtec aid Com & Com launch
Newtec’s Dialog platform has been selected to facilitate the launch of C-band enterprise services for Com & Com, a joint venture between the service...
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DVB-T2 to launch 40 channels
A new DVB-T2 platform will be launched in Germany on 29 March next year. It will deliver 40 public and commercial channels, most of...
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Dejero joins TVBEurope 2020
TVBEurope is delighted to confirm Dejero Labs as Lanyard Partner for the annual TVBEurope 2020 conference this month. The one-day strategy summit, which will...
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Premier League finances enter ‘new era’
Ever-increasing TV deals are seeing Premier League clubs become ‘attractive propositions’ to investors, according to Deloitte. Deloitte’s 25th ‘Annual Review of Football
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Lawo implemented at Sky Deutschland
ky Deutschland has selected Lawo to power its satellite news gathering (SNG) fleet for its HD sports news and live sports production. Lawo is...
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Warner Bros launching OTT division
Warner Bros has formed a new division focused on building the studio’s owned digital and OTT video services. Warner Bros Digital Networks (WBDN) has...
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Online content could see pay-TV ‘fail’
The emergence of online content delivery could be as disruptive to traditional television as digital print was to the newspaper, according to a Boston...
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Sky Online arrives on PS4
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland has brought its OTT service Sky Online to the Sony PlayStation 4. Arrival on the PlayStation 3 will follow...
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Eurosport to broadcast Wimbledon live
Eurosport has secured the rights to broadcast Wimbledon live after agreeing terms with the BBC. The deal will see Eurosport become the first commercial...
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