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Orange France head named as new France Televisions chief
French media regulator the CSA has named the current executive director of Orange France, Delphine…
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Comcast set to walk from TWC merger
Comcast Communications is set to pull out of its US$45.2 billion (€42 billion) plan to…
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Germany names bidders for 700MHz as EBU sees signs of support from EC
The German Federal Network Agency, the Bundernetzagentur, has revealed that three companies will take part…
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BBC Three pushes online-only plans to 2016
The BBC has pushed back plans to relaunch its youth-skewing channel BBC Three as an…
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Tele Columbus expands HDTV offering
German cable operator Tele Columbus is expanding its HDTV offering, adding three new channels to…
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Channel 4 plans E4 election day shut-down
Channel 4 has announced plans to shut down its youth-skewing network E4 on May 7,…
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France 24 launches new Android TV app
International news channel France 24 has launched a new Android TV application compatible with the…
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Fox makes new appointments
Fox International Channels has promoted two senior execs at its Asian unit and brought another…
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Etisalat taps Agama for quality assurance
UAE-based telco Etisalat has selected Agama and its regional business partner Al-Falak to provide quality…
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MTG reports strong sales, Nordic gains
Modern Times Group (MTG) reported record sales in the first quarter, with lower revenues in…
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Qatar selling down stake in Vivendi
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has reduced stake in Vivendi, according to business news service BFMTV,…
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CSA tells France Télévisions to make services available to OTT provider
French media regulator the CSA has ordered public broadcaster France Télévisions to make its channels…
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Netflix rebooting retro comedy Full House
Having relaunched Arrested Development, Netflix is moving ahead with another comedy reboot with a new…
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Channel 4 taps Piksel for new All 4 service
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has continued a long-standing relationship with Piksel to support the launch…
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Channel 4 to launch All 4 Games division
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has announced plans to launch a new games publishing arm this…
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Telecom Italia set to strike content deal with Mediaset
Following last week’s deal with Sky Italia to market the latter’s pay TV services over…
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BBC World News trials product placement
BBC World News has started trialling product placement on some of its feature programmes on…
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Internet TV to replace linear in 20 years, says Netflix
Over the next 20 years internet TV is going to replace linear TV as the…
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BBC Trust appoints new director
The BBC Trust has appointed Alex Towers as its new director after Jon Zeff said…
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Euronews names chief product officer
International news channel Euronews has named Dorota Smaggia as chief product officer and appointed her…
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BBC Earth rolls out across Europe
BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Earth in as a linear TV channel in a number…
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MTG to air Champions League football on new Finnish channel
MTG has taken the rights to UEFA Champions League football in Finland for the three…
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Swisscom launches HbbTV service for SRG
Swisscom has launched HbbTV services for public broadcaster SRG’s channels as part of its TV…
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Crackle unveils web originals
Sony Pictures Television-owned VoD site Crackle has announced a lineup of original programming for the…
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TF1 taps SintecMedia for rights management
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has tapped SintecMedia’s OnRights rights management software to maximize revenue from…
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Pre-MIPTV interview series: Jim Samples, Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive made news recently with its acquisition of a majority stake in Polish…
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Pre-MIPTV interview series: Laurent Dumeau, Trace
One year on from Modern Times Group’s 75% buyout of Trace, Trace Sport Stars CEO…
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CME’s core business not for sale, says CEO
The sale of any of CME’s core assets is “not on our agenda” according to…
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CTC Media launches movie streaming
Russia’s CTC Media has launched free movie streaming across its various channel websites and on…
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Sony appoints international film and TV boss
Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired Fox executive Sanford Panitch to become its president of international…