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Amazon snags ChuChu for India
Amazon has inked a deal with ChuChu TV, landing a raft of exclusive kids content…
Snapchat users love comedy and sport, shun docs
Snapchat allows content companies to reach young viewers in a way that other social and…
Mattel takes new Monster High to YouTube
Mattel’s new season of Monster High will debut on YouTube, the first time the toy…
Disney drops PewDiePie in race row
Disney and Maker Studios have distanced themselves from PewDiePie after the YouTube star posted videos…
YouTube adds kids content to Red SVOD
YouTube is adding four new original series to its YouTube Red subscription offering, created with…
MTG’s Zoomin expands German operations
MTG-backed MCN Zoomin TV is expanding in Germany, appointing Cengiz Kurt its new country manager….
A+E poaches BBCWW exec for VOD post
A+E Networks UK has poached BBC Worldwide’s Riccardo Donato. Donato will take on a new…
Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
PlayStation VR to support 360° YouTube videos
PlayStation VR users can now experience immersive 360-degree YouTube videos using their PS VR headsets….
NATPE: YouTube Red ‘beats target’, preps launches
YouTube Red is tracking ahead of the “ambitious” subs targets Google has set the streaming…
Google streaming service ‘could launch in Feb’
Google could reportedly launch new subscription streaming service Google Unplugged as early as February after…
Ex-YouTube Canada boss, Avalon exec join Blue Ant
Fast-growing channel, production and distribution business Blue Ant Media has hired former YouTube Canada boss…
YouTube orders musical original for Christmas
YouTube has ordered an original Christmas special for its subscription Red service. The Keys of…
YouTube edges out Netflix in kids streaming
YouTube is marginally more popular than Netflix for streaming content among kids according to new…
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook: no plans to commission
YouTube and Twitter plan to bring more live video to their respective platform, but neither…
Cake designs digital content JV with Diagonal View
UK-based Cake has partnered with digital studio Diagonal View to create content that will begin…
UK kids switching off TV
For the first time children aged five to 15 now spend more time online than…
Ericsson: mobile video traffic to grow 50% annually
Mobile video traffic is forecast to grow by around 50% annually through 2022, when it…
Netflix looks at offline mode
Netflix is looking at introducing an offline-viewing mode in developing countries to make to easier…
McCarthy replaces Atkins as MTV chief
Chris McCarthy has been installed as president of Viacom’s US cable network MTV, with incumbent…
Nat Geo’s DiCaprio doc free on-demand and mobile
National Geographic will release Leonardo DiCaprio-produced eco-doc Before the Flood for free on numerous on-demand…
YouTube registers big election numbers
The three US presidential debates drive 8.5 million live watch hours and averaged 1.7 million…
YouTube ups original content focus
YouTube has commissioned a raft of new content for its subscription service YouTube Red, following…
Rights Tracker launching new screenings system
Rights Tracker will launch a new cloud-based screening service for distributors, Assetry Screen, at MIPCOM….
A+E, YouTube added to MIPCOM Masterminds
Execs from A+E and YouTube have been added to the roster of Media Mastermind speakers…
Mashable agrees content deal with Endemol Shine
Digital media news site Mashable has signed a content deal with Endemol Shine Beyond USA…
YouTube Kids to play in US, Australasia
YouTube has include its YouTube Kids app in its YouTube Red offering in the US,…
YouTube growth helps cement Google Q2 gains
The continued strength of YouTube along with mobile gains helped Google parent company Alphabet to…
YouTube, Telemundo set ups Miami Spaces
YouTube has set up an original content pop-up studio in Miami, in association with NBCUniversal’s…