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TVN in tax protest
Scripps Networks Interactive-owned Polish broadcaster TVN has lodged a protest about a tax demand made…
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Sony launches free-to-air movies channel in Italy
Sony Pictures Television Networks is to launch a new free-to-air movie channel, Cine Sony, in…
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Cricket returns to BBC after two decades
Live cricket is to return to the BBC for the first time in 21 years…
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Verizon linked with Disney takeover
Verizon may become the latest US telco to buy a major American content company, with…
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EBU partners with Council of Europe to back journalism
The EBU has partnered with the Council of Europe to track alleged violations of media…
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Ten secures A$30m loan to keep afloat
Australia’s Network Ten has secured its immediate future after key shareholders agreed to fund an…
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Cartoon Network on Yahlive
Middle Eastern satellite platform Yahlive is to broadcast Cartoon Network Arabic on its Middle East…
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Vodafone Spain adds new 4K channels from AMC Networks
Vodafone España has added four new TV channels to its programming line-up, including two 4K…
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MTV launches localised Snapchat channel in France
Viacom-owned music channel MTV has launched a localised ‘Publisher Story’ on Snapchat’s Discover platform in…
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AMC launching premium ad-free service in US
The Walking Dead channel AMC is launching an ad-free, linear channel for US$5 a month…
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Mediaset battle with Vivendi intensifies
Mediaset will continue to battle Vivendi in the courts and will do everything possible to…
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Fox’s Sky takeover set for UK watchdog probe
21st Century Fox’s £11.7 billion (€13.2 billion) takeover of European pay TV operator Sky is…
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eSports will benefit TV, says ESL
eSports have the potential to attract a young primarily male audience to TV and punch…
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Lagardère launches new kids channel for Arabic world
Lagardère Active has launched a new kids channel for the Arabic-speaking world. Gulli Bil Arabi…
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Saragosse reappointed as France Médias Monde plans Spanish France 24
French media regulator the CSA has reappointed Marie-Christine Saragosse as president of France’s international media…
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AMC extends reach in Croatia
AMC Networks International – Central & Northern Europe has extended the reach of AMC in…
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Fox secures Irish green light for Sky deal as UK decision time approaches
21st Century Fox has secured approval for its acquisition of Sky from the Irish regulatory…
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Telecom Italia unveils details of Eurosport offering
Telecom Italia (TIM) has fleshed out how it will enhance its sports TV offering following…
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Turner EMEA names McDonough replacement
Turner EMEA has promoted Pierre Branco to succeed Ian McDonough as head of its Northern…
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Cyfrowy Polsat wins Polish Champions League battle
Polish free and pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat has secured the rights to Champions League…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sells majority stake in venture assets to Lexington Partners
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1’s investment unit ProSiebenSat.1 Ventures has sold what it says is ‘a…
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Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
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BBC needs to focus on online, talent and finance, says commerce chief
The BBC needs to respond to the fragmentation of audiences and the emergence of global…
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Freeview can ‘connect digitally-excluded’
Freeview has a key role to play in bringing the UK’s “digitally-excluded” into the connected…
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Discovery keeps Bundesliga games, obtains injunction against Sky ads
Discovery has secured a provisional injunction against Sky in Germany over the pay TV operator…
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Ginx Esports TV launches on Cellcom Israel
Ginx Esports TV is to launch on the Israeli mobile operator Cellcom’s OTT platform. The…
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Discovery signs TIM as first Olympics ‘official mobile broadcaster’
Discovery has teamed with Telecom Italia (TIM) in what the pair describe as a a…
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MCN Studio71 to launch in France
Multichannel network (MCN) Studio71 is to launch in France in September. The move follows the…
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Comedy Central taps DEFY for digital shorts
Comedy Central International has struck a partnership with digital media producer DEFY Media for the…
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Globosat buys into Vice Brazil in expansion push
Vice Media and Globosat will partner to expand the Vice brand’s local presence across online,…