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Starzplay enters MENA region drama partnership with Fremantle (Rapid TV News)
Published February 11, 2020Global producer and distributor Fremantle is to bring a collection of premium dramas to viewers in MENA in partnership with subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service Starzplay. The agreement includes Fremantle’s Euston Films crime series Baghdad Central, written and created by the BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard and based on the novel by Elliott Colla. Set in 2003, […]
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BritBox signs exclusive mobile deal with EE (TVB Europe)
Published February 11, 2020EE monthly mobile and tablet customers can stream BritBox content without impacting their data allowance. BritBox has signed its first mobile partnership with EE. The deal, which launches on 13th March, gives EE monthly mobile and tablet customers across the UK a six-month subscription to BritBox without impacting their data allowance. EE customers can also […]
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Salto chief unveils launch plan for streaming service (Digital TV Europe)
Published February 11, 2020Salto, the long-delayed French streaming offering from broadcasters France Télévisions, TF1 and M6, is to launch on June 3, according to CEO Thomas Follin. Follin told French newspaper Le Figaro that the SVOD offering would launch in test mode, enabling consumers to connect to the service. The streamer will then launch a full promotion in […]
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Liberty extends Netflix distribution deal (Broadband TV News)
Published February 11, 2020Liberty Global and Netflix have agreed on an extension to their distribution deal. It means continued cable access for 11 million customers to Virgin Media, Telenet and UPC. “We are excited to extend our partnership with Netflix and continue to provide the best of all worlds in content on a single, intuitive platform,” said Enrique […]
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Hopkins exits Sony to lead Amazon video business (Advanced TV News)
Published February 11, 2020Mike Hopkins is stepping down from his current post as Chairman of Sony Pictures Television later this month to join Amazon, where he will be overseeing Amazon’s video entertainment businesses – including Prime Video and Amazon Studios — reporting directly to Amazon Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos. Hopkins, who also led US streaming service Hulu […]
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Insight TV launches new visual brand identity, streaming channels (Telecompaper)
Published February 11, 2020Insight TV, a broadcaster and content creator aimed at millenials, has launched a new visual brand identity across all of its linear and digital channels, and on its social media platforms. The idea is to unify the company’s expanding portfolio of multi-platform channels under a common logo. Insight TV is available in 45 countries around […]
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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 […]
