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Trace launches three new music channels for Africa
Modern Times Group-owned youth music and lifestyle broadcaster Trace has unveiled plans to launch three…
Olympics reports ‘record-breaking media coverage’
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) hailed “record-breaking media coverage” and “unprecedented levels of engagement” at…
BBC Three produces most-watched show on iPlayer
The BBC’s youth skewing, online-only network, BBC Three, has produced the most requested show of…
Comcast completes US$3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
Sony launches three channels on Virgin Media
Sony Pictures Television Networks is to launch three channels on Liberty Global-owned cable operator Virgin…
Mediaset takes legal action against Vivendi
Mediaset has filed a suit to force Vivendi to honour the terms of its April…
Viacom to set strategy ‘swiftly’ after Dauman exit
Viacom’s main shareholder, Sumner Redstone, has called for the media giant to “embark swiftly” on…
Thinkbox: Commercial TV viewing up after BBC3 online move
Commercial TV viewing on television sets was up in the in the UK in the…
UPC Hungary adds new channels from TV2
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Hungary has added two new channels to its programming line-up….
Dauman set to exit as Viacom war draws to a close
Philippe Dauman is set to leave his role as CEO of Viacom in exchange for…
KPN drops price of Fox Sports Eredivise channels
Dutch telco KPN is now offering the Fox Sports Eredivisie channels, for €7.50 a month…
BBC Worldwide teams up with machine learning company
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with artificial intelligence start-up Thoughtly to explore how machine learning…
UPC Poland adds channels to line-up
Liberty Global-owned Polish cable operator UPC Poland has added Discovery Turbo Xtra and Discovery Science…
Vivendi reportedly edging towards compromise deal with Mediaset
Vivendi may make a new proposal to Mediaset following the acrimonious collapse of its previously…
Finland’s MTV hires Discovery and Viasat execs in management restructure
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
A+E starts Blaze on UK Freeview
A+E Networks’ latest channel brand, Blaze, launches in the UK and Ireland next month. The…
Swain to leave BBC
Long-serving BBC executive Emma Swain is the latest high-profile programming executive to exit the UK…
AMC teams with Snapchat to cast Lens on Fear the Walking Dead
AMC Global has teamed up with Snapchat to create an exclusive Fear the Walking Dead…
Yahlive extends BBC World Service contract
Abu Dhabi-based SES and Yahsat satellite joint venture Yahlive has renewed and extended its partnership…
Fox Television Stations names Berg as COO
Sharri Berg has been named as chief operating officer of news and operations at Fox…
Sky reportedly planning to launch Now TV in Spain
Sky is planning to expand its presence in more European markets, kicking off with the…
Scripps hires A+E distribution executive
Scripps Networks Interactive has poached A+E Networks UK’s Kasia Jablonska to become VP, affiliate sales…
BBC now reaches 111 million people in Africa
The BBC now reaches 111 million people per week across all media platforms in Africa,…
Viacom nets set for TVPlayer SVOD service
Viacom International Media Networks is placing three of its key pay TV channels on the…
New chiefs for Fox News
Fox News has named Fox Television Stations CEO Jack Abernethy and senior EVP Bill Shine…
Turner leads US$45m investment in Refinery29
Turner has led a US$45 million (€40 million) funding round in female-focused lifestyle site, Refinery29,…
Sky Germany adds ARTE, ZDF to its Sky Online TV box
Sky in Germany is adding new apps from public broadcasters ARTE and ZDF to its…
Freesat launches live audience measurement service
Freesat has launched a live audience measurement service, offering real-time viewing behaviour data about free-to-air…
iPlayer loophole closure blocks 4,000 hours
British viewers choosing not to take a television licence before September 1 will lose access…
Sky and Channel 4 buy into TRX digital platform
UK-based pay TV company Sky and commercial broadcaster Channel 4 have both bought into Dial…