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Andrew McDonald
Andrew is Contributing Editor at Digital TV Europe. Follow him on Twitter @andy_mc_donald
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iPlayer ‘treads water’ as Amazon & Netflix ‘make waves’
The BBC is “treading water” with its iPlayer service while Amazon and Netflix are “starting…
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iPlayer ‘treads water’ as Amazon & Netflix ‘make waves’
The BBC is “treading water” with its iPlayer service while Amazon and Netflix are “starting…
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Sky preps internet TV in Germany, Italy
Following its initial debut in the UK, Sky plans offer internet-delivered versions of its TV…
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Facebook hires Hugo Barra to lead VR efforts
Facebook has hired former Xiaomi and Google executive Hugo Barra to lead all of its…
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Sky to offer pay TV without a dish
Sky has unveiled plans to launch Sky TV over broadband in the UK, marking the…
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MTG offloads stake in TV Prima
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
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Viceland lines up March launch for Netherlands
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, will launch in the Netherlands on March 1 via Liberty Global-owned…
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Bazalgette leads gov’t’s UK creative industries review
TV industry veteran Peter Bazalgette will lead an independent review into the UK’s creative industries,…
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Chase Carey in pole as Liberty completes F1 deal
Liberty Media has completed its US$8 billion takeover of Formula 1 and appointed Chase Carey…
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TVN to stream Drone Racing League
TVN is set to debut Drone Racing League in Poland via its over-the-top streaming service…
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PlayStation VR to support 360° YouTube videos
PlayStation VR users can now experience immersive 360-degree YouTube videos using their PS VR headsets….
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CNN launching new Money net in Switzerland
English-language business news channel, CNNMoney Switzerland, is due to launch in the second half of…
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Sweeping price increases at BT’s pay TV
BT is due to start charging its customers to access BT Sport for the first…
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HBO Now ‘tops Netflix for customer satisfaction’
HBO Now trumped its US SVOD rivals in most categories of a new customer satisfaction…
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Netflix sign-ups hit record level
Netflix added 7.05 million new members in the fourth quarter, far exceeding its forecast of…
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Twitter’s Biddle departs in second recent media exit
Twitter’s director of strategic innovation, Dan Biddle, is leaving the company in the second major…
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Netflix ‘more indispensable’ than US networks
Netflix is the TV brand that US viewers would be most reluctant to give up,…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV set to boom
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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Apple ‘aiming for major originals push’
Apple is reportedly planning to make a major push into original content, making TV show…
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Turner and AzamTV take Boing into East Africa
Turner has expanded children’s channel Boing into new markets in East Africa after agreeing a…
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Deloitte: TV continues to thrive
TV advertising revenue will remain resilient to digital disruption in the UK this year as…
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BBC must ‘reinvent PSB’ to rival Netflix, Amazon
The BBC must “reinvent public service broadcasting” in a bid to take on digital video…
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US VOD revenues up 6% in 2016
US video-on-demand revenues increased by 6% in 2016, returning to growth after dropping nearly 3%…
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AMC expands Balkans footprint
AMC Networks International – Central Europe is expanding its Balkans footprint after agreeing a new…
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UK digital video revenues up 22.8% in 2016
Digital video revenues from the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Apple overtook physical sales of…
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Hulu CEO lifts lid on new live-streaming service
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins has revealed fresh details about its forthcoming live streaming TV service,…
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Dish subsidiary debuts streaming device
AirTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of US satcaster Dish, has launched a new streaming device…
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VR headset revenue set to hit $660m
US sales of virtual reality headsets are projected to reach 2.5 million units in 2017,…
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Google streaming service ‘could launch in Feb’
Google could reportedly launch new subscription streaming service Google Unplugged as early as February after…
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Online ‘to replace TV as top ad medium by 2020’
Online will replace TV as the number one global advertising medium by 2020, according to…