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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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TalkTalk adds Cartoonito to channel line-up
UK operator TalkTalk has added Turner preschool channel Cartoonito to its TV line-up. Cartoonito is…
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PwC: the future of video is mobile first
The future of video is mobile-first, with 70% of 18-24year-olds now claiming that their phone…
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Amazon takes on Netflix with global Prime rollout
Amazon has undercut Netflix with the launch of Prime Video in more than 200 countries…
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Sony Movie Channel to go live on UK platforms
Sony Pictures Television Networks UK is due to launch a rebranded Sony Movie Channel on…
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GfK: 98% of UK OTT viewing done in-home
Some 98% of content from over-the-top services like Netflix is viewed in the home, according to…
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‘Netflix only blacker’ goes live
Brown Sugar, a new subscription video-on-demand movie service billing itself as “Netflix, only blacker”, has…
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Sky Germany agrees multi-year deal with WWE
Sky in Germany has agreed a new multi-year with World Wrestling Entertainment to distribute pay-per-view…
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PlayStation Vue launches on Apple TV
Sony’s over-the-top TV service PlayStation Vue has launched as an app for Apple TV in the…
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MTG targets US digital with new hire
Modern Times Group has appointed Digital Artists Entertainment boss Scott Rupp to develop the presence…
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Ericsson boosts Nuvu with Fox film deal
Ericsson has struck a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution to license feature films…
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Over 60% of US viewers watch SVOD daily
Some 61.1% of viewers watch over-the-top or subscription video-on-demand content as part of their daily…
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UK kids switching off TV
For the first time children aged five to 15 now spend more time online than…
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Ericsson: mobile video traffic to grow 50% annually
Mobile video traffic is forecast to grow by around 50% annually through 2022, when it…
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Hulu buys content recommendations firm
Hulu has acquired the technology behind The Video Genome Project (The VGP), in a deal…
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Record US multichannel TV losses in 2016
The first nine months of 2016 have seen the biggest ever drop in US multichannel…
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EE launches ‘Watch with Twitter’
EE has become the first TV platform in the UK to partner with Twitter to…
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Vodafone grows TV, trials continue in UK
Vodafone grew its TV customer base by 0.2 million in the first half of the…
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Starz Play Arabia raises funding to expand service
Starz Play Arabia has raised a “multi-million dollar” funding round, which it plans to use…
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Vimeo strikes TV4 SVOD deal
Warner Bros.-backed TV4 has struck a deal with Vimeo that will see the latter power…
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‘Sports viewing on the decline among millennials’
Interest in sport among young millennials is “on the decline” with many viewers lured away…
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Google launches Daydream VR service
Google has launched its new Daydream View VR headset in five markets, along with Daydream…
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NBCU details Hayu SVOD expansion plans
NBCUniversal International’s reality TV SVOD service, Hayu, will widen its reach with new rollouts, download…
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Facebook ‘missed an iceberg’ with Facebook Live
Facebook made a dramatic about-turn with the launch of Facebook Live, moving the social network…
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Mubi OTT service has ‘House of Cards moment’
Mubi is making a wider push into exclusive first-run content, with CEO Efe Cakarel describing…
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Love Nature HD preps first Asian launch
Love Nature is set to make its Asian debut later this month by launching in…
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Liberty CEO: content is ‘Kong’
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company will be “selective” about content…
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Vimeo to launch subscription video offering
Vimeo has announced plans to launch a subscription video offering on top of its existing…
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Netflix looks at offline mode
Netflix is looking at introducing an offline-viewing mode in developing countries to make to easier…
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Starz plots international OTT expansion
Over-the-top service Starz Play is planning to move outside of the Middle East and North…
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Ovum: VR video to generate US$8.2bn by 2020
Virtual reality video will generate revenues of US$8.2 billion by 2020 and will make more…