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Nickelodeon launches first UK playalong app
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland is launching its first playalong app for its popular SpongeBob SquarePants…
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TF1 names teleshopping and e-commerce chief
TF1 Group has named Agnès Rosoor as CEO of home shopping channels Téléshopping and Top…
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Turner buys Bigballs stake
The international arm of Turner has bought into Bigballs Media marking the first investment for…
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Modern Times Group sees strong Q4 growth
Nordic and international pay and free TV outfit Modern Times Group (MTG) turned in a…
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Fox and Viaplay team up for Fox+ streaming service
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa and Viaplay have launched Fox+, a new drama and…
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Discovery and Sky both claim victory as dispute is resolved
Discovery Communications’ channels will remain on the Sky platform in the UK and Germany after…
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RTL looking at ‘all strategic alternatives’ for BroadbandTV
RTL Group will not exercise its call option to acquire the 49% of YouTube multichannel…
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Channel 4’s Walter Presents launching in the US
Channel 4-backed streaming service Walter Presents will launch in the US in March. The on-demand,…
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BBC hires former Sky digital platform chief
The BBC has named Matt Grest as director of platform. Grest was previously Sky’s director…
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Discovery strikes raft of Olympic deals
Discovery Communications has struck a series of deal for its Olympic Games coverage with Polish…
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Dubai Media Inc taps Eurovision for news facilities
The European Broadcasting Union’s Eurovision has struck a deal with Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) to…
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YouGov: BBC iPlayer ‘treading water’ compared to Amazon and Netflix
The BBC is “treading water” with its iPlayer service while Amazon and Netflix are “starting…
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Discovery and Sky still talking as deadline looms
Discovery Communications and Sky remain locked in talks about a new carriage deal, with hours…
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Mediawan to acquire AB Group as first step in Euro-content strategy
Mediawan, the media investment consortium set up by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder Xavier…
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Discovery and Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms
Discovery and Sky have both upped the ante in the bitter carriage dispute that will…
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A+E hires BBC Worldwide exec for VOD post
A+E Networks UK has poached BBC Worldwide’s Riccardo Donato. Donato will take on a new…
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Altice confirms i24 News launch date for US
Altice has confirmed plans to launch a version of its Israel-based news channel for the…
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Viaplay orders OTT original from The Bridge scribe
Viaplay’s push into original programming has continued with an order for The Lawyer, a scripted…
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OSN strikes new deal with UFC
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has struck a new long-term exclusive carriage deal with…
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BBC reports record international web traffic
BBC.com, the UK corporation’s international news platform, received record web traffic in 2016. The BBC…
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Discovery facing loss of Sky carriage in UK and Germany
Sky and Discovery are locked in carriage talks over the Discovery channels in Germany and…
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Discovery feuds with Sky over UK carriage fees
Discovery risks seeing its channels go dark in the UK – its most important international…
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Former Viacom exec buys stake in Tinybop
Former Viacom International Media Networks emerging markets chief Bhav Singh has acquired a stake in…
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TVN inks new Warner Bros. deal
Polish broadcaster TVN has agreed a new deal with Warner Bros., covering the studios TV…
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MTG programming exec leaves for Endemol Shine
MTG Sweden’s vice-president of programming, Karin Stjärne, has left to become CEO of Endemol Shine…
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MTG sells Czech TV assets to invest in ‘digital transformation’
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
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BBC’s director of transformation leaves to lead DPP
The BBC’s director of transformation for design and engineering, Mark Harrison, is stepping down to…
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Viceland lines up March launch for Netherlands
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, is due to launch in the Netherlands on March 1…
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Endemol Shine’s Shillinglaw poaches BBC programming exec
Former BBC channel controller Kim Shillinglaw has hired BBC formats and features commissioning boss Donna…
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Comedy Central to make Middle East originals
Viacom’s fledgling Comedy Central channel in the Middle East is moving into original production with…