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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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Apple aims for local stations with web TV service
Apple is reportedly aiming to offer live programming from local TV stations as part of…
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Sky Italia makes online TV play
Sky in Italy has launched a Roku-powered Sky Online TV Box, a streaming device that…
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Digital TV homes will hit 1.65 billion by 2020
The global number of digital TV homes will increase by more than 1 billion between…
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Vodafone plans mobile TV push
Vodafone has announced plans to enrich its My Vodafone app “in a massive way”, adding…
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Apple to make ‘dramatic’ TV push, says investor Icahn
Billionaire investor and Apple shareholder, Carl Icahn, said he expects the firm to make a…
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Vodafone’s TV customer base tops 9 million
Vodafone closed the quarter ending March 31 with 9.1 million TV customers and 11.3 million…
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Account sharing a ‘challenge’ for SVOD
Some 11% of all US broadband households rely exclusively on shared accounts when using subscription…
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BBC preps six new iPlayer pilots
The BBC will launch six new online comedy pilots on the iPlayer as part of…
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UTV cuts revenue forecast for UTV Ireland channel
UTV Media, owner of Northern Irish broadcaster UTV, has cut the 2015 revenue forecast for…
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Studios lifts ITV results
ITV said that its total revenue climbed by 12% year-on-year in the first quarter to…
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Satellite TV ‘will overtake’ cable in 2015
Global satellite TV revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, according to new…
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Streaming service Viaplay launches on Apple TV
Modern Times Group-owned Nordic streaming service Viaplay is now available on Apple TV devices. Viaplay…
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Scripps: ‘TVN deal makes us major global player’
Scripps Networks Interactive’s majority buyout of Polish broadcaster TVN is on track to close in…
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Niche content ‘now economically viable’
The content market is polarising with niches “now economically viable,” according to former Amazon executive…
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MCNs ‘key to reaching younger viewers’
Multichannel networks are “key to reaching younger online video viewers”, with millennials watching 5.5 hours…
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Red Bull takes on new content for linear channel
Red Bull Media House will build the presence of its Red Bull TV channel, hitherto available…
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Cord cutting impact ‘very limited’ in Europe
The number of pay TV subscribers in Western Europe is due to climb in the…
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Channel 4 plans E4 election day shut-down
Channel 4 has announced plans to shut down its youth-skewing network E4 on May 7,…
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MTG reports strong sales, Nordic gains
Modern Times Group reported record sales in the first quarter, with lower revenues in its…
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Sky sees highest UK customer growth in 11 years
Sky reported its highest third quarter customer growth in 11 years in the UK and…
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Vessel raises $57.5m in funding round
Vessel, the new online video start-up co-founded by former Hulu boss Jason Kilar, has raised…
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Amazon subs ‘more likely to use Netflix’
Amazon Prime subscribers in the US are more likely to use Netflix than Prime Instant…
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YouTube confirms ad-free SVOD service
YouTube has confirmed plans to launch an advertising-free version of YouTube that users will be…
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More details on Dailymotion sale emerge
Vivendi is in exclusive talks with Orange about buying an 80% stake in French video…
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Netflix snaps up original Ricky Gervais film
Netflix will debut a new original feature film written and directed by comedian and actor…
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Vivendi confirms Dailymotion bid
Vivendi has confirmed that it has made an offer for Orange-owned video site Dailymotion, as…
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Sony Pictures Television buys Film1 from Liberty
Sony Pictures Television Networks has agreed to buy Dutch channel group Film 1 from Liberty…
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North American pay subs to fall 12%, stats show
Traditional North American pay TV revenues from subscription and on-demand services are due to fall…
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UK SVOD market worth £1bn by 2019
The subscription video streaming market in the UK is due to exceed revenues of £1…
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Sony launches PlayStation Vue cloud TV service
Sony has launched its new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, in the US cities of…