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Viacom to take MTV Germany free-to-air in 2018
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is making MTV Germany an unencrypted, free-to-air TV channel in Germany…
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Telefónica ‘looking to launch’ international OTT TV service
Telefónica is mulling the launch of a Netflix-like OTT TV service to target an international…
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STV appoints ITV online and pay TV boss as CEO
STV has appointed ITV’s managing director, online, pay TV, interactive and technology, Simon Pitts, as…
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Report: Netflix in talks to keep Marvel, Star Wars content
Netflix is reportedly in discussions with Walt Disney about retaining streaming rights to Marvel and…
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AMC Iberia to launch streaming service
AMC Networks Iberia is planning to launch a streaming service in Spain, in partnership with…
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Netflix orders Israeli dramas from Fauda pair
Streaming service Netflix has commissioned a pair of dramas from the Israeli creative team behind…
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Discovery to sub-license Olympics to German pubcasters
Discovery’s Eurosport is to sub-license its rights to the Olympic Games in Germany to public…
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MTG extends grip on KHL rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its grip on exclusive rights to the Kontinental Hockey…
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Britbox launches on Amazon Channels in the US
BBC Worldwide and ITV’s US subscription video-on-demand service, Britbox, is now available via Amazon’s Channels…
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PCCW’s OTT business gains $110m investment
PCCW Media has raised US$110 million from Hony Capital, Foxconn and Temasek, who become investors…
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Virgin Media Ireland adds UKTV to on-demand platform
Virgin Media Ireland has added UKTV Play to its line-up of on-demand services, boosting its…
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Altice ‘looking at Charter bid’
Altice and its US offshoot Altice USA are in the initial stages of putting together…
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Fox chief: live-streaming TV proves pay power
The progress of live-streaming TV services reaffirms the strength of pay TV bundles, according 21st…
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NBCU comedy SVOD service Seeso shutting
NBCUniversal is shutting its comedy-themed SVOD service Seeso. The US service’s future has been in…
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Discovery leads Here Be Dragons’ US$10m funding round
Discovery Communications has led a US$10 million (€8.5 million) Series A funding round raised by…
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TDG: more than half of US millennials binge-watch content daily
More than half of US millennial broadband users binge watch content on a daily basis,…
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Disney pulls content from Netflix to launch own SVOD offering
The Walt Disney Company is pulling all of its movies from Netflix in order to…
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Fox faces Sky delay as government calls on Ofcom to look at ‘new evidence’
The UK government has said that submissions made in relation to 21st Century Fox’s planned…
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Disney ups BAMTech stake in strategic SVOD move
Disney will pay US$1.58 billion (€1.34 billion) to up its stake in video streaming technology…
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Fox to launch SVOD service FX+ with Comcast
21st Century Fox’s US FX Networks unit has teamed up with cable giant Comcast to…
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HBO to develop original series in Adria region
HBO is to strengthen its production activities in central Europe, appointing Ana Balentovic as development…
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Sony to rebrand Kix children’s channel to Pop Max
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is set to rebrand kid’s channel Kix to Pop Max…
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CBS All Access goes global
CBS’s SVOD service, CBS All Access, is headed to the global market. The service will…
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Scripps’ TVN sells Polish tele-shopping channel
Scripps Networks Interactive-owned Polish broadcaster TVN has sold tele-shopping channel Mango-Media to retail and e-commerce…
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BeIN Media secures raft of CBS content
Middle East pay TV provider BeIN Media has struck a new multiplatform licensing deal with…
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ProSiebenSat.1 could launch new JV channels with Scripps
ProSiebenSat.1 could launch one or more new thematic channels in partnership with Scripps Networks Interactive,…
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Discovery teams up with TEN to enter US OTT market for first time
Discovery has struck a deal with TEN: The Enthusiast Network to create a consolidated joint…
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New Polish law could place strict limit on foreign ownership
Polish politicians from the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party are mulling changes in the…
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Vivendi agrees to put Mediaset shares in blind trust
Vivendi has agreed to transfer its stake in Mediaset above a threshold of 10% to…
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Al Jazeera denounces Israeli shutdown
Al Jazeera has denounced the Israeli government’s decision to close Al Jazeera Media Network’s bureau…