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Doğan in talks to sell media assets to group close to Turkish president
Turkey’s Doğan Holding, which owns free-to-air channel Kanal D and pay TV platform D-Smart as…
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TDG: NBCU top channel group for US viewers
NBCUniversal networks was the group of channels that most US viewers would choose if they…
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Mediawan posts first full-year financials
Paris-listed production-distribution group Mediawan has posted its first full year financials. Both actual and pro…
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OTT TV service 7TV adds first external channels
7TV, the German streaming TV offering co-owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Discovery, has added the…
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FremantleMedia CEO leaving to join YouTube
FremantleMedia CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz is leaving the RTL Group-owned production and distribution giant to…
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France Télévisions putting SVOD plan ‘on hold’ as it seeks partners
France Télévisions has put its plan to launch a subscription video-on-demand service on hold as…
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COBA warns of threat to kids content as Ofcom mulls EPG change
UK multichannel broadcasters’ association COBA has issued a warning that changes to regulations governing the…
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Telenor sells CEE operations to O2 and Nova Group owner PPF
Telenor has agreed to sell its central and eastern European assets to private equity outfit…
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Telenor and TV4 strike last-minute carriage deal
Telenor and Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group have struck a last minute agreement over carriage terms…
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Cheddar raises US$22m from Liberty Global, Antenna and others
Millennial-focused digital news service, Cheddar, has raised US$22 million in funding, with Liberty Global and…
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BBC to stream 1,000 extra hours of live sport per year
The BBC has announced plans to stream 1,000 extra hours of live sport per year…
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BBC Worldwide restructures French production arm
BBC Worldwide is restructuring its French production arm, as the unit lands new commissions with…
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BBC to increase voice experimentation in coming months
The BBC has announced plans to increase its creative experimentation around voice services and interaction…
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Chiara McKee to head new Blue Ant EMEA kids and global networks unit
Blue Ant Media is launching its kids and global networks division in Europe, the Middle…
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Hedge fund calls for ejection of Vivendi from Telecom Italia board
US activist investor Elliott Management has formally submitted a request to Telecom Italia (TIM) to…
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Disney creates new global division ahead of streaming service launch
The Walt Disney Company has restructured to create a worldwide division that will house international…
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Apple not targeting Netflix or Disney as it shapes up video strategy
Consumer tech giant Apple is not looking to buy Netflix or The Walt Disney Company,…
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French content creators call for technology-neutral movie windows
Copyright societies representing French producers, directors, authors and content creators have called for a reduction…
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TRT World goes live on Get platform in Norway
Turkish English-language news channel, TRT World, has gone live on Get’s cable TV platform in…
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QYou debuts in UK on GoMedia rail passenger infotainment service
Best-of-the-web channel QYou Media is making its debut in the UK as part of rail…
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BBC appoints Virgin Media exec as first chief customer officer
The BBC has appointed Virgin Media’s chief marketing officer, Kerris Bright, to the new role…
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Altice’s NextRadioTV joins retransmission fee battle
Altice-owned broadcast outfit NextRadioTV is planning to follow in the footsteps of commercial broadcaster TF1…
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Vice boss hails new ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as Dubuc takes CEO role
Vice Media’s CEO Shane Smith has confirmed A+E Networks’ Nancy Dubuc will succeed him at…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes long-term deal with 1&1
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck an agreement to distribute its TV channels on the recently…
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EBU concerned about political pressure on Lithuanian pubcaster
European public broadcasters’ organisation the EBU has expressed concern about political pressure being exerted on…
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Nancy Dubuc to replace Shane Smith at Vice Media
Nancy Dubuc is leaving her post as president and CEO of A+E Networks and is…
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Ofcom ready to act on RT licence if required
UK media regulator Ofcom has signaled its readiness to act against Russian government-backed information channel…
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BBC reports ‘best month on record’ for iPlayer
The BBC reported a record 328 million programme requests on iPlayer in January, marking “the…
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Canal+ softens on payment for TF1 enhanced TV services
Canal+ has confirmed that it is “progressively” renewing the distribution of TF1’s free-to-air channels. The…
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Mediapro and La Liga launch new eSports tournament
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro is to launch a new eSports competition in partnership the country’s top-tier…