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Broadcasters
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AT&T launches mobile-skewed OTT service DirecTV Now
AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other…
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HBO Spain hires original programming chief
HBO is preparing original programming for its new Spanish service and has hired Miguel Salvat…
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MTV changing tack as programming boss exits
Michael Klein is leaving MTV after just six months as executive VP, original content. Klein…
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HBO launches in Spain with Vodafone
HBO has launched its Spanish service. HBO España is currently available exclusively to Vodafone customers…
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BBC launches vertical news videos
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including vertical videos and…
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German pubcasters fail to secure Olympics deal with Discovery
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have failed to secure a deal with Discovery to…
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ITV programme strategy chief exiting
David Bergg, head of programme strategy at ITV is leaving the UK broadcaster. He will…
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France Télévisions taps Net Insight for DOM-TOM distribution
France Télévisions Réseau Outre-Mer, the network of TV and radio stations operating in France’s overseas…
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Closing Premium would be ‘worst option’ for Mediaset
Closing Mediaset Premium would be the worst of the choices on offer to the Italian broadcaster, but…
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ITV and AwesomenessTV create UK block
Details of the upcoming AwesomenessTV-themed block coming to UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 have been…
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Zee buys channels as Reliance exits general entertainment TV
Zee Entertainment Enterprises has acquired a pair of channels from Indian compatriot Reliance Capital, confirming…
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Mediapro secures important precedent in battle against online piracy
A Spanish court has condemned Puerto 80, the outfit behind website Rojadirecta, for violating broadcaster…
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HBO Europe commissions new Polish drama
HBO Europe’s latest original drama is Blinded by the Lights, a Polish-originated six-parter about a Warsaw…
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TV4 makes key content hires
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has made two key content appointments. TV4…
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Discovery extends Lang’s role to Nordic region chief
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…
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Canal+ inks international Disney deal
Canal+ has inked a deal with Disney and will get first and second window rights…
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New Filmbox Live service launches on UPC DTH
SPI International/Filmbox Channels Group has struck a deal with Liberty Global’s UPC DTH in the…
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A+E Networks taps Simplestream for Blaze TV everywhere
A+E Networks UK has tapped Simplestream to provide TV everywhere distribution services for recently-launched free-to-air…
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Amazon ‘exploring’ live sports offering
Amazon is weighing up plans to break into the world of live sports streaming, according…
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Freeview reveals new Freeview Play devices
Free-to-view UK digital-terrestrial platform Freeview has revealed a range of new devices that Freeview Play,…
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Buzzfeed staying ‘fully indie’ after NBCU investment
NBCUniversal has ploughed another US$200 million (€188 million) into online news and video company BuzzFeed….
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Mediaset reportedly in contact with Sky; drops Vivendi shares seizure bid
Mediaset is in contact with Sky over a possible deal for control of troubled pay…
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ProSieben boss reveals exit plan
Thomas Ebeling will leave ProSiebenSat.1 at the end of his current deal. The chief of…
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Howard to head Discovery VR
Discovery has brought in Rebecca Howard to head up its virtual reality content efforts. Howard…
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BBC Worldwide names Italy and Iberia sales chief
BBC Worldwide has named Andre Renaud in the new role of VP of sales for…
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ProSieben boss reveals exit plan
Thomas Ebeling will leave ProSiebenSat.1 at the end of his current deal. The chief of…
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Warner Bros. to acquire Machinima outright
Warner Bros. Entertainment is taking full control of gaming-focused multichannel network Machinima. The Burbank-based studio…
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Vice’s first non-English channel rolls next week
The French version of Viceland will launch on November 23, marking the first time the…
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MTG targets US digital growth with MTGx hire
Modern Times Group has appointed Digital Artists Entertainment boss, Scott Rupp, to develop the presence…
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BBC launches virtual reality talk show
UK public broadcaster has launched No Small Talk, a virtual reality talk show for millennial…