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On 19 July 2018, Justice Arnold granted an order that will require the UK’s major internet service providers to block servers that host illegal streams of the Premier League’s matches. … [Read More...]
Virgin Media has said it will replace UKTV channels including Dave, Gold, Alibi and Drama after it failed to reach a new agreement with the broadcaster. … [Read More...]
Bulgaria’s Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) has prohibited the sale of Nova Broadcasting Group and its subsidiaries Net Info and Agency Eva by Modern Times Group (MTG) to PPF Group. … [Read More...]
Issa Rae, creator, producer and star of HBO’s Insecure, has been named MIPCOM 2018 Personality of the Year. … [Read More...]
Quentin Carbonell has been appointed Director of Content and Editorial for FilmStruck International. … [Read More...]
The addition of OTT services to DTH and IPTV distribution of Canal Digitaal in The Netherlands proves to be a successful move for M7 Group. … [Read More...]
New Parks Associates OTT video research reports that 30% of Netflix subscribers are in the premium service tier, up from the 21% in late 2017. … [Read More...]
Klaus Baumhauer is the new chief commercial officer B2B of German technical services provider Media Broadcast. … [Read More...]
Pay-TV operators in the Americas look at OTT video opportunities to offset client loses, says data and analytics company GlobalData. … [Read More...]
The French audience measurement service Médiamétrie has begun measuring the OTT audience of myCanal. … [Read More...]
The BeIn Sports channel will cease broadcasting in Spain from August 1, as a result of Telefonica's acquisition of rights to Uefa's Champions League and Europa League football. … [Read More...]
United Group has announced plans to invest €100 million in local content production in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia. … [Read More...]
United Group has received the final regulatory approval for its subsidiary Slovenia Broadband to buy CME’s assets in Croatia. … [Read More...]
Match TV has signed a new four-year contract with the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL) following months of negotiations. … [Read More...]
Insight TV has signed a distribution deal with Dutch telecoms operator KPN. … [Read More...]
IQTV, the on demand quiz channel for the more cerebral contestant, is to launch on Virgin TV. … [Read More...]
German pay-TV broadcaster Sky Deutschland will transmit selected live sports coverage from streaming portal DAZN via satellite for Sky sports bars in Germany and Austria. … [Read More...]
Telia has purchased the company behind Sweden’s TV4, C More and the Finnish MTV. … [Read More...]
Comcast has announced it will no longer pursue a bid for Fox, turning its attentions solely to Sky. … [Read More...]
UK viewers are now more likely to subscribe to a streaming service than they are to a traditional pay-TV platform. … [Read More...]
