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Disney has provided insight into plans for its upcoming US streaming service, which is beginning to look increasingly like a streaming channel-family strategy. CEO Iger says he plans to develop a suite of OTT offerings, rather than creating 'one gigantic aggregated play'. Sports will be streamed through ESPN; family content through a new service, tentatively dubbed 'Disney Play'; and Hulu likely remain as the platform for other entertainment content.
Disney is not the only contender soon to enter the increasingly crowded streaming TV fray, as Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile video start-up, NewTV, (see The Amp issue 88) has secured $1bn in funding from investors, including the UK's ITV.
Perhaps indicating strategic priorities, Fox has officially filed its offer document for UK pay TV giant Sky, but has not increased its bid, meaning it is under-bidding Comcast. AT&T has increased its holding in Otter Media, which operates streaming brands Rooster Teeth and Crunchyroll, to 100% after buying the stake it did not already own from The Chernin Group.
Polish energy company, Energa, has begun offering a TV service to its utilities customers. In the UK, full fibre broadband operator Hyperoptic has landed £250m in investment to roll-out more full-fibre infrastructure.
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The OTT hotlist | Digital TV Europe
"Ampere analyst Lottie Towler points out that there are still hurdles to overcome – even though competition concerns are dying down in the wake of the “intense market disruption” caused by the big international SVOD providers. “"
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Edinburgh International TV Festival: 22-24 August 2018, Edinburgh, Scotland
IFA: 31 August - September 5, Berlin, Germany
IBC: 13-18 September 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
Future TV Advertising Forum Canada: 20 September 2018, Toronto, Canada**
MIP Junior: 13-14 October 2018, Cannes, France*
MIPCOM: 15-18 October 2018, Cannes, France*
American Film Market: 31 October-7 November 2018, Los Angeles, USA
asi International TV & Video Conference: 7-9 November 2018, Athens, Greece**
Cable Days: 8 November 2018, Salzburg, Austria**
MIP Cancún: 14-16 November 2018, Cancún, Mexico
DISCOP Johannesburg: 14-16 November 2018, Johannesburg, South Africa
Medientage: 24-26 October 2018, Munich, Germany
Asia TV Forum & Market: 5-7 December 2018, Singapore
CES: 8-11 January 2019, Las Vegas, USA
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News editor: Toby Holleran. Managing editor: Guy Bisson
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