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US telco Verizon has launched a beta version of its new web-based platform +Play, which it says will take the pain out of managing multiple content subscription. Exclusive to Verizon customers, the company is attempting...

Amagi, the specialist in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, has expanded its partnership with content provider Fuse Media to launch another channel as Fuse continues to grow its presence in the...

WiFi specialist Plume has hired former Vodafone Deutschland CEO Hannes Ametsreiter as part of a new four-man advisory board to advise its executive management team. Hannes Ametsreiter Ametsreiter is joined by Cody...

Germany-based media solutions provide Logic has been drafted in to help German regional public broadcaster SWR with its event streaming. The key goals of the partnership are to maximum workflow automation and achieve...

UK service provider Virgin Media O2 has called for closer regulatory scrutiny of BT wholesale subsidiary Openreach’s just-announced plans for lower-priced wholesale access to fibre-to-the-premises infrastructure under...

Some 17.1 million people across the EU and UK used illicit IPTV services in 2021, according to a report by the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA), which also estimated that piracy cost legal pay TV providers...

Blue Ant Media’s natural history channel Love Nature has greenlit a second season of Wildlife ER and will premiere the first season of the series across its global linear pay TV channels and US FAST platforms...

ACE (the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment), which describes itself as ‘the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition’ has added 11 new members to its membership, with France Televisions, RTL Deutschland and...

AVOD/FAST platform Samsung TV Plus is continuing to expand its offering into key territories, with the launch of four new FAST channels on its three year-old Italian service. Starting December 14, Samsung users in the...

Major League Soccer in the US has announced a series of new four-year linear TV agreements (2023-2026) with FOX Sports (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes) and TelevisaUnivision (Univision/UNIMÁS/TUDN) in the US, and TSN & RDS...

Spanish movie streamer FlixOlé tapped technology outfit Magine Pro to develop its custom set-top box application for distribution on Telefónica-owned Movistar’s pay TV platform. Magine Pro, in collaboration with...

US cable giant Comcast says it has successfully completed what it describes as the world’s first live, multigigabit symmetrical Internet connection powered by 10G and Full Duplex DOCSIS 4.0. For the live trial,...

Mexican media giant Televisa has made an offer to combine its cable and broadband subsidiary Izzi with rival pay TV service provider Megacable, according to Reuters, citing an offer document it has seen. According to...

Leading Dutch cable operator Ziggo has announced that SVOD streamer service Disney+ is now available on its platform. As of today, the full range of premium Disney + content can be accessed using the Disney+...

Haivision, a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has appointed Jean-Marc Racine as chief product officer effective January 2, 2023. Racine, who...

German public broadcaster ZDF and cable industry trade association DNMG (Deutsche Netzmarketing) have settled a long-running dispute about carriage fees and concluded “a long-term agreement on the distribution of ZDF...

Ad-supported streaming platform Roku has announced that chief financial officer Steve Louden is to step down after helping the company hire his successor. Louden joined Roku as CFO in 2015 and played a pivotal role in...