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