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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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Turner buys majority stake in iStreamPlanet
Turner Broadcasting System has bought a majority stake in live video streaming company iStreamPlanet, a…
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Comcast taking on YouTube with Watchable
US cable provider Comcast is reportedly gearing up to launch a major new digital video…
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US multi-channel firms shedding subs, data shows
US multi-channel service providers lost more than 600,000 video subscribers in the three months ended…
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BBC Three goes online-only in March 2016
The BBC plans to turn youth network BBC Three into an online-only service from March…
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UK web users gravitate to long-form video
Three quarters of UK internet users will watch digital video content, via any device, at…
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BBC Earth deals for Belgium and Spain
BBC Worldwide has signed deals to broadcast a branded block of BBC Earth content via…
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HBO NOW set for ‘case-by-case’ int’l launches
Subscriber satisfaction for HBO’s US over-the-top service has surpassed expectations with announcements about new country…
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Netflix confirms Japan launch date
Daredevil streamer Netflix is due to launch in Japan on September 2, marking its first…
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TVN ups Anting
Polish broadcaster TVN Group has appointed company executive Christian Anting to the management board, with…
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Netflix ‘churn rate 9%’
Roughly 4% of US broadband homes have cancelled their Netflix subscription in the past 12…
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YouTube poaches MTV programming chief
MTV’s president of programming in the US, Susanne Daniels, is set to join YouTube to…
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Discovery to buy rest of Eurosport
Discovery Communications has agreed to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in Eurosport…
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Netflix replaces live TV for young viewers, says report
Netflix has replaced live TV as the default television source for young viewers, marking an…
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Sony Pictures Television closes Film1 deal
Sony Pictures Television Networks has completed its buyout of Dutch channel group Film1 from Liberty…
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Maker Studios-owned Blip.tv ‘to shut’
Justin Day, the co-founder of online video producer and distributor Blip.tv, has said the business…
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MTG makes US$50m Zoomin.TV investment
Modern Times Group (MTG) has bought a 51% stake multi-channel network Zoomin.TV for roughly €44.9…
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HBO Now launches on Amazon Fire tablets
HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…
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YouTube reach passes cable
The time people spent watching video on YouTube increased 60% year-on-year in Q2, with the…
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Netflix passes 65m, confirms China plans
Netflix passed the 65 million subscriber-mark in the second quarter and confirmed plans to launch…
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Sky pushes ahead with German 4K plans
Sky in Germany has signed a new deal with satellite operator SES, leasing more capacity…
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Netflix’s US market share ‘to drop to 50%’
Netflix’s share of the US over-the-top video market is due to fall from 85% in…
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8K TV shipments to pass 900,000 units
Worldwide shipments of 8K Ultra High Definition TVs will climb from just 2,700 units in…
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Comcast to launch Stream online TV service
Comcast is due to begin trialling a new streaming cable service in the US called…
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BT fires salvo in battle with Sky
Ofcom should amend the scope of its Digital Communications Review to include pay TV, so…
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Sawiris take control of Euronews
Media Globe Networks, a company owned by the Sawiris family and managed by Egyptian billionaire…
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Facebook ‘sets sights on music videos’
Facebook has reportedly held preliminary discussions with the major record labels about adding music video…
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Half of US pay TV users now watch Netflix
Netflix streaming among pay TV users in the US has climbed from 36% in 2012 to…
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WWE Network launches in Italy
Wrestling entertainment company WWE has launched its over-the-top video service, WWE Network, in Italy. The…
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Bingers ‘give up’ on unavailable shows
Nearly half of viewers who enjoy binging on TV series will look for something else…
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Top YouTube MCNs now worth $10bn
The top 100 YouTube multichannel networks are worth nearly US$10 billion, with the YouTube channel…