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Filmbox to launch localised channels with Switzerland’s Net+
Channel provider SPI International / Filmbox has partnered with Swiss operator Net+ to launch offer…
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Al Jazeera to cut 500 jobs worldwide
Al Jazeera Media Network has announced plans to cut roughly 500 jobs worldwide, the majority…
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Comcast accused of violating NBCU deal term
Comcast has been accused of reneging on a key term of its acquisition of NBCUniversal…
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Sky Sports takes exclusive Formula 1 rights
Sky has taken exclusive UK and Ireland rights to Forumla 1 racing for five years…
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Channel 4 model ‘sustainable’ in its current form
Channel 4’s future is “sustainable”, provided it can still respond to market developments by keeping…
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Mediaset CFO dampens Vivendi pay TV speculation
Mediaset Premium is doing well and the Italian broadcaster sees it as a core part…
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Africa boss exits in latest MTG restructure
MTG’s African CEO is exiting amid the latest round of changes at the Sweden-listed broadcasting…
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New structure for TV4 and C More
Swedish TV company TV4 Group and parent company Bonnier have the group’s broadcasting activities in…
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e-TF1 takes majority stake in digital marketing outfit
e-TF1, the new media unit of French commercial broadcaster TF1, has taken a majority stake…
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MTG’s Viaplay adds EST model for new film releases
Modern Times Group (MTG) is adding an electronic sell through (EST) option to Viaplay, allowing…
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BBC expected to name production chief
The BBC is expected to formally appoint Mark Linsey the boss of its new in-house…
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Inea adds three channels
Polish cable operator Inea has added movie channel Paramount Channel HD, Comedy Central Polska HD…
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Discovery licenses Olympic rights in Netherlands
Discovery Communications has licensed the Dutch rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games to…
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EBU in deal to create Asian version of Eurovision Song Contest
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has struck a deal with Australian Associate SBS (Special Broadcasting…
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Viacom strikes cross-platform measurement deal with comScore
Viacom has signed a multi-year deal with comScore that covers cross-platform audience measurement. Viacom says it…
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Yahlive consolidates leading position among Farsi viewers
Yahlive, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite joint venture between SES and UAE satellite operator Yahsat, is…
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Milan court sentences Berlusconi and Confalonieri to prison
An Italian court has sentenced Mediaset CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi and chairman Fedele Confalonieri each…
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COO promoted as Viacom creates indie director role
Viacom’s COO, Thomas Dooley, has been handed a new contract following the news the US…
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Freesat taps TVbeat for connected TV analytics
UK free-to-air satellite platform, Freesat, is working with TV analytics provider TVbeat to gain insights…
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Digi Slovakia adds AMC Central Europe’s Sport2 ahead of F1 season
Channel provider AMC Networks International – Central Europe (AMCNI CE) has struck a deal with…
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ITV: SVoD partnership with BBC and NBCU a ‘good idea’
ITV executive Simon Daglish said that an SVoD partnership between the broadcaster, BBC and NBCU…
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Modern Times Group unveils new structure
Modern Times Group (MTG) has unveiled a new financial reporting structure as part of its…
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Vice Media pushes into eastern Europe with Antenna Group
Vice Media has teamed up with Greece’s Antenna Group to expand further in central and…
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Freudenstein exits Foxtel
Rumours that Richard Freudenstein would leave his post as CEO of Australian pay TV giantFoxtel…
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RTL Deutschland launches new free-to-air channel
RTL Deutschland has launched a new free-to-air channel focusing on general entertainment. RTL Plus will…
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Crime + Investigation launches on UPC Czech Republic
A+E Networks’ Crime + Investigation channel has launched on UPC’s cable platform in the Czech…
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Millennials are ‘main disruptor’ for TV business, says MTG
Millennials are the “main disruptive factor” for the TV industry, are increasingly saying “no” to…
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Viacom: linear and word of mouth still dominate content discovery
Content discovery has changed less then might be expected and is still heavily reliant on…
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Free-TV Lifetime launching in Turkey
Lifetime is launching as a free-to-air channel in Turkey at the end of next month….
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CBeebies to make Middle East and North Africa debut
BBC pre-school channel CBeebies is due to launch in the Middle East and North Africa…