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The BBC and ITV have confirmed plans to join forces and launch a paid-for streaming service called BritBox by the end of this year. BritBox will mainly feature archive BBC and ITV ... More

A federal appeals court upheld AT&T’s merger with Time Warner, rejecting a Justice Department effort to reverse a lower court decision that cleared the way for the transaction. I... More

Your Netflix and other streaming video services are safe from state taxes, at least for now. Georgia lawmakers have removed an unpopular proposal to impose sales taxes on streaming... More

The telecoms industry is gearing up for 5G, the next generation wireless networks which could enable new technologies such self-driving cars and robot surgeons. But it may be raisi... More

As media giants such as Walt Disney Co. and AT&T Inc. devise subscription plans for new video-streaming products aimed at challenging Netflix Inc.’s supremacy, the retail industr... More

Simon Trudelle, NAGRA: With the 2018-19 football season well underway, live-streaming sports piracy continues to cause significant business challenges for the Pay TV industry. And ... More

According to new research, which quizzed C-level executives from the world’s leading communications and media companies, sports fans will get their first taste of 5G technology a... More

Apple’s planned SVoD could reach 100 million subscribers in its first three to five years according to one leading analyst. Dan Ives predicted that would translate into a $7 bill... More

TiVo today announced that TikiLIVE has extended its license agreements for TiVo Video Metadata and intellectual property. Under the terms of the Video Metadata extension, TikiLIVE ... More

As Roma, the first Netflix film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, helps establish VOD original content, an impressive 46% of consumers are now choosing Netflix to watch a f... More

The number of consumers getting their video programming from over-the-top subscriptions only will grow over the next five year to more than 15.5 million subscribers by 2024, accord... More

This is the year when the money spent on digital advertising will finally overtake spending on traditional ads — at least according to the latest forecast from eMarketer. The res... More

The global e-sports market is set to reach new heights, according to a recent study. Total revenue for the global e-sports market will hit $1.1 billion in 2019, representing a 26.7... More

For the more than 90 million Americans who subscribe to traditional cable packages, TV may still be thought of as channels with assigned numbers, which you enter into overly comple... More

The rise of 5G, and new consumer demand dynamics are causing network service providers (NSPs) around the world to implement flexible solutions that improve broadband performance wh... More

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize research and development in the field of artificial intelligence. The plan, called ... More

CreativeFuture, the industry-led coalition of content creators, sent a letter to all members of the new Congress calling for greater oversight of major internet platforms. The lett... More

Demonstrating how cloud dubbing can work at its finest, creative director Raúl Aldana took the wheel on an exciting localization project between ZOO Digital and Lionsgate – mana... More

Spotify acquired podcasting companies Gimlet Media and Anchor FM, a declaration that their specialty is the next big area of growth for the world’s largest paid music service. Th... More

Smart speakers had a good holiday. Amazon already said its Echo Dot outsold all other items on its site this holiday season, which hinted toward the sizable growth for the voice-po... More