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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…
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Culture secretary to close BBC ‘iPlayer loophole’
UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has vowed to close the “iPlayer loophole”, which allows non-licence…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Turner’s TCM launches on BT TV
Turner has launched classic movies channel TCM on the BT TV platform in the UK….
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SPI International deal with Xumo
Channel provider SPI International has struck a deal to offer its FashionBox HD and 360TubeBox…
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CTC Media launches Domashny TV International
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched an international version of its female-focused thematic channel Domashny…
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Crozier: ‘ITV a buyer, not a target’
ITV CEO Adam Crozier has dismissed suggestions the UK broadcaster is a takeover target and…
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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…
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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…
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OSN renews deal with MGM
UAE-based pay TV provider OSN has renewed an exclusive supply deal for movies with MGM….
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Telecable adds Syfy to channel line-up
Spanish regional cable operator Telecable has added Syfy to its content line-up. Telecable, which operates…
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Whitepaper | HbbTV2.0 Solutions for Broadband Delivered Content
HbbTV is a global initiative targeted at bridging broadcast and broadband delivery of content and…
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Clementi review: Ofcom should regulate BBC
The current system of governance of the BBC is “flawed” and the public broadcaster should…
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MTG sells Viasat Ukraine to 1+1
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed an agreement to sell its Ukrainian pay TV operation…
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Discovery hires former Miramax CEO
Discovery Networks International has drafted in Mike Lang, the former CEO of US studio Miramax,…
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Salmon exiting BBC Studios for Endemol Shine
BBC Studios chief Peter Salmon is leaving BBC Studios to become chief creative officer of…
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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…
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Vice targets native ads for Viceland network
Vice Media and A+E Networks’ new US TV network, Viceland, will reportedly run less traditional…
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Balkans deals for FilmBox channels
Channel provider SPI International / Filmbox has signed pay TV distribution deals in the Balkans…
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Scripps Networks Interactive appoints Lat Am MD
Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed former Aol, Venevision and Cisneros executive Eduardo Hauser as managing…
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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…
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Antenna Group appoints MTG exec as M&A boss
Antenna Group has appointed former Modern Times Group (MTG) executive Gerd Utecht as head of…
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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…
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Sony’s Viasat 6 opens free-to-view window
Sony Pictures Television Central Europe is to make Hungarian channel Viasat 6, which it acquired…
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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…
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Sharp agrees to Foxconn takeover
Japanese electronics manufacturer and TV maker Sharp has agreed to a multi-billion dollar takeover by…
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ProSiebenSat.1 posts strong results
ProSiebenSat.1 has posted strong 2015 results. The German media group recorded a 13.4% year-on-year increase…
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FilmOn adds four SPI International channels
Internet TV service FilmOn has renewed its deal with SPI International / Filmbox and added more…