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Viacom hires ex-Myspace & BBC Worldwide execs
Viacom International Media Networks has hired a former Myspace exec to become its Australiasian commercial…
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Verizon makes Oath after completing Yahoo deal
Verizon has competed its US$4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business and has combined it…
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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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Endemol Shine poaches AOL exec
Big Brother prodco Endemol Shine Group has hired James Hayr from digital firm AOL to…
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Report: Verizon set to buy Vessel
US telco Verizon is in position to acquire mobile video platform Vessel, according to a…
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AOL to open 360-degree content studio
AOL has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art, 360-degree content studio in downtown New York….
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Verizon, Hearst create mobile video JV
US companies Verizon and Hearst are partnering to create a mobile content-focused joint venture. Verizon…
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Huffington Post making doc series with Thrones star
Publishing group The Huffington Post is making #PowerShift today, a digital doc series fronted by…
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AOL and the Guardian team for video
AOL and the Guardian have struck a content deal, and the UK newspaper’s news and…
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Verizon pays $4.4bn for AOL
US-based telco Verizon will pay US$4.4 billion to acquire digital content and distribution group AOL. The…
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AOL orders Jared Leto series, plots content switch
Online content firm AOL has ordered an original show from actor Jared Leto as it…
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AOL, GroupM ink web series pact
AOL and the production division of media agency GroupM have inked a deal for new…
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FremantleMedia shopping AOL’s first longform series
FremantleMedia International has picked up right to Connected, the first longform series from web platform…
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AOL signs 14 premium content partners
AOL has signed 14 new content partners to its premium AOL On platform. Sky News,…
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AOL orders James Franco comedy web series
Hollywood actor James Franco is making a ten-part comedy series for AOL as part of…
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Top European MCN enters US market
Europe’s largest multi-channel operator, Zoomin.TV, has launched its production and distribution business in the US….
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AOL orders Steve Buscemi unscripted show
AOL has ordered Park Bench, a web series in which actor Steve Buscemi will take…
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Premium VOD platform AOL On launching in UK
US-based digital company AOL is launching its premium web vide platform AOL On Network in…
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Electus invests in former SPT exec’s prodco
US-based Electus has made a strategic investment into Hud:sun Media, a production and entertainment company…
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Nielsen launches online TV ratings pilot
US-based ratings agency Nielsen has launched a pilot programme that will measure audiences for TV content…
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AOL launches Vuguru’s Greetings From Home
Online video service AOL has commissioned Michael Eisner’s digital production studio Vuguru to produce family…