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Arabsat takes additional capacity on ABS-3A
Satellite operators Arabsat and Permira-owned ABS have struck a deal whereby Arabsat will use additional…
HBO Europe CEO leaving, restructure underway
HBO Europe CEO Linda Jensen will leave the company at the end of the year,…
A+E deal with Liberty Global will see two new HD channels in UK
A+E Networks has secured an extended distribution deal with Liberty Global that will seen the…
Discovery, BT linked to moves for Channel 4
Discovery Communications and BT are weighing moves for Channel 4 if the government decides to…
beIN launches movie and entertainment channels in MENA
Sports and entertainment network beIN has expanded its platform with the launch of a range…
BBC Store to launch next month
The BBC is due to launch its buy-to-own digital content store in the UK next…
Furious France Télévisions suspends Newen work
TF1’s potential acquisition of production and sales group Newen has sparked a furious reaction from…
Fox COO to leave
Fox Television Group’s long-serving COO, Joe Earley, is leaving the 21st Century Fox-owned broadcaster after…
Canalplay adds Maker Studios section
Canal+’s SVoD service Canalplay has added a section dedicated to Disney-owned MCN Maker Studios to…
Advertising and digital acquisitions boost ProSiebenSat.1
An improved advertising market in German-speaking markets and the impact of digital acquisitions helped lift…
TF1 appoints new CEO
France’s biggest commercial broadcast group, TF1, has revealed Gilles Pélisson will succeed Nonce Paolini as…
BBC to launch iPlayer app on new Apple TV
The BBC has confirmed that it will launch an iPlayer app for the new Apple…
ProSiebenSat.1 secures ‘important’ Disney content deal
ProSiebenSat.1 and The Walt Disney Company have agreed a significant multi-year agreement that gives the…
Scripps ups international CFO to new post
Scripps Networks Interactive as promoted international chief financial officer Simone Nardi to a new post….
Digital TV CEE Award winners revealed
Warsaw’s Belvedere restaurant was the scene for the inaugural Digital TV CEE Awards yesterday evening,…
CME: turnaround phase now behind us
The co-chief executive of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), Michael Del Nin, said the company’s…
BBC licence fee ‘not settled’
The amount the BBC charges UK consumers for its channels and services has not been…
SPT to close Viasat Hungary deal after gaining approval
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is set to finalise its acquisition of Modern Times Group’s (MTG’s)…
BBC online talkshow to highlight breadth of iPlayer content
The BBC is due to launch a weekly iPlayer-focused talkshow on its online catch-up service…
Netgem adds France 24 to international content line-up
French TV technology and services provider Netgem has added international news service, France 24, to…
MTG sells Russian, international channels for US$45.5m
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its Russian and international pay TV…
Former YouTube exec to step down as Rightster CEO
Rightster CEO and former YouTube exec Patrick Walker is due to step down from his…
David Puttnam to oversee BBC inquiry
Filmmaker David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) is to chair a new investigation into public service…
Sony poaches ABC exec for international post
Sony Pictures Television has poached an ABC Entertainment Group programming chief for a new international…
AGCOM closes more pirate sites
Italian regulator AGCOM has closed three sites that broadcaster Mediaset said were illegally streaming Serie…
Disney launching UK streaming service
Disney is launching DisneyLife, a direct-to-consumer streaming service in the UK. Disney said DisneyLife will…
BBC Trust: no evidence the BBC ‘crowds out’ competition
There is “no clear evidence” that BBC entertainment, news and online content “crowd out” commercial…
Mediaset and Google make peace
After eight years of litigation over copyright material being made available on YouTube, Italian broadcaster…
Wuaki launches kids SVoD in France
Japanese-owned streaming and download service Wuaki is teaming with French media group Lagardère and launching…
MTG hit by restructuring costs
The Modern Times Group has said its recent restructuring has cost it SEK700 million (€74…