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Nick Thorogood to leave Scripps
Nick Thorogood will leave Scripps Networks International next month, having joined the lifestyle channel operator…
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Scripps confirms EMEA distribution hire
Scripps Networks International has confirmed the hire of Jo Lovell who joins its distribution team….
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Skylink adds culinary channels
M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovakian pay TV platform Skylink has added culinary channels Mňam TV…
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‘No long-term future’ in BBC licence fee, say MPs
There BBC’s licence fee model is becoming “harder and harder to justify, ” with a…
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Egyptian tycoon Sawiris to take majority stake in Euronews
London-based Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris is to take a majority stake in Euronews under…
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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen
BBC director of television, Danny Cohen, has claimed that after years of building up BBC…
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Unitymedia KabelBW adds Maxdome package to TV offering
Liberty Global-owned cable operator Unitymedia KabelBW is adding ProSiebenSat.1-owned on-demand service Maxdome to its TV…
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Former Discovery exec joins ProSiebenSat.1
Henrik Ravn has been appointed COO and CCO of the German-speaking broadcast operations of ProSiebenSat.1….
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UKTV names new operations and technology chief
UKTV has appointed Sinead Greenaway as director of operations and technology. Greenaway joins from international…
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BBC Worldwide sells 2,300 hours of content to digital platforms
BBC Worldwide has struck a raft of deals with digital platforms around the world, shopping…
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Nickelodeon launches pre-school SVOD service
Nickelodeon is set to launch a new subscription video-on-demand service next month aimed at pre-schoolers,…
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Mediaset transmission unit in €1.22bn bid for RaiWay
Mediaset-owned digital-terrestrial tower business EI Towers is making a €1.22 billion bid to take control…
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Aereo assets go up for sale
Failed cloud TV service Aereo has reportedly put its intellectual property and hardware up for…
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Lagardère Active launches three TV apps
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, is launching three new free TV…
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MTV launches OTT apps
MTV has launched new international over-the-top apps, MTV Play and MTV Trax, in an effort…
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Freeview Play to launch first on Panasonic TVs
UK DTT platform Freeview has said that Panasonic will be the first electronics manufacturer to…
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Mediaset España quits audience measurement system
Mediaset España is to leave local audience measurement body the AIMC over disagreements about the…
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SPI International strikes FilmBox promo deals
Channel provider SPI International has struck two commercial agreements with Coca-Cola in Turkey and Lay’s…
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Fox denies Discovery takeover report
Twenty First Century Fox has moved swiftly to deny reports that its executives have held…
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AMC should launch OTT service, says analyst
US-based programmer AMC Networks would benefit from launching its own OTT streaming service on the…
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TF1 reportedly to launch Afrostream pay VoD offering
French commercial broadcaster TF1 is to launch a paid for video-on-demand service dedicated to African…
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Discovery plans European OTT expansion
Discovery Communications plans to expand its Nordic over-the-top service Dplay to more European markets this…
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Viacom retools channels under Zarghami, Herzog
Viacom has promoted Cyma Zarghami and Doug Herzog to run its channel operations, which will…
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Discovery reports international gains, profit drop
A strong international performance helped Discovery Communications to post increased revenues, though net income dropped…
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MTV to launch on Movistar as Viacom expands Spanish presence
MTV is to launch on Telefónica’s Movistar TV service tomorrow following its launch in Spain…
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ProSiebenSat.1 considering Verivox and Unister deals
ProSiebenSat.1 is reportedly considering buying German web portal Verivox and e-commerce business Unister. According to…
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Non-advertising revenues keep TF1 on even keel
TF1 Group has maintained stable revenues for the full year for 2014 despite a continued…
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Bonnier launches unified programmatic video ad platform
Sweden’s Bonnier Group is to introduce a new programmatic video advertising platform that will bring…
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MTG takes Amazon’s Mozart for Viaplay
Modern Times Group’s on-demand service Viaplay in Sweden has picked up Amazon original drama Mozart in…
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A+E Networks taps Rovi for ad targeting
A+E Networks has partnered with Rovi in a bid to improve advertiser performance by better…