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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…
Al Jazeera to cut 500 jobs worldwide
Al Jazeera Media Network has announced plans to cut roughly 500 jobs worldwide, the majority…
Comcast accused of violating NBCU deal term
Comcast has been accused of reneging on a key term of its acquisition of NBCUniversal…
Sky Sports takes exclusive Formula 1 rights
Sky has taken exclusive UK and Ireland rights to Forumla 1 racing for five years…
Channel 4 model ‘sustainable’ in its current form
Channel 4’s future is “sustainable”, provided it can still respond to market developments by keeping…
Mediaset CFO dampens Vivendi pay TV speculation
Mediaset Premium is doing well and the Italian broadcaster sees it as a core part…
Africa boss exits in latest MTG restructure
MTG’s African CEO is exiting amid the latest round of changes at the Sweden-listed broadcasting…
New structure for TV4 and C More
Swedish TV company TV4 Group and parent company Bonnier have the group’s broadcasting activities in…
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…
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…
BBC expected to name production chief
The BBC is expected to formally appoint Mark Linsey the boss of its new in-house…
Inea adds three channels
Polish cable operator Inea has added movie channel Paramount Channel HD, Comedy Central Polska HD…
Discovery licenses Olympic rights in Netherlands
Discovery Communications has licensed the Dutch rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games to…
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…
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…
Yahlive consolidates leading position among Farsi viewers
Yahlive, the Abu Dhabi-based satellite joint venture between SES and UAE satellite operator Yahsat, is…
Milan court sentences Berlusconi and Confalonieri to prison
An Italian court has sentenced Mediaset CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi and chairman Fedele Confalonieri each…
COO promoted as Viacom creates indie director role
Viacom’s COO, Thomas Dooley, has been handed a new contract following the news the US…
Freesat taps TVbeat for connected TV analytics
UK free-to-air satellite platform, Freesat, is working with TV analytics provider TVbeat to gain insights…
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…
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…
Modern Times Group unveils new structure
Modern Times Group (MTG) has unveiled a new financial reporting structure as part of its…
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…
Freudenstein exits Foxtel
Rumours that Richard Freudenstein would leave his post as CEO of Australian pay TV giantFoxtel…
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…
Crime + Investigation launches on UPC Czech Republic
A+E Networks’ Crime + Investigation channel has launched on UPC’s cable platform in the Czech…
Millennials are ‘main disruptor’ for TV business, says MTG
Millennials are the “main disruptive factor” for the TV industry, are increasingly saying “no” to…
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…
Free-TV Lifetime launching in Turkey
Lifetime is launching as a free-to-air channel in Turkey at the end of next month….
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…