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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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Discovery poaches Viacom exec for data push
Discovery Communications has appointed Viacom executive Christopher McGrath as senior vice president of data and…
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Zenith: gap between TV and web narrowing
The gap between TV and internet consumption will narrow to just seven minutes in 2019,…
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MTG launches VR platform Viareal
MTG has launched a virtual reality app, offering extensions from its linear TV shows and…
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Sky and A+E Networks extend European partnership
Sky has extended its long-term partnership with A+E Networks and will continue to distribute A+E’s…
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Amazon launches subscription TV in UK, Germany
Amazon has launched its Amazon Channels offering in the UK, Germany and Austria, allowing Prime…
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EU approves content portability rules
Customers will soon have access to their Netflix or Amazon Prime on-demand subscriptions across Europe….
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US pay TV subs ‘fall by 800,000 in Q1’
US pay TV subscriber numbers declined by 802,000 in Q1, a traditionally strong three-month period…
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Thailand gains sight of Viu
PCCW Media has launched its Viu over-the-top video service in Thailand, marking its 15th market…
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Discovery invests in second screen app WinView
Discovery Communications has contributed to a US$12 million funding round raised by second-screen live sports…
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Global pay TV numbers ‘to pass 1bn’
The global number of pay TV subscribers will rise by 134 million between 2016 and…
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BBC to roll out iPlayer password controls
The BBC will soon make iPlayer users create passwords and log-in in order to access…
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Tubi TV raises US$20 million in funding
Ad-supported video-on-demand service, Tubi TV, has raised US$20 million in Series B funding. ‘Expansion stage’…
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Global pay TV revenues ‘to peak in 2017’
Global pay TV revenues will peak in 2017, but will notdecline rapidly in the five…
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BT TV boss departs after three years
The managing director of BT Sport and BT TV, Delia Bushell, has announced plans to…
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Pay TV ‘to account for 90% of global video market’
Pay TV services will account for 89.7% of the global US$314.3 billion video media market…
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Twitter channel launches on Roku
A channel featuring the best of Twitter’s live streaming video has gone live on Roku….
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Hulu launches live TV streaming service
Hulu has launched its new live TV streaming service in beta in the US, offering…
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Ampere: Facebook closing gap on TV advertising
Facebook is “closing the gap on TV advertising”, with the average site user to soon…
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Disney creates Digital Network in Maker rejig
Disney has unveiled the Disney Digital Network, a new home for digital stories that brings…
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AOL: 20% of UK consumers watch weekly VR video
One in five UK consumers watch virtual reality (VR) video once a week or more,…
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MTG ups stake in games firm
Modern Times Group has invested €82.6 million (US$90.2 million) to increase its shareholding in mobile…
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Western Europe ‘safe from cord cutting’
The Western European pay TV market will avoid “the curse of cord-cutting” and still gain…
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Twitter announces live content deals
Twitter has announced a raft of live-streamed content deals across sports, news and entertainment at…
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Report: Apple aims for 10 originals this year
Apple is reportedly aiming to release as many as 10 original series this year through…
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TVN sells out of Onet
Ringier Axel Springer Media has become the sole owner of Polish web portal Onet after…
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Google surges despite YouTube ad controversy
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported large growth in both revenues and profits, driven by gains…
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Netflix ups bond offering to €1.3bn
Netflix has upped its senior notes offering to €1.3 billion (US$1.4 billion), upsizing the debt…
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Iflix expands into MENA
South-East Asian SVOD provider Iflix has expanded into the Middle East and North Africa region…
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MTG investor buys into Com Hem
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik has bought an 18.5% stake in Scandinavian TV and telecoms provider…
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YouTube launches Kids app on smart TVs
YouTube is launching its YouTube Kids app on select smart TVs around the world. As…