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Rai extends FIGC rights deal
Italian PSB Rai has extended its rights deal with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). The…
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ITV Hub hits 30 million registered users ahead of BritBox launch
ITV’s ad-supported on-demand service ITV Hub has surpassed 30 million registered users. The milestone was…
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Discovery expands Dplay into the UK and Ireland
Discovery is expanding its streaming service Dplay into the UK and Ireland. The AVOD service,…
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Eurosport extends ATP tennis rights with new deals
Eurosport has secured exclusive ATP Tour rights in a series of new multi-year deals covering…
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CH Media agrees deal for 3 Plus
CH Media is set to become the largest private TV provider in Switzerland with the…
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Investors Křetínský and Tkac purchase stakes in ProSieben
Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský’s Czech Media Invest (CMI) has bought a minority stake in ProSiebenSat.1…
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Viacom takes full control of Italy’s Super!
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN has acquired the 50% of Super Broadcast S.R.L, which owns…
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Trace launches three new channels in the UK
Media group Trace is launching three new channels in the UK on the Sky platform…
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Canal+ reportedly selling Olympics rights to Discovery
Canal+ is selling its broadcast rights to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to Discovery for…
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Cash-strapped MediaWorks puts TV business up for sale
MediaWorks, the largest independent broadcaster in New Zealand, is looking to sell off its TV…
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Vivendi brings focus to legal battle with Mediaset
Following its Spanish court victory at the end of last week, Vivendi this week followed…
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Red Arrow sale could enable ProSiebenSat.1 to ‘double down’ on German market
ProSiebenSat.1’s strategic review and potential sale of production outfit Red Arrow is an expression of…
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New Zealand Rugby agrees “revolutionary broadcast agreement” to become 5% stakeholder in Sky New Zealand
Sky New Zealand has announced a “revolutionary broadcast agreement” with New Zealand Rugby (NZR). The…
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Conze: ‘one step at a time’ for Joyn but international launch planned
ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery, the partners behind German streaming JV Joyn, “definitely will” launch the platform…
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Are sports rights really heading for disaster?
Despite BeIN Media Group CEO Yousef Al-Obaidly’s explosive comments that the “media rights bubble is…
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Vivendi secures Spanish court victory in battle with Mediaset
Vivendi has secured a victory in its battle to stop Mediaset’s plan to create a…
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BBC defends over-75s licence fee plans following damning DCMS committee report
The BBC has responded to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee…
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Lionsgate ‘mulling Starz spin-off’ to reduce debt
Lionsgate is mulling spinning off premium cable offering Starz into a separate company as it…
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Serie A opens US office in pursuit of expansion
Italian football league Serie A has opened an office in the US in an effort…
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Mediaset completes withdrawal rights count
Mediaset has completed the count of shareholders intending to exercise withdrawal rights ahead of its…
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4KUniverse joins PostTV
4K UHD TV channel 4KUniverse has joined the line-up of Luxembourg IPTV operator PostTV. Post…
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WarnerMedia names senior communications team
WarnerMedia has given expanded roles to three HBO communications executives, Karen Jones, Ronni Cobern-Basis and Laura Young. Jones,…
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Viacom takes branded apps to Virgin Media
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has agreed a new multi-year distribution deal with Virgin Media…
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Canal+ and TF1 secure Women’s Euro 2021 rights
Free-to-air broadcaster TF1 and pay-TV outfit Canal+ have signed a deal with Uefa for the…
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BBC announces iPlayer revamp to launch in 2020
The BBC is working on a total overhaul of its iPlayer streaming service, the broadcaster…
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EBU calls for 5G-broadcast mode
5G should include a 5G-broadcast mode that allows free-to-air broadcaster to reach users with the…
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Vivendi files for damages against Mediaset in Italy
Vivendi has followed up the legal action it initiated to disrupt the creation of Mediaset’s…
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UFC signs multi-year PPV deal with Joe Hand Promotions
MMA outfit UFC has signed a multi-year extension of its pay-per-view (PPV) deal with Joe…
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Basketball world cup smashes records with 3 billion reach
The 2019 Fiba World Cup in Beijing has broken records across linear and digital platforms,…
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Ethiosat launches as Ethiopia’s first dedicated TV platform
Ethiosat has launched the country’s first dedicated TV platform dedicated to the country’s most popular…