Digital TV News: Maria Kyriacou
Paramount to combine My5 with Pluto TV in the UK
Nov 1, 2023 – Paramount is to combine Channel 5's broadcast video-on-demand (BVOD) service, My5, with its FAST service Pluto TV, to bring audiences in the UK a supersized, free streaming service in 2024.
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Paramount, Pluto TV, Channel 5, Maria Kyriacou, Olivier Jollet, Apps, Digital TV, Streaming, UK
UK PSBs developing broadband-delivered free TV service
Sep 18, 2023 – Britain's broadcasters are developing a free TV service that will deliver live TV over broadband. Set for launch in 2024, the Freely service will be built-in to the next generation of smart TVs.
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Everyone TV, Jonathan Thompson, Tim Davie, Dame Carolyn McCall, Alex Mahon, Maria Kyriacou, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, UK
Paramount+ reveals global expansion plans
May 3, 2022 – Paramount+ (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) will launch in the UK and Ireland on 22 June 2022. Paramount+ will also launch in South Korea in June, with further launches planned in Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria in 2H 2022.
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Paramount, Raffaele Annecchino, Maria Kyriacou, Austria, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Streaming, Switzerland, UK
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