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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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ARD and ZDF return to Belgacom
Belgian operator Belgacom has re-added German channels ARD (Das Erste) and ZDF to its TV…
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YouTube experimenting with pay TV EPGs
YouTube is starting to experiment with making its channels available on IPTV operators’ EPG as…
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Microsoft and Orange in Dailymotion talks
Microsoft is talking to Orange about striking a partnership to develop its video site Dailymotion,…
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FremantleMedia’s Cassidy leaves for TV tech firm
White label broadcast solutions provider Applicaster has appointed FremantleMedia UK Interactive’s managing director, Peter Cassidy,…
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BBC passes 300 million iPlayer requests in record month
The BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service celebrated its biggest ever month in January, surpassing 300 million…
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Virgin Media deal drives Liberty Global subscriber numbers
Liberty Global reported a next-generation video user base of 2.5 million, after a “watershed year”…
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MTG highlights Nice acquisition, channel launches in results
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group reported its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth in…
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Comcast to pay $45bn for Time Warner Cable
Comcast is to buy rival Time Warner Cable (TWC) in a deal worth US$45.2 billion…
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ONO board backs IPO plan despite Vodafone rumours
Spanish operator ONO’s board of directors have backed plans to take the company public, despite…
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TalkTalk adds Nicktoons to YouView line-up
UK operator TalkTalk has added children’s channel Nicktoons to its YouView pay TV service line-up….
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Amazon launches second wave of pilots
Amazon’s production arm Amazon Studios has debuted a host of new original programme pilots spanning…
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Sky Deutschland bullish on growth, moves into profit
Sky Deutschland said it expects subscriber growth of 400,000 to 450,000 people this year and…
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YouView partner structure in doubt amid funding talks
UK pay TV operators BT and TalkTalk could emerge as the major shareholders in web-connected…
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Netflix raising $400m for originals, intn’l expansion
Netflix is planning to raise US$400 million in long-term debt in the first quarter of…
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Yahoo! closes second-screen biz as Viggle buys Dijit
Yahoo! is closing down its second-screen TV app business IntoNow less than three years after…
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Second screen is ‘the future’, new research claims
Second screen viewing is an “inevitable part of the future” and presents “tremendous potential” when…
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Antenna Group partners with Vice Media
Greece-based Antenna Group has partnered with youth media brand and digital content studio Vice Media,…
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Netflix must support French content creation, says minister
Netflix will have to sign up to France’s content creation support regime if it launches…
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Netflix adds subs, plots European expansion
Netflix is set to “embark on a substantial European expansion” later this year, as it…
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Report: Amazon in talks over online pay TV service
Amazon has reportedly approached a number of large entertainment companies over plans to license live…
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MENA pay TV revenues set to jump 83%
Pay TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa are set to climb by…
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Netflix and SVOD grow as premium TV declines
Subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix have grown in popularity over the last two years…
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Sky Deutschland snags movie premieres
Sky Deutschland has secured first-broadcast pay-TV and SVOD rights to a clutch of Oscar-nominated independent…
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Russia’s CTC appoints new Domashny network head
Russia’s CTC Media has appointed former MTV Russia executive Lika Blank as the new head…
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MTG and Discovery execs make Swedish music move
Former Modern Times Group (MTG) and Discovery communications executives, Felix Mannheimer and Peter McKelvy have…
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BBC claims sports viewing victory over Sky
The BBC claims it was the most-watched sports broadcaster in the UK last year, despite…
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Eisner’s Vuguru signs streaming deal with Flipps
Phone-to-TV video streaming service Flipps has signed a distribution deal with web series studio Vuguru,…
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Viasat ditches 3D channel
MTG’s Nordic pay TV broadcaster Viasat is closing its dedicated 3D network, citing low viewing…
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UK’s TV and creative industries worth £71.4bn
The UK’s creative industries – including television, film and movies – are now worth more…
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Netflix and SVOD will drive billion dollar industry growth
Up to 50 million homes globally by the end of 2014 will have two or…