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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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Sport1 inks ESPN deal, launches US sports channel
German sports broadcaster Sport1 is launching a new pay-TV channel for US sports in Germany,…
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Netflix ‘not cannibalising traditional TV’, says TiVo study
Over-the-top video service Netflix is not cannibalising traditional TV viewing, according to a new study…
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Lovefilm signs Scripps Networks Interactive lifestyle deal
Amazon-owned video-on-demand service Lovefilm has signed a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive to offer UK…
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Liberty Global ups Ziggo stake to 28.5%
Liberty Global has upped its stake in the Netherlands’ largest cable operator Ziggo to 28.5%…
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Roku adds Channel 5, Toon Googles
Streaming set-top box firm Roku has added UK broadcaster Channel Five’s Demand 5 catch-up service and…
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iPlayer receives record mobile traffic in June
The BBC’s iPlayer video-on-demand service had a record proportion of mobile traffic in June, as…
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Sky launches Roku-based Now TV box
Sky has launched a low-price, internet-connected set-top box, so that customers of is Now TV…
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BT Sport receives half a million sign-ups
BT reported a “strong start” for its new sports channel line-up with more than half…
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Google launches TV streaming dongle
Google has launched a low-price TV dongle designed for people to stream web content to…
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Five times more TV activity on Facebook than Twitter
The amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook is roughly times as much as all…
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TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec
UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly…
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Blinkbox gets Game of Thrones boost
Tesco-owned video-on-demand store Blinkbox said it saw a 632% year-on-year increase in revenues on Monday…
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Google ‘in talks over online TV service’
Google has reportedly approached media companies about licensing content for an internet TV service, in…
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Scripps linked to Chellomedia bid
Scripps Networks Interactive is reportedly among the interested suitors looking at Liberty Global’s for-sale content…
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Intel prepping OnCue brand name for TV service
Intel’s forthcoming TV service will reportedly launch under the name OnCue after the technology company…
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Sky Italia first to air Titanic in 3D
Sky Italia will be the first platform globally to air the new 3D version of…
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Greek public TV signal back on air
Greece has switched it public TV signal back on, as the government looks to transition…
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UK television ad spend tops £4bn
TV advertising spend in the UK grew 5.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013,…
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Smart TVs get consumer ‘thumbs down’
Smart TVs are getting a “thumbs-down from early adopters”, with viewers preferring to use tablets,…
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YouTube agrees Ashes cricket streaming deal
The England and Wales Cricket Board has signed a deal with YouTube to stream the…
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Microsoft closing its web TV service
Microsoft is set to close MSN TV – a subscription set-top service dating back to…
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Viacom buys Telecom Italia out of MTV
Viacom International Media Networks has agreed to buy Telecom Italia’s 51% majority stake in MTV…
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BBC developing new iPlayer recommendation engine
The BBC is working to revamp its iPlayer recommendation engine to improve automated VOD programme…
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Virgin Media’s digital entertainment head steps down
Virgin Media’s executive director of digital entertainment, Cindy Rose, is stepping down from the company…
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Ericsson buys Red Bee Media
Ericsson has agreed to buy TV technology and media services company Red Bee Media, in…
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BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
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BBC raises £170m funding for Worldwide
The BBC has raised a £170 million in a seven-year US bond deal – the…
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RTL Group invests US$36m in YouTube network BroadbandTV
RTL Group has partnered with multi-channel YouTube content network BroadbandTV, putting US$36 million into the…
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UKTV and YouView sign ‘landmark’ on-demand deal
UKTV has signed a catch-up agreement with connected TVservice YouView, in what the UK multichannel…
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Intel gears up for TV push
Intel is trailing its forthcoming TV product among some 2,000 company employees and has started…