In what is said to be a landmark Olympic partnership, bringing the Games to more people across more screens, Italian telco TIM is partnering with Discovery Communications to launch an exclusive new channel for mobile and broadband customers.

Premium video-on-demand (VOD) content and services provider Grey Juice Lab has further strengthened its relationship with Telefónica after being chosen to provide content and services for the Movistar Play service in Peru.

Over-the-top (OTT) movies and TV content revenues will reach US$640 million in Sub Saharan Africa by 2022 up by a factor of 12 on 2016 ($52 million), according to Digital TV Research.

After just over two years of operation during which time it has counted upon the pay-TV giant as a key customer, video compression firm V-Nova is now the beneficiary of a minority equity stake from Sky.

After providing similar support for the telco’s Spanish operations, video technology provider Kaltura has announced that its over-the-top (OTT) technology is seeing use in the launch of Vodafone TV in Italy.

Australia’s Network Ten is a viable prospect for new owners if investment is made into high quality local television shows, according to David Gyngell, the former boss of rival broadcaster Nine.

In the latest of it recent spate of cancellations, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) leader Netflix has pulled the plug on comedy series Girlboss.

Fox will debut its new science-fiction TV series The Orville in two special screenings on consecutive Sunday nights, launching behind NFL doubleheaders in the US in September 2017.

Among the worst fears of all firms is that a competitor arrives from out of the blue and is utterly disruptive to an existing business strategy and takes away what the company expected to gain. This is precisely what happened to Hulu with Amazon; but now the J/V OTT service seems to be turning things around.

As it ramps up considerably its TV activities, Amazon is looking to cash in on its offers and is said to be considering a US$2.8 million fee for advertising spots during the Thursday night NFL games it will stream globally to its Prime subscribers.