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Mediaset bags domestic Copa del Rey rights
Mediaset has landed the domestic rights for Spain’s Copa del Rey through to 2021/2022. The…
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Vevo launches on Pluto TV
Music video platform Vevo has signed a deal with Viacom to launch genre-curated linear channels…
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ViacomCBS makes raft of management changes
ViacomCBS has made a swathe of changes to its senior management team, with CBS exec…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Conze hails ‘unique business model’, highlights Joyn premium launch plan
ProSiebenSat.1’s “unique business model”, combining entertainment with e-commerce and digital advertising, will see it through…
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Sky and BBC sign content and tech deal, bringing iPlayer to Sky Q
The BBC and Sky have signed a collaborative deal across content and technology. The main…
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Sky to challenge BT for Champions League
Comcast-owned Sky is planning to challenge BT’s ownership of the UK broadcast rights to the…
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Disney confirms European Disney+ launch for March 31
Disney+ has finalised its roll-out in Western Europe, with plans now firmed up to debut…
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Discovery sees success with regional strategy ahead of busy 2020
Discovery has seen a positive quarter ahead of the launch of a range of streaming…
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Red Arrow Studios, e-commerce and advanced advertising save the day for ProSiebenSat.1
Red Arrow Studios, the production outfit that ProSiebenSat.1 is mulling the possible sale of, helped…
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RTL sees paying streaming customers jump by 50%
Pan-European broadcaster RTL saw the number of paying subscribers to its streaming services in Germany…
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Mediaset seeking conciliation with Vivendi to secure MFE agreement
The Court of Milan has postponed a hearing on Vivendi’s dispute with Mediaset over the…
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Antenna Group extends JV with Vice Media
CEE-focused broadcaster Antenna Group has extended its joint venture with Vice Media through 2024 and…
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Comcast rebrands ad sales division and launches new products
Comcast has rebranded its ad sales division, formerly known as Spotlight, to Effectv. The company…
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Mediapro throws lifeline to Spanish women’s football
Spanish producer and broadcaster Mediapro has offered a lifeline of €1.5 million to Spanish women’s…
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Altice France ‘planning to create new network of local TV channels’ with Vià investment
Altice France is reportedly planning to up its investment in local TV networks in the…
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NBCUniversal mulling plan to make Peacock free for all
NBCUniversal is planning to give the ad-supported version of OTT TV service Peacock away for…
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Labour’s Watson: “Vote Labour to save free TV licences”
With the UK general election campaign well underway, Labour has pledged to keep free TV…
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Distribution partners will remain at core of ViacomCBS strategy, says Bakish
Bob Bakish has said that distributor and ad partnerships remain the “bedrock” of the strategy…
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England vs South Africa becomes most watched TV moment of the year
England’s defeat to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final on ITV was the…
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Eurosport acquires Davis Cup rights
Discovery-owned Eurosport has signed a two-year TV and digital rights deal with the International Tennis…
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STV completes distribution drive for Player with Sky launch
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV’s online service STV Player has launched on Sky set top boxes,…
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NBCUniversal combines domestic and international as Kevin MacLellan steps down
NBCUniversal is to combine its domestic and global divisions following news that international and distribution…
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Deutsche Telekom wants Bundesliga rights, La Liga eyes Amazon for UK
Deutsche Telekom wants to acquire live streaming rights for Germany’s Bundesliga. Speaking with local paper…
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TF1 sees Q3 revenues slide
French commercial broadcaster TF1 saw its stock slide after posting reduced Q3 revenues. TF1 posted…
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Comcast hires Geoffrey Sands as EVP of corporate strategy
Comcast has announced the appointment of Geoffrey Sands as executive vice president of corporate strategy….
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Football piracy rampant, with five million Brits admitting to watching illegal streams
Despite efforts from the Premier League to clamp down on piracy, over five million football…
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Cyfrowy Polsat and Discovery team up to create Polish OTT JV
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat and Discovery are to create a joint OTT TV…
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AT&T announces sale of CME to Czech investment group
AT&T has agreed to sell broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises (CME) to PPF, an investment…
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Ofcom: BBC sustainability at risk as ‘lost generation’ switches off
The BBC risks a “lost generation” of younger viewers as its reach among 16-24 drops…
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NBCUniversal signs social analytics deal with ListenFirst
Social analytics solution vendor ListenFirst has announced a partnership with NBCUniversal. ListenFirst, founded in 2012,…