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Starz launches international D2C streaming app
New app available in the UK, France and Germany
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Technology
Arqiva delivers A+E to Amazon Prime
Transcodes in the Cloud using AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Data Centre
UK viewers unlikely to take algorithm recommendations
Only 16.7 per cent of UK viewers take recommendations from within the app
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Western Europe launch date for Disney Plus confirmed
DisneyLife will be rebranded in the UK and Ireland
Content
Facebook Watch reveals 27 short series
Digital publishers include Tastemade (UK), Brainpool (Germany) and Ciaopeople (Italy)
Production & Post
Netflix reveals £400m UK production spend
First time the company has announced its production budget
Business
Ofcom’s latest diversity report finds fewer women in the TV industry
Women continue to be under-represented in technology and engineering roles
Business
Red Bee Media deploys Pixit Media’s PixStor
At playout centres in Sweden and the UK with other sites to follow
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Roku brings smart TVs to Europe
Hisense models powered by Roku's operating system to be sold in the UK
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Insight TV launches on LG Channels
Expands distribution in the UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany
Production & Post
Netflix signs lease for Uxbridge production space
Pushes company's commitment to UK production
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DCMS has ‘no plans to make legislative changes’ to TV ad limits
DCMS said to be in discussions over limit of ads per hour on PSBs
Business
Broadcast Solutions expands Zero Density’s distribution
Delivers virtual studio solutions for broadcasting, augmented reality, live events and esports
Business
Arqiva owners ‘planning to break up the company’
Plan to split TV and radio towers business from mobile masts division
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UK, South Korea to trial 5G underground for commuters
Aims to deliver AR and MR content via headsets
Business
La Liga announces invitation to tender for UK&I
Interested parties invited to submit their best offer by 25th July
Production & Post
Netflix creates Shepperton production hub
The company employed over 25,000 cast, crew and extras across Britain in the last year
Data Centre
“More than half of UK audience” considers cord-cutting
Six in 10 consumers watch video most frequently on a smartphone
Business
Channel 4 executives “will not relocate to Leeds”
Expects majority of staff to resign rather than relocate
Production & Post
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow to be filmed at dock10
The series will update five classic formats
Data Centre
Co-commissions bring record investment to UK production industry
Evidence to be submitted to House of Lords Communications Committee
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Netflix to raise UK prices ‘by up to 20 per cent’
Aims to continue funding £12 billion content budget
Data Centre
Netflix and Amazon streaming revenues “double those of UK broadcasters”
Streaming giants made £1.1bn in UK revenues last year
Business
Pluto TV launches on Amazon devices in Europe
Also introduces MTV Pluto TV, MTV Dating and MTV The Shores
Data Centre
Three quarters of SVoD users “would reject advertising”
VODyssey report surveyed over 2,000 UK consumers
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Netflix to open Berlin office
Streamer is expected to release more German-made content
Data Centre
Telcos ‘will control 56 per cent of Western Europe’s pay-TV subscribers by 2024’
Pay-TV revenues to decline by 13.1 per cent over five years
Production & Post
Video marketplace Stringr expands to the UK
Platform allows media organisations to access video from freelancers
Data Centre
Europeans juggle ‘multiple TV services to get the content they want’
On-screen programme guides and UIs remain critical tools for finding content to watch
Business
Netflix could buy a British production company
Sees itself existing alongside ITV and the BBC
Data Centre
A quarter of UK households ‘likely to cancel pay-TV service’
Parks Associates publishes IoT in the UK - Entertainment Products and Services report
Data Centre
Cord-cutting on the rise in Europe
The UK saw a net decline of 424,000 pay-TV homes in 2018
Features
Poles apart: how polarisation is changing the face of global news
OC&C partner Toby Chapman assesses the political climate's impact on news organisations
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Pluto TV adds two drama channels in UK
Pluto TV Drama and Pluto TV Retro Drama included in free streaming service
Production & Post
Viacom to open Manchester and Madrid production centres
Expansion planned to support English and Spanish-language production
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House of Lords calls for tech giants regulation
Suggests a new 'digital authority' should be established
Business
Shure creates Western Europe sales region
Appoints Nik Gledic, Rob Smith and Tuomo Tolonen as sales leaders
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BBC and ITV confirm plans for new ‘transformational streaming service’
Set to launch in the second half of 2019
Data Centre
SVoD Stackers on the rise across Europe
New research finds more than half of SVoD homes are SVoD Stackers
Production & Post
back2back Audio opens in Brighton
The facility features the latest Pro tools HD and Neumann mics
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Government launches AI Masters programme
The joint government-industry courses are coupled with work-based placements
Business
Lawo opens UK subsidiary, announces appointments
New team formed to deliver complex, solution-orientated projects