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Diversification boosts ITV as viewing share dips
ITV channels lost viewing share but reported a strong financial performance in the in the…
Discovery’s Bartlett to quit
Discovery Studios boss Lee Bartlett is leaving the company. Bartlett has been at Discovery for…
Scripps to transition to MPEG-4 HD on Cyfrowy Polsat
Scripps Networks UK & EMEA is to make its channels on the Cyfrowy Polsat platform…
LCI chief Revel leaves
Eric Revel, the CEO of TF1-owned French news channel LCI, has left the group to…
FilmBox expands in African with OVYtv
SPI International/Filmbox has agreed with African operator OVY Network to extend their channel distribution agreement,…
Sport TV secures handball rights
AMC Networks International-Central Europe-owned Sport TV has secured exclusive rights to Velux EHF Champions League…
EC lays down gauntlet to Hollywood majors and Sky on geo-blocking
The European Commission is investigating Sky and six Hollywood majors – Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures,…
Discovery to buy rest of Eurosport for €491 million
Discovery has agreed to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in Eurosport from…
MTV programming head moves to YouTube
MTV’s president of programming in the US, Susanne Daniels, is set to join YouTube to…
Trust calls for greater protection for BBC
The BBC Trust has called for greater protection for the public broadcaster from politics, changes…
Albanian telco adopts Telekom brand
Deutsche Telekom-owned Albanian telco Albanian Mobile Telecommunications has rebranded as Telekom Albania, making it the…
iPlayer accounts for 62% of UK TV streaming, says government
Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…
Sky in deal with News Corp papers for Premier League clips
Pay TV operator Sky has secured UK rights to show clips from every Premier League…
TF1’s Got to join France Télévisions as strategy and programme chief
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
BBC launches new channel in Asia
BBC Worldwide is continuing the international rollout of its new channel brands with the launch…
Turner and Vubiquity team up to automate VoD
Turner Broadcasting in the US has turned to on-demand specialist Vubiquity to turn its broadcast…
CNN reports ‘highest month on record’ for online video
News network CNN said that CNN.com posted its strongest month ever for digital video in…
MTG lifted by Viaplay, highlights continued uncertainty on Russia
Modern Times Group’s (MTG) second-quarter performance was lifted by strong sales from its Viaplay on-demand…
Sony Pictures Television closes Film1 deal
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has completed its buyout of Dutch channel group Film1 from…
Maker Studios-owned Blip.tv to shut, says co-founder
Justin Day, the co-founder of online video producer and distributor Blip.tv, has said the business…
Channel 5 onboard first BBC Earth original
The UK’s Channel 5 and BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned an extreme weather series that will…
BBC Studios hooks Salmon
Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production…
Vice wins appeal on ATVOD ruling
Youth-focused media outfit Vice UK has won an appeal against a determination by ATVOD that…
Mediaset Premium secures French and Scottish football
Italy’s Mediaset Premium has secured exclusive rights to French and Scottish top-tier football for the…
MTG buys 51% of Zoomin.TV in latest MCN deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has bought a 51% stake multi-channel network Zoomin.TV for roughly €44.9…
FilmOn secures legal win in battle for equal status with cable
Online TV service FilmOn has secured a victory in its US legal battle to be…
BBC Earth launching in Latin America
BBC Worldwide is launching its factual channel BBC Earth in Latin America in September. Earth…
MTG secures NHL rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a new five-year deal with the National Hockey League…
Industry reacts to BBC review
Industry groups, analysts, media specialist and advocacy groups have been quick to react to yesterday’s…
DTT ‘must evolve’, says Digital UK CEO
Digital terrestrial television “must and will evolve” to adapt to new technology and web connectivity,…