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Year2021
Canal+ taking legal action over football auction move
French pay TV operator Canal+ is taking legal action against the country’s professional football body,…
BBC responds to NAO reports as value of licence fee revenue drops 31% in a decade
The BBC has responded to the UK National Audit Office’s recent report on its financial…
Share your views – the deadline for our annual survey has been extended
Digital TV Europe has extended the deadline for completion of our annual industry survey until…
Nordic Entertainment writes down value of studio assets
Nordic streamer and free and pay TV broadcaster Nordic Entertainment (NENT Group) is to write…
Starz brings Lionsgate Play to Indonesia
Starz has announced the expansion of its premium OTT platform Lionsgate Play into Indonesia. The…
DAZN does Movistar+ deal with Telefónica
Telefónica has signed a major sublicensing deal with DAZN. The agreement will Movistar+ bolster its…
London Olympics organiser says Tokyo Games ‘unlikely to go ahead’
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics are unlikely to go ahead, Sir Keith Mills has said….
Pluto TV gets French in February
ViacomCBS has announced the expansion of its AVOD service Pluto TV to France on February…
Focus: AVOD on the rise
Streaming in general has grown hugely during 2020, including AVOD. Fateha Begum, associate director at…
Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica sign active network sharing pact
Deutsche Telekom has signed a co-operation agreement with Telefónica to share infrastructure in Germany. The…
Saudi Arabia reportedly ends beIN blackout
Qatar’s beIN Sports was broadcast in Saudi Arabia on Monday for the first time in…
Viasat World strikes extended deal with Volia
Channel and on-demand content provider Viasat World has struck a new carriage deal with Volia,…
WarnerMedia’s HBO Max hires exec from Mid-East streamer Shahid to lead in Lat Am
WarnerMedia has hired another senior exec from the Middle East’s MBC Group to lead its…
Nordic Entertainment makes new appointments as it gears up for expansion
Nordic streaming operator and pay and free TV broadcaster Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has…
NAO report shines light on BBC revenue woes
The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that the BBC has ‘tough decisions’ to…
Tele Columbus shareholders approve capital increase
Shareholders in German cable operator Tele Columbus have approved a new share rights issue that…
Paramount+ reveals launch dates for US, Canada, Nordics and Australia
ViacomCBS is to launch streamer Paramount+ across the US on 4 March and has also…
Netflix caps off record year with 200 million subscribers
Netflix has surpassed 200 million subscribers globally for the first time in its history. The…
WarnerMedia alum Kevin Reilly emerges at Israeli AI firm Deepdub
Former WarnerMedia content chief Kevin Reilly has emerged at an Israeli artificial intelligence company that…
ITV seeks new chair; Richard Sharp appointment confirmed at BBC
UK broadcaster ITV has reportedly started searching for a new chairman, with Sir Peter Bazalgaette…
The Serpent and A Perfect Planet lead to record-breaking year start for BBC iPlayer
The BBC iPlayer has followed up a record 2020 with a surge in viewing at…
Serie A launches country-by-country MENA broadcast rights tender
Italy’s Serie A has launched a 24-country broadcast rights tender in the MENA region. The…
Sky picks up Studiocanal movies in new distribution deal
Sky has announced a distribution deal with Vivendi-owned Studiocanal to bring a range of new…
MENA pay TV revenues drop by 14% since 2016, research suggests
Pay TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa region have fallen by 14%…
Disney+ Hotstar at considerable lead over Netflix and local competitors in Indonesia
Disney+ Hotstar has already opened up a sizable lead over Netflix in an increasingly competitive…
A+E promotes Soriano to international programming chief
A+E Networks has promoted Liz Soriano to SVP, international programming, overseeing all of A+E’s global…
Thema integrates IBSBM as Thema Northern Europe
Canal+-owned channel distributor Thema has fully integrated 2017 acquisition IBSBM into the group and renamed…
Omdia: SVODs must brace for slower 2021
SVOD services must brace themselves for much slower growth in 2021 after their record-breaking year…
LFP launches new bidding process for Ligue 1 rights
France’s professional football league, the LFP, is launching a new call for offers for the…
MultiChoice denies creating barriers as watchdog probes pay TV dominance
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has denied creating barriers to entry to the local…