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