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TF1 secures handball deal with BeIN Media
French broadcaster TF1 has struck a deal with pay TV outfit BeIN Sports to acquire…
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ProSiebenSat.1 launches ‘vertical content division’ for mobile
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has launched a new ‘vertical content division’ or VERT as part of…
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BBC consults on options for over 75s licence fee
The BBC has launched a consultation on the future of licence fee payments by over…
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RTL’s Schäferkordt to exit, replaced by Vox chief
RTL Deutschland CEO Anke Schäferkordt is to exit the group after nearly 30 years of…
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Amazon ‘among bidders’ for Fox US sports networks
Amazon will be among the bidders for the 22 US regional sports networks to be…
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Discovery boosts GO app line-up in the US
Discovery has added HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network and Cooking Channel to its suite of…
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Viacom’s Paramount to make pictures for Netflix as OTT strategy takes shape
Viacom’s Paramount Pictures is to make movies for Netflix as part of a new deal…
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Eleven Sports appoints chief operating officer
Eleven Sports upped its managing director for Belgium and Luxembourg, Anouk Mertens, to group chief…
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Vivid TV extends reach in Croatia
Adult channel Vivid TV has extended its reach in Croatia by launching with digital-terrestrial TV…
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Canal+ and TF1 finally bury the hatchet with new deal
Vivendi-owned French pay TV outfit Canal+ and commercial broadcaster TF1 have finally buried the hatchet…
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New Fox becomes Fox
In what is likely to be the final shareholders meeting before selling off assets to…
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Premier League hires Discovery’s Susanna Dinnage as CEO
Susanna Dinnage, the global president at Discovery’s Animal Planet, has been named as the Premier…
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Senior management changes for AMC Networks International
AMC Networks International has created new leadership roles in its senior management team for key…
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Disney reportedly in talks with Hearst over A+E Networks stake
Disney is in talks to sell off part of its stake in A+E Networks to…
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Mediaset hit by softening ad market
Italian broadcaster Mediaset saw its revenues for the first nine months fall significantly as the…
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YouSee teams up with Fox to launch joint service for Denmark
Danish telecom operator TDC, which provides residential TV and broadband services under the YouSee brand,…
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TF1 takes majority stake in programmatic specialist
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in programmatic media specialist Gamned! as…
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Channel 4 and Facebook team up for weekly news show
Channel 4 has partnered with Facebook for a weekly news show, months after the social…
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Ofcom reappoints Gurassa as Channel 4 chair
UK regulator Ofcom has reappointed Charles Gurassa as the chair of Channel 4 for a…
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Disney lifts lid on Disney+ streaming service, may look to buy all of Hulu
Disney has lifted the lid on its new streaming service, which will be called Disney+…
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Discovery’s Zaslav: skinny bundles and D2C to fuel growth
Skinny bundles and direct-to-home distribution will fuel Discovery’s growth as traditional big pay TV bundles…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sees short-term pain and long-term gain with five-year plan
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has set a target of increasing its top line from €4 billion…
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SPI/FilmBox extends reach of Fast&FunBox HD in Spain
Channel provider SPI/FilmBox has extended the reach of its channel distribution in Spain with the…
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RTL looking to VOD revamp and digital originals to fuel growth
Commercial broadcaster RTL is looking to a combination of video-on-demand and production outfit Fremantle’s push…
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Spanish free DTT use declining as consumers turn to pay TV
Use of Spain’s free-to-air digital-terrestrial TV platform fell to a historical low at the end…
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Disney secures EC approval for Fox deal with conditions
Disney has secured European Commission approval for its acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business on condition…
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ITV Hub viewing booming as ITV posts solid results
ITV delivered 6% growth in revenues over the first nine months of the year, driven…
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SPI/Filmbox names ex- Doğan exec as marketing chief
Channels provider SPI/FilmBox has named Haymi Behar as chief marketing officer. In this newly created…
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BeIN Media ups Yousef Al-Obaidly to CEO
BeIN Media Group chairman Nasser al Khelaïfi has appointed Yousef Al-Obaidly as CEO of the…
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Euronews launches first franchise channel in Albania
News broadcaster Euronews Group has teamed up with IN Media group to launch Euronews Albania,…