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ProSiebenSat.1 boosted by channel and digital gains
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Group reported strong second quarter earnings, buoyed by gains in it channels…
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Chello restructures CEE channels unit
Chellomedia has restructured its channels distribution unit at its CEE division. The company, the content…
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Kantar Media partners with Twitter for UK TV analytics
Kantar Media, a market research firm owned by ad giant WPP, has partnered with Twitter…
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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
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Amazon orders five more original series pilots
Amazon Studios has ordered five kids series pilots for Amazon Prime Instant Video service in…
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BT Sport goes live
BT today launches its new sports channel line-up today, along with the new BT Sport…
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BBC launches sport app on Kindle Fire
The BBC has launched its BBC Sport mobile app for Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire…
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Trace Group signs Beeline TV carriage deal
Music and sports channel provider Trace Group has signed a carriage deal with Russian pay-TV…
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Sky and Microsoft settle trademark dispute
BskyB and Microsoft have reached a settlement over the latter’s use of the SkyDrive brand…
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Facebook reportedly eyeing TV-style ads
Facebook is reportedly looking to sell 15 second TV-style ad spots for its site, with…
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Channel 4 deputy chairman of board appointed
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has appointed non-exec Channel 4 board member Mark Price as deputy…
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Box TV signs broadcast service deal with Red Bee
Box TV, a joint music TV venture between Channel 4 and Bauer Media, has signed…
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Eutelsat targets Latin America with US$1.14bn Satmex deal
European satellite operator Eutelsat has agreed to by 100% of Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) for US$1.142…
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Sky told to end public service retransmission fees
The UK government plans to end controversial retransmission fees that British public broadcasters pay to…
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CME hit by low Czech revenues
Broadcast group Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported a 14.7% year-on-year drop in revenues and…
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BBC Three to launch all comedies on iPlayer
UK channel BBC Three will begin premiering all of its scripted comedies on the on-demand…
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Discovery says OWN ‘beginning to turn a profit’
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is “starting to pay down the investment Discovery has made…
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Sport1 launches new channel for US sports
German sports broadcaster Sport1 is launching a new pay-TV channel for US sports in Germany,…
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BBC to examine YouView participation
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched a review into the BBC’s involvement…
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Telenet cable TV churn hits five year low
Belgian cable operator Telenet said it lost 8,700 basic cable TV subscribers in Q2 2013 –…
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Only 7% of US homes rely on over-the-air TV
Just 7% of US TV households rely solely on an antenna for their television programming, according…
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Pace buoyed by North America demand
UK-based set-top box provider Pace raised its full year profit expectations after reporting strong half-year results,…
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BT to split retail unit in two
BT is due to split its retail unit into two divisions, named BT Consumer and…
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New-look Universal Channel hitting the UK
NBCUniversal’s new-look Universal Channel will debut in the UK on August 5. NBCU has been…
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Netflix ‘not cannibalising traditional TV’ says TiVo study
Over-the-top video service Netflix is not cannibalising traditional TV viewing, according to a new study…
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ITV boosted by online, studio gains
UK broadcaster ITV reported revenue gains in the first half of the year thanks to…
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Russia’s CTC Media appoints new CEO
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has appointed Yuliana Slashcheva, the president of Russia-based communications consultancy Mikhailov and…
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Vodafone launches its Kabel Deutschland takeover
Vodafone has started its public takeover of Kabel Deutschland after its €7.7 billion offer was…
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Lovefilm signs Scripps Networks Interactive deal
Amazon-owned video-on-demand service Lovefilm has signed a deal with Scripps Networks Interactive to offer viewers…
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Sky Deutschland expands MGM partnership
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has expanded its long term output agreement with MGM…