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Mobile and tablets take record share of iPlayer requests
Mobile and tablet requests for BBC iPlayer increased to 52% of all requests to TV…
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Turkey’s Filbox adds Discovery channels
Fledgling Turkish pay TV operator Filbox has added a bouquet of Discovery channels to its…
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Sling TV first OTT player to strike HBO deal
US pay TV operator Dish Networks’ OTT service Sling TV is to become the first…
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CSA receives 33 applications for France Télévisions top job
French audiovisual media regulator the CSA has received 33 applications from candidates hoping to replace…
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Revolutionary compression technology promises “video at audio bitrates”
Video technology start-up V-Nova, which has been operating in stealth mode for the last five…
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Discovery takes controlling stake in Eurosport France
Discovery has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eurosport France, further consolidating its…
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Endemol Beyond launches online lifestyle channel
Endemol’s digital division has teamed up with YouTube beauty and fashion expert Michelle Phan to…
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Sky Germany going day and date with HBO
Sky Germany will start launching HBO series on the same day they go out on…
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ProSiebenSat.1 signs up with KD for regionalised ads
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 is to launch regionalized advertising on Vodafone-owned cable operator Kabel Deutschland’s…
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BBC Global News to launch in HD on Astra
BBC Global News has signed a deal with satellite operator SES to make its news…
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UKTV adds Drama to catch-up service
UK thematic channel provider UKTV, jointly owned by BBC Worldwide and Scripps Networks UK and…
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Sony Pictures Television buys Film1 from Liberty
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has agreed to buy Dutch channel group Film1 from Liberty…
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BBC plots Red Button evolution with Red Button+
The BBC has announced “the next step” in the evolution of its Red Button service…
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DTG adds Freeview Play support with D-Book 8 release
UK TV technical standards body the DTG has introduced support for the forthcoming Freeview Play…
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Vice launching daily news and OTT channel with HBO
Youth content brand Vice is launching a daily news service on HBO in the US…
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UK networks retrans battle goes to Euro court
The battle between three UK broadcasters and streaming site TVCatchup is headed to the Court…
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CNMC report slams Mediaset España
Mediaset España has repeatedly broken promises it made to secure regulatory approval for the merger…
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Channel 4 unveils All 4 digital service
Channel 4 has unveiled it’s new digital and on-demand offering All 4, which will go…
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BeIN Media reportedly close to buying Digitürk
Al Jazeera-owned BeIN Media Group, which operates the sports networks of the same name, is…
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Viacom to launch Spike on April 15
Viacom will launch its Spike in the UK on April 15 and has picked up…
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TV4 Group names TV4 Play channel manager
Swedish free and pay TV commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has named Anton Glanzelius as the…
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ITV hires Endemol’s Christopher
The content and distribution arm of UK broadcaster ITV has hired David Christopher as director…
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Mediaset lifted by Spanish recovery
Mediaset’s Spanish unit lifted the media giant’s financials for 2014 against the background of continued…
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A+E hires BBC Worldwide’s Hill as chief creative officer
A+E Networks has poached BBC Worldwide’s Amanda Hill to become its chief creative officer, international….
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Scripps makes two European hires
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has recruited former Disney and Sony exec Ross Hair to…
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CNN wins Russian licence
Russian media and communications regulator Roskomnadzor has granted Turner Broadcasting’s CNN channel a licence to…
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Viacom names new international COO
The international arm of US media giant Viacom has appointed Jose Tolosa COO. Tolosa replaces…
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TV4 names head of business development
Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has named Carola Lundell as its new business development manager, one…
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Discovery ‘exits Ten takeover talks’
Discovery Communications has pulled out of talks to buy Australian commercial channel Network Ten, according…
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Liberty not seeking outright ITV purchase, says CFO
Liberty Global’s chief financial officer has poured cold water on suggestions that the cable giant…