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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 ‘planning’ autumn web TV launch
Apple is reportedly planning to launch an online TV service this autumn in partnership with…
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Digital TV homes in Latin America to double
The number of digital TV households in Latin America is due to approximately double by…
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Viacom to launch BET in South Africa
Viacom International Media Networks has partnered with African pay TV provider MultiChoice to launch a…
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Pay TV uptake in Asia Pacific to reach 68%
Pay TV penetration in Asia Pacific will rise from 59% of TV households in 2014…
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Viasat Norway viewers will C More Sport
Viasat’s direct-to-home satellite platform in Norway will carry C More’s sports channels from April 6….
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Netflix hoped for ‘non-regulation’ net neutrality solution
Netflix’s chief financial officer David Wells has said that the firm was hoping for a…
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Netflix sets Australasian launch date
Netflix is due to launch its subscription video-on-demand service in Australia and New Zealand on…
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MultiChoice hires former Viacom exec as content chief
MultiChoice Africa has appointed former Viacom, Virgin Media and Channel 4 executive David Booth as…
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Vivendi accepts Numericable-SFR offer, Canal+ boosted by overseas
Vivendi has accepted Numericable-SFR’s €3.9 billion offer to buy out its remaining stake in the…
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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen
BBC director of television Danny Cohen has claimed that after years of building up BBC…
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‘No long-term future’ in BBC licence fee, say MPs
There BBC’s licence fee model is becoming “harder and harder to justify, ” with a…
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4K set sales soar
Shipments of 4K TVs jumped by 699% year-on-year in 2014 to 11.6 million units, according…
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Discovery plans OTT expansion in Europe
Discovery Communications plans to expand its Nordic over-the-top service Dplay to more European markets this…
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Chernin: Sports more profitable online
There is more money to be made by distributing sports events online than through traditional…
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Public petition to save BBC Three
A petition signed by more than 270,000 people opposing plans to take youth-skewing network BBC…
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Nintendo scraps European TV plans
Nintendo has cancelled plans to launch its Nintendo TVii service in Europe, citing unexpected challenges…
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Sky channels launch on Snapchat
UK satcaster Sky has launched two content channels on the new Snapchat Discover platform for…
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Premier League auction hits record £5.1bn
Sky has retained the bulk of live Premier League football for upcoming seasons, but upped…
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UK Premier League rights auction could top £5bn
The cost of the current UK TV auction for live Premier League football from 2016/17…
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Reuters launches ‘Netflix for news’
Reuters has launched its mobile TV news service, offering curated and personalised news coverage that…
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Twitter to up video focus
Twitter has revealed that it has “a lot more coming on the mobile video front”…
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Ofcom rejects Virgin Media calls to delay Premier League auction
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has reject calls by Virgin Media to delay the current Premier…
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Combined Sky reports bumper customer growth
Sky reported strong customer growth in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria in its first…
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MENA pay TV to top 21 million
The number of pay TV homes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will…
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Sky ‘plans 4K set-top’
UK service provider Sky is reportedly planning to launch a next-generation set-top box in the…
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Amazon Prime membership climbs 53%
Worldwide paid membership of Amazon’s Prime subscription service grew 53% last year – 50% in the US…
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Virgin wants Premier League rights auction halted
UK cable provider Virgin Media has asked Ofcom to pause the current Premier League TV…
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Snapchat signs up TV partners for Discover launch
Mobile messaging service Snapchat has partnered with a host of major TV broadcasters and publishers…
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Streaming media player ownership to hit 40% in US
Streaming media player penetration is set to reach 40% of US broadband homes by 2017,…
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BBC announces more iPlayer commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new programming commissions that will appear exclusively on…