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Belgium’s BeTV pre-empts Netflix with TV Everywhere service
BeTV, the pay TV unit formerly known as Canal+ Belgium and owned by Belgian French…
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Netflix tipped to rapidly expand intn’l base
International subscriptions will account for one fifth of Netflix’s overall business in four years time…
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RTL hit by €88m impairment
RTL Group has posted a €88 million (US$116.8 million) impairment in its first-half results as…
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Ex-France 3 boss named Canal+ thematic channels chief
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named former France Télévisions executive Thierry Langlois as head…
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Mid East paycaster welcomes Yourfamily
Low-cost Middle East pay TV service provider My-HD has added German kids channel Yourfamily to…
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Gore sues Al Jazeera over Current TV sale
Former US vice-president Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera, claiming the Qatar-based broadcaster has withheld…
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Canal+ secures new electric motorsport coverage
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured rights to Formula E motorsport, the new category…
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Pluto.tv launches on Amazon Fire TV
Online video content aggregator Pluto.tv has launched its first native streaming TV box app on…
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YouTube updates TV app
YouTube is updating its app for TV, with Microsoft’s Xbox One game console receiving the…
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OSN bulks up OTT with new channels
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has added three new linear channels to its OTT…
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IBM exec named as president of Magine TV
OTT TV provider Magine TV has named Ambuj Goyal as the company’s president and COO….
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Analyst: Android TV could rock streaming player market
Google’s forthcoming Android TV platform could have a major impact on the growing streaming media…
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UK local TV operator calls in administrators
Birmingham’s City TV has become the first of the UK’s new local TV services to…
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OSN owner ‘rejects’ $3.2bn takeover offer
Kuwait Projects Company (Kipco) has reportedly rejected a US$3.2 billion offer from an unnamed US…
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Sky launches pay-as-you-go sports pass
BSkyB has launched a new pay-as-you-go variant for its Now TV OTT offering, providing a…
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Telecom Italia move sparks Mediaset rumours
Telecom Italia has reportedly initiated talks with Vivendi, which could see Vivendi take a stake…
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Liberty outlines four-pronged content strategy
Investment in OTT content, free-to-air broadcasting, production outfits and sports rights form four pillars of…
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New Russian OTT service rolls out
Russian retail and banking group Trellas has launched a new hybrid OTT TV service, TVzor,…
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Sky Deutschland says it will add 450,000 subs
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…
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Liberty has 500,000 on Horizon
Liberty Global’s advanced TV platform Horizon passed the milestone of half a million subscribers in…
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Crozier reignites UK retransmission row
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has said that the company and the wider industry will…
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Social media driving US TV viewing
Americans are increasingly integrating TV viewing with social media behaviour, according to a study by…
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Murdered by My Boyfriend tops iPlayer requests
BBC Three one-off drama Murdered by My Boyfriend topped the UK public broadcaster’s BBC iPlayer…
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Liberty Global acquisition drive ‘slowing down’
Liberty Global is unlikely to acquire fixed networks in further European markets and is not…
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CSA says channels must stay on pay-DTT
French media regulator the CSA has rejected moves to take TF1-owned news channel LCI, M6-owned…
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YouView secures future
UK connected TV platform YouView has secured completion of an agreement between its shareholders that…
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France seeks SVOD movie window reduction
French culture minister Aurélie Filippetti has said she wants to reduce the delay before films…
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BSkyB set to seal Sky Italia, Deutschland deals
BSkyB is reportedly planning to complete its takeover of sister companies Sky Italia and Sky…
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French minister calls for local reaction to Netflix
French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg has called on the country’s audiovisual and digital industries to…
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Scripps Networks appoints digital boss
Scripps Networks Interactive has upped former NBC Universal exec and existing staffer Sameer Deen to…