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    Shows 2015

    Mobile

    1. Verizon to incentivise 5G with Apple TV, YouTube TV
    2. LiveU claims global transmission record for Mexico presidential election
    3. Comedy Central Play VOD mobile app launches in UK on Virgin
    4. More than 50 US pay-TV networks take Mobi app-based services
    5. MTV Play, Comedy Central Play go OTT on Singtel Cast mobile app

    MWC 2015

    1. MWC 2015: Telefónica jumps into 5G
    2. MWC 2015: MTN Côte d'Ivoire, Summview unveil mobile TV service
    3. MWC 2015: Quickplay integrates LTE Broadcast within managed video platform
    4. MWC 2015: Tata Sky launches India's first commercial 4K video service
    5. MWC 2015: NTT DoCoMo, Nokia reach 2Gbps '5G' speeds

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    IPTV

    1. Cogeco brings immersive video to Canadian IPTV
    2. Vitec, ATX team to offer IPTV content security
    3. Swisscom taps ATEME for MediaCloud
    4. RT lands on Costa Rica’s Kölbi
    5. Amino refocuses with 'Operation Upcycle'

    OTT

    1. Chicken Soup for the Soul launches OTT network with Pivotshare acquisition
    2. DStv Now launches Apple, Android and smart TV apps
    3. Second-tier boom to drive global OTT to more than 400MN subs by 2022
    4. Pluto TV to carry Adam Carolla’s Chassy automobile channel
    5. fuboTV beefs up exec team ahead of season kickoffs

    Ratings/Measurement

    1. HGTV sees ratings highs for Love It or List it premiere
    2. EBU: public services critical to success of European multi-sport events
    3. South Korea sees speed spike in ISP rankings for July
    4. comScore adds Inscape insights to digital content measurement
    5. The Quint hails YouTube, Facebook success

    Cabsat 2015

    1. CABSAT 2015: consumption moves to 'TV now', not TV everywhere
    2. CABSAT 2015: Sharjah TV moves to HD with Grass Valley
    3. CABSAT 2015: OSN taps Imagine to upgrade sports transmission
    4. CABSAT 2015: MBC unveils X Factor 2015 jury, transmission date
    5. CABSAT 2015: VIMN launches African BET channel on DStv

    NAB 2015

    1. NAB 2015: BT Media Move set to 'revolutionise' video transport
    2. NAB 2015: VSN launches VOD, streaming tool for MAM
    3. NAB 2015: TF1 signs up SintecMedia to boost licensing revs
    4. NAB 2015: Hispasat introduces SAT>IP, new 4K content
    5. NAB 2015: Televisa expands satellite capacity with Eutelsat

    4K/UltraHD

    1. Foxtel gears up for 4K cricket as UHD channel nears launch
    2. Flexible panels to form majority of AMOLED shipments by 2020
    3. Surf’s up for Insight TV with Chasing Monsters documentary launch
    4. Insight TV preps Born To documentary series
    5. Registration opens for 4K 4Charity fun run at IBC

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    3D

    1. RealD expands Russian 3D market with Cinema Park deal
    2. SENSIO snags 3D patent in US
    3. Hispasat adds High TV 3D, looks for 4K distribution
    4. 3D not yet dead, asserts analyst
    5. Foxtel closes down 3DTV offering

    Online Video

    1. Triple-digit year-on-year growth in global TV streaming
    2. YouTube users watch over 180MN hours of video on TV screens per day
    3. BT enhances TV app
    4. Unreel added to Roku development community
    5. YouTube announces two new original series for Premium platform

    Sponsors

    Infrastructure

    1. Gracenote targets mobile video with streaming app performance analytics
    2. Dallas Cowboys choose EVS for UHD live production
    3. zone·tv names sales chief
    4. ITV launches AI project with Accedo, AWS
    5. Net Insight nets next-gen network Austria Football Bundesliga deal

    Security

    1. French football calls on EC to tackle escalating beoutQ piracy
    2. Kudelski transfers SmarDTV device business to Neotion affiliate
    3. Large quantities of OTT streaming credentials found on dark web
    4. PBS taps BBTV to protect show IP on YouTube
    5. Facebook Marketplace IPTV pirate fined £50,000

    DTT

    1. Nigeria’s digital TV switchover continues in Kwara, Kaduna states
    2. Kino Polska zooms in for Cable Television Networks & Partners
    3. DVB-T2 to reach nearly three-quarters of European households by 2022
    4. DTG launches tenth edition of D-Book
    5. Paraguay gains two more FTA, DTT channels

    Pay-TV

    1. Illicit streaming device seller jailed in UK
    2. Skinny TV helps stem pay-TV losses in Q2
    3. US pay-TV sub losses slow but hit 415,000 in Q2
    4. UKTV channels return to Virgin TV
    5. Fox puts pressure on Comcast to keep regional sports networks with football ad

    Social TV

    1. Facebook scores with Champions League rights in LATAM
    2. LaLiga scores Facebook FTA streaming deal for Indian sub-continent
    3. GenZ, Millennials make ‘massive’ shift to social stories as prime video format
    4. Eleven Sports to broadcast Serie A, La Liga on Facebook
    5. HUD esports format launches on Instagram TV

    Deals

    1. Keshet inks ‘landmark’ content deal with Tata Sky
    2. Digital Media Rights acquires 38 DRG films/TV shows for US
    3. Law & Crime adds OTT distribution
    4. Twitter swells sports content for Asia-Pacific users with multiple video deals
    5. iflix to boost Indonesian content with Wattpad deal

    Broadcast

    1. Tanzania eyes pay-TV guidelines to ensure operator compliance
    2. AsiaSat readies HD capacity for Asian Games
    3. Cablecast Screenweave offers Roku, Apple TV streaming for community broadcasters
    4. FCC hands Sinclair-Tribune review over to administrative judge
    5. Jordanian news channel Al Mamlaka takes to the air

    VOD

    1. Netflix starts shooting first Arabic original
    2. SVOD subscriptions set to accelerate in US
    3. Pen India unveils VOD plans with Play My Movie
    4. India's Vinamra Pancharia wins Sony Pictures Television short-film festival
    5. Fifth of US video consumers SVOD-only

    Satellite

    1. Eutelsat ditches stake in 25B
    2. C-Span uplinks with Intelsat Galaxy 14
    3. Yahsat buys majority stake in satellite services operator
    4. Zambia to roll out China-funded digital TV project
    5. Video revs fall over Eutelsat 2018 fiscal year

    Ad Tech

    1. Minute.ly embraces AI for real-time live-stream engagement
    2. a4 adds Inscape’s Vizio TV data to measurement mix
    3. Audience targeting growing at ‘exponential’ rate across connected TV
    4. Cuebiq, Brightline team up on football ad buys
    5. CCI teams with SpotX to bring video ad serving platform to Japan

    Programming

    1. Hannity’s right-hand man named FOX Digital chief
    2. Cartoon Network renews Craig of the Creek
    3. iflix streams Malaysian original KL Gangster
    4. Outdoor Channel to debut Cody Robbins in hunting show
    5. CMT rolls into autumn with Racing Wives

    Second Screen

    1. WWE debuts emoji app
    2. TV still at the top for in-home streaming
    3. Movistar launches multiscreen Peruvian music offer
    4. Second screen key for LATAM Olympics advertising
    5. Smart TVs used in half of Argentina’s connected homes

    VOD

    1. Movistar+ launches on Amazon’s Fire TV Stick
    2. Glowstar Media licenses Gregorio Rossello comedy to Cablevisión
    3. Latin America SVOD OTT subs soar over 2017
    4. Sony-Claro alliance sees Crackle reach LATAM
    5. Sony broadens Crackle distribution in Argentina