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Karen Bronzo promoted to EVP marketing at HGTV
Discovery’s HGTV has confirmed the promotion of Karen Bronzo to the role of SVP marketing….
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Mediaset hails court ruling against Vivendi’s Dailymotion
A Rome court has fined Vivendi-owned online video service Dailymotion €5.5 million for infringing Mediaset…
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CBS and Viacom reportedly pencilling August merger deal
CBS and Viacom have agreed an August 8 internal deadline to come to a merger…
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Altice France unveils new TV features
Altice France has unveiled a number of new value-added services to its TV offering. The…
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Long-serving HBO comms boss heads for exit
One of the primary engineers of the HBO brand, communications boss Quentin Schaffer, is the…
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Flow TV replaces Flow Sports Premier with new channel EPL rights holder RUSH
English Premier League rights holder RUSH has launched on Flow TV in the Carribbean. Announced…
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AMC and Atresmedia’s EspañaTV to debut in Portugal
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMC and Atresmedia Internacional’s Spanish-language JV EspañaTV will launch on DTH…
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French authors and producers’ groups slam France 4 closure plan
French minister of culture Franck Riester has confirmed plans to close down France Télévisions youth…
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BBC to broadcast UEFA Women’s Euro 2021
Following the success of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, the BBC has confirmed it…
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Wimbledon joins chorus of boos for BeoutQ
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), better known as Wimbledon, wrapped up at the…
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HBO Go launches in Vietnam
HBO Asia has launched the streaming service’s multiscreen OTT TV offering HBO Go in Vietnam….
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MyZen TV launches 4K offering in Russia
Well-being channel MyZen TV, in partnership with French distribution outfit Thema, has debuted its new…
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TF1 takes majority stakes in Play Two and Canada’s Reel One
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in musical production outfit Play Two,…
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Eleven Sports secures International Champions Cup in Belgium
Sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has secured exclusive live rights to the International Champions Cup (ICC) in…
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WTO meets with Qatari delegation over beoutQ piracy
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has met with the piracy victims of alleged-Saudi affiliated beoutQ….
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Chinese state broadcaster hires former Ofcom director
China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese state broadcaster, has hired former board member of…
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RTL combines assets to create ‘Europe’s leading digital studio’
RTL Group is combining key digital assets to create what it describes as “Europe’s leading…
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Vivendi slams Mediaset internationalisation plan
Vivendi has explicitly criticised Mediaset’s plans to combine its Italian and Spanish units in a…
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Disney replaces ABC studios chief and revamps TV team
Disney has replaced the president of its ABC Studios unit and changed the senior team…
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Xite launches on Roku in US
Interactive music service provider Xite has launched on Roku devices in the US. The service,…
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Fix&Foxi launches in Luxembourg
Your Family Entertainment-owned kids channel Fix&Foxi is to launch in Luxembourg on Post Luxembourg’s IPTV…
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EPL piracy costs £1m per match in lost sponsorship value
English Premier League clubs and sponsors are losing an unprecedented amount of money to piracy….
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Serie A postpones decision on Mediapro offer
Italy’s Serie A has pushed back a decision on whether to accept Spanish broadcaster and…
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France Télévisions secures victory in PlayMédia case
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has won a victory in an ongoing legal battle with…
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SPI International acquires Film1
SPI International has acquired the brand assets of Film1, the Dutch premium television and video…
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Internet advertising to surpass 50% of total ad-spend in two years
Internet advertising will account for 52% of global advertising expenditure in 2021, exceeding the 50%…
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Discovery hires AMC Networks digital chief to head up Eurosport D2C unit
Discovery has named AMC Networks executive Paul Rehrig as general manager of Eurosport Digital, the…
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Rakuten TV launches subscription offering with TalkTalk
Movies-on-demand provider Rakuten TV is to launch its recently launched subscription video-on-demand service with UK…
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Eurovision Sport names head of winter sport
Eurovision Sport, the broadcasting arm of public broadcaster organisation the EBU, has named Robert Portman,…
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Sky Media launches Sky Analytics
Sky Media, the advertising sales arm of Sky, has announced the launch of Sky Analytics. …