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BBC confirms 2020 Red Button switch-off
The BBC is switching off its Red Button news and sport service next year, the…
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Airtel selects Irdeto for content delivery security
Indian telco service provider Airtel has announced a deal with Irdeto to deliver content on…
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TV facing imminent ‘second wave of disruption’ says BBC chief
BBC director-general Tony Hall believes an imminent “second wave of disruption” caused by streamers from…
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BT Sport demos its first 8K broadcast at IBC 2019
Broadcaster BT Sport showcased live 8K for the first time at IBC 2019. Showing a…
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Spacecom expands African reach with ViewMedia deal
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that ViewMedia will launch a new…
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Síminn partners with MediaKind for UHD EPL broadcasting
Icelandic broadcaster Síminn has selected MediaKind to deliver its HD and UHD broadcasts of English…
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Government funding proposals “not fit for purpose” slams RTÉ director general
Irish PSB RTÉ is “in a crisis” said director general Dee Forbes who has heavily…
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Altice in war of words with regulator over 5G plan
Altice Portugal is engaged in a dispute with media and telecom regulator ANACOM over the…
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Disney+ debuts in the Netherlands with free trial
Disney+, the new streaming service from the media giant, is now available in the Netherlands…
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OCS renews Canal+ deal
Orange Cinema Series (OCS), Orange’s pay-TV service, has renewed its multi-year distribution deal with Canal+….
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WarnerMedia appoints distribution presidents
WarnerMedia’s sales and international division has appointed Sofia Chang and Rich Warren as president of…
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Elliott invests US$3.2bn in AT&T, slams DirecTV investment and WarnerMedia strategy
Activist investor Elliott Management’s funds have invested US$3.2 billion in AT&T and called for a…
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Spanish regulator weighs in on marketing of football rights
Spanish markets regulator the CNMC has called on the Real Federación Española de Fútbol(RFEF) to…
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BBC to launch new open archive site
The BBC is to make thousands of archive clips available to watch on a new…
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Altice Portugal signs new deal with SIC
Altice Portugal/Meo has signed a new distribution deal with Portuguese commercial broadcaster SIC. Altice Portugal…
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Altice France’s Weill concedes defeat in battle with Orange
Altice France CEO Alain Weill has admitted defeat and will make the group’s TV channels…
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Vivendi piles pressure on Mediaset over MediaForEurope vote
Vivendi is continuing to pile pressure on Mediaset following the approval given by yesterday’s Mediaset…
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BBC Studios creates new APAC regional business
BBC Studios has brought its Asia and Australia and New Zealand regions together to create…
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Vivendi threatens ‘serious litigation’ in wake of Mediaset merger vote
Vivendi has accused Mediaset’s board of “dragging their company into serious litigation” after the Italian…
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Nordic Entertainment restructures senior management team
Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has unveiled a comprehensive restructuring of its senior management team,…
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Insight TV launches two channels in UK on Samsung TV Plus
4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content Insight TV has launched on the Samsung…
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Mediaset secures green light from shareholders for Europe plan
Mediaset has secured a green light from shareholders for its creation of a new holding…
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WarnerMedia chief Stankey becomes AT&T COO
WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey has been appointed president and COO of HBO parent group AT&T. The…
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Discovery boosts ad sales team in wake of UKTV deal
Discovery has promoted Katie Coteman to vice-president, advertising and partnerships, effective immediately. She was previously senior…
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Vivendi files complaint against Mediaset with regulator
Vivendi has opened a new front in its war with Mediaset by filing a complaint…
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ProSiebenSat.1 reportedly looking at Red Arrow sale
ProSiebenSat.1 has triggered a strategic review that could see the business offload Red Arrow Studios,…
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STV strikes streaming partnership with Premier Sports
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has struck a partnership with pay TV sports broadcaster Premier Sports…
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Vivendi secures right to vote in MediaForEurope battle with Mediaset
Vivendi has secured a victory in its battle to secure representation of its views on…
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ProSiebenSat.1 launches news channel in Austria
ProSiebenSat.1 has launched news channel Puls 24 in Austria alongside a new app. ProSiebenSat.1 initially…
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Post Luxembourg adds Spanish international drama channel to line-up
Telecom operator Post Luxembourg has struck a deal with Spanish public broadcaster RTVE to bring…