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French operators abandon Netflix rival plan
French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…
HBO Now launches on Fire tablets
HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…
Davidson exits A+E UK, new boss named
Tom Davidson is stepping down as managing director of A+E Networks UK as part of…
Numericable-SFR extends Restart service
French service provider Numericable-SFR has added the five channels from public broadcaster France Télévisions to…
Mediaset in streaming deal with Tiscali
Italy’s Mediaset has signed a deal with Cagliari-based broadband service provider Tiscali that will see…
BBC Trust hits out over licence fee deal
The head of the BBC Trust has hit out over the way the recent licence…
Freesat and Humax launch new Freetime set-top box
Freesat and Humax have launched a new set-top box that supports the UK free-to-air satellite…
Turner closes three channels in Nordic markets
Turner Broadcasting is closing three of its channels in the Nordic market from tomorrow. Turner…
Al Jazeera’s BeIN Sports acquires Digitürk
Al Jazeera has acquired Turkish pay TV operator Digitürk via its BeIN Sports arm. Financial…
Mubi strikes Sony SVoD deal
UK-based SVoD service Mubi has landed its first deal with a Hollywood studio, striking a…
Profit and revenue down at BBC Worldwide after AMC deal
Profit and revenue have declined at BBC Worldwide in the wake of the sale of…
Cablevision stocks rise on Altice interest
US MSO Cablevision’s shares spiked at the end of last week after cable and telecom…
Ofcom raps AXN and TV3 over lack of subtitling, audio description
Ofcom has found Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned AXN and MTG’s TV3 in breach of it Code…
Israel’s Yes joins MoCA
Israeli satellite TV service provider, Yes, has joined the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) as…
Whittingdale appoints Charter Renewal advisory panel
UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has appointed an eight-strong panel to advise the government ahead…
Motive to add OTT services to TabletTV
Technology provider Motive Television is set to add over-the-top TV services like Netflix and YouTube…
Turner names UK and northern Europe commercial chief
Turner Broadcasting has hired Dan Fahy as senior director, commercial development, for its operations in…
TivùSat adds Cartoonito
Italian free-to-view satellite platform TivùSat has added Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoonito to its programming line-up. The…
MTG pays for Splay MCN
The Modern Times Group has taken control of Splay, Sweden’s largest multichannel network. The Sweden-listed…
Sawiris takes majority stake in Euronews
Media Globe Networks, a company owned by the Sawiris Family and managed by Egyptian billionaire…
ProSiebenSat.1 creates US$240m global MCN
ProSiebenSat.1 has taken control of multichannel network operator Collective Digital Studio and will merge it…
Bastings rejoins Discovery as regional chief
Discovery has hired Arthur Bastings to head up its operations across Asia Pacific. Bastings joins from…
Euronews extends German reach
News channel Euronews has secured expanded its carriage with German cable operator Tele Columbus to…
BBC updates iPlayer mobile apps
The BBC has updated its BBC iPlayer mobile app for Android and iOS devices with…
Axel Springer-ProSieben deal would face regulatory issues
Analysts have said that the mooted merger of German media giants Axel Springer and ProSiebensat.1…
AMC and DramaFever test horror SVoD site Shudder
AMC and DramaFever are now in the beta testing phase for their new joint project…
ProSiebenSat.1 Media completes European conversion
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has converted itself into a European Stock Corporation – a new legal standing…
Axel Springer says ProSiebenSat.1 merger speculation ‘unfounded’
German publisher Axel Springer said that speculation it could relinquish control over its business was…
Confirmed: BBC to foot licence fee bill for over-75s
The UK government has ordered public broadcaster the BBC will foot a £600 million (US$929.4…
Crozier to keynote at MIPCOM
Adam Crozier, the CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, will deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM…