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MTG creates digital hub in VOD drive

Modern Times Group is to create a new ‘digital hub’ to accelerate the pace of its innovation and expansion into digital distribution. The new unit, MTGx, will he headed by MTG executive VP and chief digital officer Rikard Steiber. The division will be charged with developing video-on-demand experiences, building a portfolio of new entertainment services […]

Spotify plans push into TV

Internet-powered music service Spotify is planning to make a bigger push into the living room, with more smart TV apps and set-top deployments in the works. Speaking to TBI-sister title DTVE ahead of his keynote panel discussion at TV Connect, Spotify’s global head of platform partnerships, Pascal De Mul, said that the firm was “was […]

Roku adds new content and device partners

US firm Roku, maker of highly popular streaming video devices of the same name, has signed content deals with new partners including Time Warner Cable and also agreed to license its streaming service to a number of value-focused TV manufacturers such as China’s HiSense. Under the agreement with Time Warner Cable, the latter’s subscribers will […]

Canal+ joins forces with Spotify

Canal+ France has created a new musicsite in partnership with Spotify. The service, called simply Music, will beaccessible to all French households and will allow users to access all radio play music with features including album of the week, Le Grand Journal, La Matinale and live sessions feature Canal Street. The site will also allow […]

Spotify eyes HBO Nordic deal

Online music service Spotify could be about to create a new video entertainment unit with HBO Nordic as its content partner, according to local reports. Danish broadcaster TV2’s TV Beep site has reported that Spotify is in talks with HBO Nordic to redistribute its TV shows in the Nordic region. TV Beep cited unnamed sources […]