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LaLiga on the fight against piracy and AI technology
The Gen-Z short-form video platform, TikTok, has introduced new challenges in LaLiga’s fight against piracy,…
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Impressions of IBC
This year’s IBC show, which drew to a close on September 18, reflected, as one…
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Unpacking Amazon Prime Video’s move to advertising
Today’s news that Amazon Prime Video is to include adverts from early next year, with…
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Does the Disney and Charter dispute mark the end of pay TV in the US?
The pay TV industry has survived another fight against SVODs this week, following last month’s…
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The return of bundling
Amid a looming recession, TV operators are facing the harsh implications of the global cost-of-living…
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Disney feels the heat
Disney continued to feel the heat from the poor performance of its shares this week…
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Challenging times for Patrick Drahi and Altice
Patrick Drahi makes notable public comments relatively rarely but Portuguese police investigation into corrupt practices…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s strategy for growth: mix and Max
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers in the quarter to June, following…
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Inside ITV’s digital strategy
Broadcasters are in trouble. The advertising market is in the doldrums – a supposedly short-term…
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Viaplay and Netflix: a tale of two streamers
For one, a denouement as bleak as the darkest Nordic noir. For the other, a…
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Where is Disney heading next?
Over the last year Disney has been making drastic changes as it adjust its business…
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The ongoing fight for Ligue 1
The bidding war to attain the next round of rights to the French professional League…
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Is TV’s future gaming?
Television is capitalising on the booming gaming industry with the rise of TV adaptions originating…
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Liberty Global: five takeaways from the BofA Securities C-Suite TMT conference
Liberty Global’s leadership usually have interesting and illuminating stories to tell and chief financial officer…
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Streaming and linear don’t need to be rivals
The mass appeal of streaming has prompted certain industry leaders to declare linear TV’s demise….
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NEM 2023: inside the evolving CEE market
Central and Eastern Europe’s evolving market was the highlight of the 10th anniversary for 2023…
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The factors behind Viaplay’s sudden fall from grace
Viaplay, until very recently the poster child for European streaming, with what seemed to be…
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What is Liberty Global’s next move?
Liberty Global has an impressive portfolio of ventures it runs across multiple territories. But this…
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ANGA COM: taking Germany’s temperature
Attending ANGA COM, the annual German broadband and TV trade fair, provides international visitors with…
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Vice Media: does the digital-first model work?
The digital-first model of Vice Media Group has been a leading inspiration for many with…
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Disney: ad and subtract
There was plenty to ponder in Disney’s second quarter financials, revealed this week, as the…
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Tough times for Paramount
Those of us who live in the UK and follow politics a few years ago…
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Will 2023 be the year of loss or gain for service providers?
Financial figures for the first quarter are out and it is clear that while there…
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Netflix: every which way but lose
As if further signs of the slowdown in subscription video-on-demand growth were needed, Netflix stepped…
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HBO Max: the end of an era or a rebirth
Only launched in 2020, the streaming service HBO Max for US television network HBO and…
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FAST friends: cable and free ad-supported streaming TV
Despite the many reports of cable television’s ever-eroding subscriber base, the fact is cable is…
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Does the UK Media Bill mark a comeback for PSBs?
British public service broadcasters (PSBs) may finally be able to recover some ground in their…
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Exclusive! Are aggregators having second thoughts about exclusivity?
‘Exclusive’ and ‘Original’ content have always been treated as the holy grail of the TV…
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Lega Serie A and Sky: to bid or not to bid
The sports broadcasting rights market is transforming and the news earlier this week that Lega…
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Streaming goes back to the future
First the revolution, then the reaction. The big studios and tech companies that have plunged…