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