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Disney’s SVoD service could be cheaper than Netflix
CEO Bob Iger has revealed plans for the company's new streaming platform
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ITV invests in new $1 billion SVoD platform
"NewTV" is being described as the first entertainment platform built for easy, on-the-go mobile viewing
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Fox buys more time for new Sky bid
Company filed paperwork which gives it several more weeks to produce a new offer
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US Department of Justice gives Disney-Fox deal the all-clear
Disney would be require to divest Fox’s regional sports networks within 90 days of the deal's closure
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Disney could get US antitrust approval for Fox deal “within weeks”
Reports suggest approval could come as soon as two weeks
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Disney increases its offer for 21st Century Fox
Disney's new offer is worth $71.3 billion of cash and stock
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Walt Disney Company to acquire Sky News
Culture Minister gives go-ahead, if Fox/Sky shareholders agree
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Comcast finally makes it official
Offers $65 million all-cash deal to acquire 21st Century Fox's assets
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More deals expected in wake of AT&T-Time Warner decision
Comcast is expected to make imminent formal Fox bid
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Analyst: Rupert Murdoch “open to Comcast bid”
Rich Greenfield suggests Murdoch wants to maximise value of 21st Century Fox assets
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Sky News must be sold if Fox to acquire control of Sky
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock says he hopes to consult on any agreed final undertakings within the next two weeks
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Fox, Disney call shareholder meetings for vote on merger
Both meetings are set to take place on 10th July
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Disney ‘lining up financing in case Fox board demands cash’
Company is preparing for possibility of Comcast's counter offer
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Comcast to snub Disney with “superior” Fox bid
Company said that any offer would be at a “premium to the value of the current all-share offer from Disney"
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Fox investors ‘would be open to terminating Disney agreement’
Investors say Comcast's planned all-cash deal would be more attractive
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Disney ‘could give up Sky to get Fox assets’
According to a report, Disney could be prepared to let Comcast acquire Sky in order to complete the Fox deal
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Comcast prepares to ‘gate-crash’ Fox/Disney deal
Company reportedly planning to make an all-cash offer for 21st Century Fox's media assets
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21st Century Fox president ‘would prefer to sell to Disney’
Peter Rice described rumours of Comcast interest as 'speculation-palooza'
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Comcast ‘may try to top Disney’s bid for Fox’
Company could re-enter the fray if AT&T succeeds in bid for Time Warner
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Discovery boss says serving the “superfan” is key to success
Other CES day two highlights include news on Disney's OTT service and a discussion about audience fragmentation
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2018: ‘Consolidation central’
Consolidation and microservices will dominate the next 12 months
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Murdochs negotiate “very good swap” in Disney deal
Enders Analysis director believes "sale" is the wrong term for Thursday's deal
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Disney acquires 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets for £39 billion
Deal includes Murdoch's 39 per cent stake in Sky
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Comcast “no longer” looking at Fox’s film and TV assets
Company finally admitted it was interested in acquiring Sky
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Comcast ‘wants full control of Sky’
NBCUniversal owner is in race with Disney for Fox's assets
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Disney ‘renews interest in Fox’
Murdochs expected to decide by the end of the year if sale will move forward
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“Quite astonishing” if Murdochs sell 21st Century Fox
Reports suggest Disney has been in talks to buy a large portion of the company
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Brexit ‘threatens thousands’ of UK broadcasting jobs
Commercial Broadcasters Association estimates one in four jobs will be affected
Opinion
Putting a stop to Kodi piracy
GeoGuard's David Briggs looks the prevalence of Kodi throughout 2017, and how we can protect our content in the future
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Disney plans to pull content from Netflix and launch its own streaming service
Studio is also pulling its films from Netflix
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Hollywood studios ‘need to prioritise content security’
Studios "need to utilise" forensic and burnt in watermarking, IP locks and multiple factor authentication
Opinion
Reflecting on 30 years of innovation
One of the best ways to predict what will happen in the future, especially the near-term future, is to look back. Not back a...
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Mainstream VR – virtually a reality?
Virtual reality is still in its infancy but is already attracting significant investment from major tech players including Google, Facebook and Samsung. This big...
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Disney invests $1 billion in BAMTech
Walt Disney has acquired a 33 per cent stake in technology services and video streaming company BAMTech. Disney will pay $1 billion in two...
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Disney and Lucasfilm heading to Netflix
Netflix users in the US will be able to stream all Disney films, including Pixar, Lucasfilms and Marvel titles, from September this year. All...
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SES to acquire RR Media
Satellite operator SES Platform Services is to acquire RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, for...
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Fancy a cuppa?
Folks at Voicebox know how stressful it can be to get everything in place to meet and greet colleagues from the broadcast and production...
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Zive set for international launch
Altice is set to launch its subscription video-on-demand service Zive in its international markets
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Disney launches streaming service
Disney is to launch a new digital subscription service, DisneyLife, which will give members access to Disney and Disney Pixar movies, Disney Channels TV...
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French OTT offering signs major distribution deals
Molotov, created by Jean-David Blanc, founder of AlloCiné, and Pierre Lescure, founder of Canal+, has entered into OTT distribution agreements with a number of...
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