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Broadcasters
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BBC and Sky services join Apple News
BBC News and Sky’s Sky News service will both be available as part of the…
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CTC offers premium online access to top show
Russia’s CTC Media is offering premium online access to the third season of popular series…
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NBC and CBS sign up for Apple TV
US broadcast networks NBC and CBS are launching app-based programming services on Apple TV. The…
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Liberty Global reaches 800,000 DTH customers
Liberty Global’s satellite unit, UPC DTH, has now surpassed 800,000 customers in Europe – a…
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VPN firm accuses BBC of ‘nuke approach’ to iPlayer blocking
Anonymous virtual private network (VPN) provider, TorGuard, has accused the BBC of taking a “‘nuke’…
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UKTV launches VoD service on Amazon Fire TV
UK channels group UKTV has launched its catch-up and on-demand service UKTV Play on Amazon’s…
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Cyfrowy Polsat’s IPLA adds Viacom channels
Polish pay TV outfit Cyfrowy Polsat-backed OTT service IPLA has signed a new deal with…
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Globecast chooses NovelSat S3 for live events
Media services provider Globecast has chosen Israel-based NovelSat’s satellite modulation technology for global distribution of…
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Q&A: Jim Samples, Scripps Networks Interactive
Jim Samples, president, international, Scripps Networks Interactive, talks about his company’s acquisition of Poland’s TVN…
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ITV to buy UTV Media’s TV business for £100m
UK broadcaster ITV has agreed to the television assets of Northern Irish-based broadcasting group UTV…
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Opera SDK included in Humax’s Freeview Play boxes
Opera’s HbbTV 2.0 SDK will see its first deployment in Humax’s new Freeview Play-enabled set-top…
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NBCU launches comedy SVoD platform
NBCUniversal has revealed a subscription on-demand platform for comedy, SeeSo. The US$3.99 (€2.78) a month…
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Viacom to launch BET in France
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and BET International are due to launch the BET channel as…
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Discovery poaches digital boss from DirecTV
Discovery Communications has hired Karen Leever as its new executive VP, digital media. She joins…
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Channel 4 taps Yospace for targeted advertising
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has chosen Yospace to provide technology for targeted video advertising across…
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Moonves: Apple, CBS close to streaming deal
CBS Corp. is close to agreeing a programming deal that would see shows such as…
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ProSiebenSat.1 in digital studio venture
Production and distribution group Red Arrow is backing Ripple Entertainment, a new digital prodco based…
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TV4 teams up with Bonnier sister company for e-commerce venture
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 has teamed up with Adlibris Group to launch a new e-commerce…
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Tele Columbus to add Maxdome to offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus is to add ProSiebenSat.1-owned on-demand service Maxdome to its offering…
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Channel 4 opens ‘northern hub’ in Manchester
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has opened a new office in Manchester city centre in an…
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Mediaset denies wrongdoing as financial police probe football deal
Italy’s financial police have initiated an investigation into allegations that commercial broadcaster Mediaset colluded with…
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Humax: Freeview Play set to boost UK retail box market
The launch of Freeview Play, the new on-demand service from UK free-to-air platform Freeview, will…
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TF1 and M6 disappointed as CSA names HD DTT candidates
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have expressed disappointment that their proposed joint teleshopping channel has…
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BBC TV boss Danny Cohen to step down
BBC director of television Danny Cohen is leaving the BBC for a “new leadership challenge”….
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DTG calls on BBC to champion tech innovations
The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) has called for the BBC to champion innovation and…
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Channel 4 launches All 4 Android trial
Channel 4 is trialling an Android app version of its 2015-launched All 4 digital service,…
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Sundance Channel launches on Orange TV in France
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has launched Sundance Channel Global on Orange TV through its ADSL…
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MTG takes Spanish, Italian, French football rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired exclusive Nordic broadcast and online rights to top-flight football…
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TV and radio ‘retain importance’ among EU citizens
Despite the growing availability of other media outlets, television and radio “retain their importance among…
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Sky boosts on-demand offer with new Disney deal
Sky has agreed a new multi-year deal with Disney UK and Ireland that will let…