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Viewers will accept ads on OTT when they’re relevant

By Julian Clover

More than two-thirds of UK consumers are willing to accept ads with OTT content, according to a new study. … [Read More...]

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Serbia’s Yettel boosts sports offer

10 August 2022 By Chris Dziadul

The PPF Group-owned mobile operator Yettel has significantly added to the sports content offered by Hipernet TV. … [Read More...]

Viaplay facing Polish fine

10 August 2022 By Chris Dziadul

Technical problems encountered by its subscribers could result in the streaming service Viaplay being fined by the Polish competition authority UOKiK. … [Read More...]

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Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games breaks BBC Sport streaming record

BBC Sport’s coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was streamed a record-breaking 57.1 million times during the 11-day event. … [Read More...]

Warner Bros. Discovery: Hannes Heyelmann announces management team for GSA

Warner Bros. Discovery GSA general manager Hannes Heyelmann has announced the team of managers who will run operations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. … [Read More...]

Magyar Telekom gains TV subs

Magyar Telekom saw its TV subscriber base in Hungary grow by 6.1% in the year to June 30. … [Read More...]

Gracenote launches ID Distribution System

Nielsen says its new Gracenote ID Distribution System enables content sources to better manage and optimise the distribution of programme Metadata. … [Read More...]

Canal+ extends La Liga in in sub -Saharan Africa

Canal+ Group and La Liga have renewed their partnership, allowing the French pay-TV company to take exclusive rights for sub -Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius. … [Read More...]

Alberto Horta to leave Warner Bros. Discovery

Alberto Horta, VP Commercial Development and Deputy Managing Director of Discovery Communications Deutschland and Head of Tele 5, will leave the broadcast group. … [Read More...]

Regulator explains Serbian TV licence awards

Serbia’s Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) has provided a detailed explanation as to why it awarded four national terrestrial TV licences to existing broadcasters. … [Read More...]

Digital TV Cyprus and FAST Channels TV to launch FAST channels

FAST Channels TV has partnered with Digital TV Cyprus (part of Digital Tree) to deliver over 20 FAST linear channels to the country’s first OTT platform. … [Read More...]

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Central & East Europe

Changes loom for Telekom Slovenije

The management of Telekom Slovenije has convened a general meeting on September 9 to decide on replacing the company’s supervisory board. … [Read More...]

Antik launches Ukrainian TV package

Antik Telecom has launched a full package of commercial Ukrainian TV channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. … [Read More...]

TVN Warner Bros. Discovery scores record Facebook and Instagram figures

Poland’s TVN Warner Bros. Discovery had a total of almost 12 million subscribers on Facebook and Instagram in the first half of this year. … [Read More...]

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New channel for Poland’s TVP

The Polish public broadcaster TVP will officially launch a new thematic channel named TVP Nauka on October 3. … [Read More...]

Canal+ Sport expands Czech and Slovak reach

Slovak Telekom, Digi Slovakia and T-Mobile Czech Republic reached a new strategic, three-year agreement with Canal+. As a result, the English Premier League will continue to be shown by the three companies via the new channel Canal+ Sport. … [Read More...]

Economic downturn hits UK SVOD subs

The number of subscribers to streaming services in the UK has taken a hit as consumers face rising food and fuel costs. … [Read More...]

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CMA to investigate Inmarsat takeover

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an examination into the proposed £5.4 billion takeover of Inmarsat by its US rival Viasat, Inc. … [Read More...]

HBO upgrades mobile and desktop apps

HBO Max has completed the roll out of a new user experience across desktop, iOS and Android mobile devices, and Amazon Fire tablets. … [Read More...]

Audi becomes Sky Sports’ official innovation partner

Audi has partnered with Sky Sports to become its first ever innovation partner. … [Read More...]

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  • Magyar Telekom gains TV subs
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  • Viaplay facing Polish fine

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Chris Dziadul Reports: Serbian TV controversy

5 August 2022 By Chris Dziadul

The recent award of four national terrestrial TV licences in Serbia was always going to be a controversial affair. … [Read More...]

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