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Multimedia Polska offering FilmBox package in free-to-view promo
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has made access to its FilmBox Extra package from SPI…
Culture secretary to close BBC ‘iPlayer loophole’
UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has vowed to close the “iPlayer loophole”, which allows non-licence…
HBO Now to rival Netflix in Brazil, Argentina
Premium cable network HBO is to launch its over-the-top subscription service in Brazil and Argentina…
BBC: The Rack Pack ‘most successful’ iPlayer original to date
The BBC said that its comedy-drama film The Rack Pack is its “most successful BBC…
EBU chief warns on imminent collapse of Romanian pubcaster
In its latest intervention over crisis-hit central and eastern European public broadcasters, EBU director-general Ingrid…
Turner’s TCM launches on BT TV
Turner has launched classic movies channel TCM on the BT TV platform in the UK….
SPI International deal with Xumo
Channel provider SPI International has struck a deal to offer its FashionBox HD and 360TubeBox…
CTC Media launches Domashny TV International
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched an international version of its female-focused thematic channel Domashny…
Crozier: ‘ITV a buyer, not a target’
ITV CEO Adam Crozier has dismissed suggestions the UK broadcaster is a takeover target and…
UPC Czech Republic offering Horizon Go, HBO Go to non-TV customers
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic has made its Horizon Go mobile TV service…
STV’s City TV channels to take BBC Three slot on Freeview
Scottish broadcaster STV’s City TV channels will be bumped up the Freeview TV guide, following…
OSN renews deal with MGM
UAE-based pay TV provider OSN has renewed an exclusive supply deal for movies with MGM….
Telecable adds Syfy to channel line-up
Spanish regional cable operator Telecable has added Syfy to its content line-up. Telecable, which operates…
Whitepaper | HbbTV2.0 Solutions for Broadband Delivered Content
HbbTV is a global initiative targeted at bridging broadcast and broadband delivery of content and…
Clementi review: Ofcom should regulate BBC
The current system of governance of the BBC is “flawed” and the public broadcaster should…
MTG sells Viasat Ukraine to 1+1
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed an agreement to sell its Ukrainian pay TV operation…
Discovery hires former Miramax CEO
Discovery Networks International has drafted in Mike Lang, the former CEO of US studio Miramax,…
Salmon exiting BBC Studios for Endemol Shine
BBC Studios chief Peter Salmon is leaving BBC Studios to become chief creative officer of…
HbbTV 2.0 test suite to go live this summer
The HbbTV Association has now received all the test material it needs to release the…
Vice targets native ads for Viceland network
Vice Media and A+E Networks’ new US TV network, Viceland, will reportedly run less traditional…
Balkans deals for FilmBox channels
Channel provider SPI International / Filmbox has signed pay TV distribution deals in the Balkans…
Scripps Networks Interactive appoints Lat Am MD
Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed former Aol, Venevision and Cisneros executive Eduardo Hauser as managing…
A+E Networks UK names Scripps exec as operations VP
A+E Networks UK has appointed former Scripps Networks International executive, Matthew Westrup, to the new…
Antenna Group appoints MTG exec as M&A boss
Antenna Group has appointed former Modern Times Group (MTG) executive Gerd Utecht as head of…
Grade, Hon firm invests in VR entertainment producer
Chinese entrepreneur Johnny Hon is to invest £1 million (US$1.4 million) to take control of…
Sony’s Viasat 6 opens free-to-view window
Sony Pictures Television Central Europe is to make Hungarian channel Viasat 6, which it acquired…
Deutsche Telekom looks to increase share of German TV market
Deutsche Telekom plans to increase its share of the German TV market in the year…
Sharp agrees to Foxconn takeover
Japanese electronics manufacturer and TV maker Sharp has agreed to a multi-billion dollar takeover by…
ProSiebenSat.1 posts strong results
ProSiebenSat.1 has posted strong 2015 results. The German media group recorded a 13.4% year-on-year increase…
FilmOn adds four SPI International channels
Internet TV service FilmOn has renewed its deal with SPI International / Filmbox and added more…