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Broadcasters
Fox extends carriage deal with NTV+
Fox Networks Group has extended its carriage deal with Russian pay TV provider NTV+ through…
Warner Bros. buys DramaFever SVOD service
Warner Bros. has acquired DramaFever, the US-based SVO service that specialises in South Korean TV…
Scripps results driven by US, international gains
Scripps Networks Interactive reported strong fourth quarter results, driven by advertiser demand for Scripps’ brands…
BBC Worldwide and Spiegel strike partnership
BBC Worldwide and Spiegel have inked a deal that will see the commercial arm of…
Discovery CFO to step down
Discovery Communications’ chief financial officer (CFO), Andrew Warren, will leave the company at the end…
BBC launches new music app
The BBC has launched a new BBC Music app that will offer iOS and Android…
AMC Networks signs watermarking deal with NexGuard
AMC Networks has signed a forensic watermarking deal with NexGuard, deploying the latter’s technology at…
Warner Bros readies first UHD Blu-ray titles
Warner Bros Home Entertainment will release its first Ultra High Definition Blu-ray titles – the films…
Vivendi ‘tables offer’ for Mediaset pay TV unit
France-based entertainment giant Vivendi has reportedly made an offer for the pay TV assets of…
Ericsson joins 20th Century Fox’s Innovation Lab
Ericsson has joined 20th Century Fox’s Innovation Lab – an initiative that aims to raise…
Discovery ‘will hit 1m, $100m OTT subs’ by 2017
Discovery says it will hit its one-million direct-to-consumer OTT subs by 2017, bringing it US$100…
Digital UK opens up Freeview Play specification
Digital UK has published the technical specification for connected TV service Freeview Play, opening it…
Endemol Beyond, Viacom launch German Icon
Endemol Beyond Germany and Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe have partnered to launch a…
Netflix ‘sets first German original’
Netflix’s latest original content play is reportedly the streaming platform’s first German-language drama from an…
ITV set to complete UTV acquisition following approval
UK broadcaster ITV’s acquisition of Northern Irish commercial broadcaster UTV is expected to complete at…
UKTV takes Home free-to-air
UKTV is moving its Home channel from pay to free TV, replacing Dave Ja Vu (the…
BBC’s royal charter should be axed, say Tory peers
The BBC should be independent of government interference and the royal charter scrapped, according to…
TF1 sees pay revenue down but profit up
France’s TF1 Group said it saw an improved result from its pay TV offering last…
NTV+ adds Eurosport 2
Russian pay TV provider NTV+ has added sports channel Eurosport 2 to its Supersport West…
Kyivstar tapping Vidmind for OTT platform
Ukrainian mobile and fixed-line service provider Kyivstar is using Vidmind to supply the platform for…
NCTA hits back at FCC set-top plans
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) has hit back at FCC plans to “unlock…
EBU calls for action to help Bosnian broadcaster
The EBU has called for urgent action from the EC to save Bosnia and Herzegovina…
MTV Trax music app launches in Spain via Samsung phones
MTV Spain has launched MTV Trax, a new music app that will be available exclusively…
Report: BBC to move away from channel-focused structure
The BBC is reportedly planning to scrap its existing channel-based structure, replacing it with content…
Bazalgette named ITV chairman
TV industry veteran Sir Peter Bazalgette will become non-executive chairman of ITV from early May,…
CBS, Showtime get a big Yes in Israel
Israeli pay TV platform Yes has inked a new volume deal with CBS that gives…
Report: Apple starts work on first original
Apple has reportedly started work on its first original TV series, with plans to launch…
BBC Three to go online only tomorrow
The linear feed of the BBC’s youth channel, BBC Three, is due to go dark…
Al Jazeera HD bouquet launches on Es’hail-1
Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new HD bouquet on the Es’hail-1 satellite at…
CTC Media receives final payment for 75% stake sale
CTC Media has now received the received the final tranche of payment for its sale…