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Banijay raises $2.6bn for Endemol Shine acquisition (TBI Vision)
Published February 10, 2020Banijay Group has finalised a refinancing drive to raise €2.4bn ($2.6bn) for its acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. The French superindie said in a statement that its refinancing had been oversubscribed, following positive feedback from the investor community. Banijay raised the money across Euros and U.S. dollars with a maturity of five years, giving it […]
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beIN Sports Xtra launches on Samsung TV Plus (Digital TV Europe)
Published February 10, 2020Broadcaster beIN Media has agreed a deal to bring its free-to-air channel beIN Sports Xtra to Samsung TV Plus. The channel initially launched in November 2019 on the Roku Channel, utilising beIN’s existing English and Spanish feed to drive awareness of the brand and content “that would otherwise be crowded out of the live premiere […]
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MWC feels the pinch of coronavirus as large exhibitors pull out (CSI Magazine)
Published February 10, 2020Sony and Amazon have become the latest company to withdraw from Mobile World Congress 2020. Sony and Amazon have become the latest companies to withdraw from Mobile World Congress 2020 due to concerns about the coronavirus. In a statement quoted by Cnet, Sony said: “As we place the utmost importance on the safety and wellbeing […]
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BBC Studios output deal with Japan’s U-NEXT (Advanced TV)
Published February 10, 2020BBC Studios and U-NEXT, an SVoD platform in Japan, have signed a multi-year output deal. Under the agreement, U-NEXT will have access to more than 3,000 episodes of localised titles, including episodes of Luther, Death in Paradise, Father Brown and Top Gear, with the potential for this number to grow. It is the first multi-year […]
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Premflix will spell the end of the Premier League (Footbal365)
Published February 10, 2020The Premier League’s new chief executive Richard Masters who has climbed into the big chair once occupied by Richard Scudamore, this week confirmed that at some point in the relatively near future – as predicted by commentator John Roder in my book Can We Have Our Football Back? – and by Simon Jordan, they would […]
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STEGA issues Security Advisory Notice for Critical Vulnerabilities in CISCO Discovery Protocol (STEGA)
Published February 10, 2020Researchers have discovered five critical vulnerabilities affecting Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) which is a proprietary Layer 2 network protocol used for information sharing and is present on all virtually Cisco equipment. Exploitation of the vulnerabilities requires an attacker to already have a foothold on the network such as a compromised low-grade IoT device which they […]
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Disney+ has the potential to make a strong entrance in the UK (Digital TV News)
Published February 6, 2020As Disney+ gears up to launch, the UK video on demand market faces major changes – and the users are ready More and more major film and television brands are joining the band of VoD-streaming platforms and launching their own services. Disney+, in particular, is expected to ignite further competition. Up to 7.6 million VoD […]
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Vodafone hails ‘encouraging’ success of converged offers after Liberty Global acquisition (Digital TV Europe)
Published February 6, 2020Vodafone is seeing “encouraging” take-up of converged offers in the markets where it integrated assets from Liberty Global last year, the acquisition of which boosted its top line in Europe by over 10%. Excluding the VodafoneZiggo JV with Liberty Global in the Netherlands, Vodafone had 24.7 million fixed broadband customers, including 21 million ‘next-generation network’ […]
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Intertrust, Friend MTS extend streaming piracy fight (Advanced Television)
Published February 6, 2020DRM technology specialist Intertrust and content protection service provider Friend MTS are extending their partnership agreement that enhances Intertrust’s ExpressPlay content protection platform with Friend MTS anti-piracy and watermarking technology services. Now, an additional layer of protection is introduced that is complementary to the ExpressPlay content security suite, which features ExpressPlay DRM and ExpressPlay XCA. […]
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Xbox says Nintendo and Sony no longer main rivals (BBC Technology)
Published February 6, 2020Microsoft no longer sees PlayStation-maker Sony and Nintendo as the biggest competition for its Xbox platform. Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of gaming, said he now considered Amazon and Google as his top rivals because of their cloud-computing infrastructure. Cloud gaming tackles some common frustrations experienced by players but introduces some issues of its own. But […]
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Linear TV Ad Impacts Set for 21% Decline to 2025 (Rapid TV News)
Published February 6, 2020Research from media consultancy BARB, has revealed that linear TV is set to see around a 21% fall in overall adult commercial impacts for advertisers by 2025 but buyers seeking alternatives will also find that reaching audiences online is not straightforward. The video-focused cross media measurement report, Mind The Gap: A Closer Look At Video […]
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Vodafone TV goes OTT in Greece (CSI Magazine)
Published February 6, 2020Like other large telecoms operators, Vodafone is opening up its television service in Greece to encourage take-up. Vodafone TV will be available to all consumers, regardless of their networks or technologies used. Customers of all Greek broadband providers will be able to access Vodafone TV through a single service, priced at EUR 9.4 per month, […]
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NENT acquires exclusive pan-Nordic Premier League rights (Broadband TV News)
Published February 6, 2020NENT Group has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the Premier League in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland from 2022 to 2028. The six-year agreement means that streaming service Viaplay will become the home of Premier League in the Nordic region. In addition to Viaplay, NENT Group also runs the Viasat pay-TV channels and a […]
