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Jonathan Easton
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Discovery acquires Golf Channel Latin America
Discovery has continued to build out its golf portfolio with the acquisition of 24 hour…
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Netflix increases Indian focus with three dramas from Viacom18 Studios
Netflix has partnered with Tipping Point, the digital content unit of Viacom18 Studios, to produce…
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Liberty Global ends all hope of UPC Switzerland-Sunrise deal
Liberty Global has put to bed any idea of resuming talks with Sunrise over the…
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Tele Columbus CEO Degenhardt steps down
German operator Tele Columbus has announced that its CEO, Timm Degenhardt, will leave the company,…
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Nicky Morgan to stay on as DCMS secretary
Nicky Morgan is staying on as the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport secretary. Morgan,…
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European Tour announces world’s first golf esports series
The European Tour has partnered with live events company DreamHack to launch golf’s first esports…
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Rambler sues Twitch €2.5 billion over EPL piracy
Russian tech firm Rambler has filed a lawsuit against the Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch…
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Burke confirms retirement as CEO of NBCUniversal
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has announced the retirement of CEO Steve Burke, with film and network television…
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Sky Deutschland features live EPL in low-cost Sport Ticket
Sky Deutschland has announced the addition of a new package to its Sky Ticket streaming…
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Disney seals exclusive deal with Canal+ for Disney+ distribution
“Le force est avec nous, (the force is with us)” were the words from Canal+…
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UK government launches review into licence fee decriminalisation
British prime minister Boris Johnson has reiterated the government’s plans to review sanctions for non-payment…
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China pulls Arsenal match following star’s controversial tweets
CCTV, the Chinese state broadcaster, did not air the English Premier League game between Arsenal…
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BT CEO calls on new government to speed up fibre delivery and “cut through the red tape”
BT CEO Phillip Jansen has called on the newly elected Conservative government in the UK…
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Altice Europe creates continent’s first nationwide fibre wholesaler in Portugal
Altice Europe’s Portugese subsidiary MEO has signed a deal with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners to…
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Premier League turns to Masters as CEO
Interim English Premier League boss Richard Masters has been made the organisation’s permanent CEO. Masters…
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Comcast brings live TV and VOD to NuEyes visually impaired smart-glasses
Comcast has announced a new partnership with wearable tech startup NuEyes. The agreement will bring…
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Disney+ tops 22 million downloads in month one
Disney+ has been downloaded 22 million times in the four weeks since its launch. According…
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Hotstar surpasses 400 million app downloads
Disney-owned Indian streamer Hotstar has hit its latest milestone of 400 million app downloads. The…
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Disney+ and Baby Yoda dominate in Google’s annual top-trending list
Google has revealed that Disney Plus was the top-trending search term of the year in…
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Netflix could lose 4 million US subscribers in 2020, says analyst
Netflix’s strategy of “leveraging its balance sheet to pay for content” is “a recipe…
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ESPN adds NHL to ESPN Player in Europe and Africa
ESPN has acquired the rights to the NHL for its ESPN Player OTT product across…
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Molotov signs up Viacom for channel distribution
French streamer Molotov has announced a multi-year distribution deal with Viacom. The deal will see…
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EBU secures Fifa Club World Cup rights
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU)’s Eurovision Sport has signed a deal with Japanese agency Dentsu…
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Canal+ in talks with beIN for exclusive Ligue 1 distribution and sublicensing
Canal+ has entered into talks with beIN Sports with a view to entering into an…
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MBC hires M7 chairman d’Halluin as CEO
MBC Group, the Saudi-controlled broadcaster that is the largest in the Middle East, has appointed…
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UK government contemplating decriminalisation of licence fee non-payment
The British government is considering decriminalising non-payment of the BBC’s licence fee. Speaking to the…
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Amazon significantly increases Premier League’s domestic exposure
Amazon’s ownership of some Premier League rights has increased the competition’s reach by a third….
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Sky strikes Channel 5 content pact
UK-based pay TV operator Sky has struck a deal for entertainment and factual programming from…
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EBU signs Women’s Euro 2021 deal
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a deal with Uefa for the media rights…
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Bernie Sanders wants to break up Comcast, Verizon & AT&T; introduces ‘internet for all’ plan
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced his plans for publicly-funded broadband networks and…