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YFE and Motors TV team up with Alterna’TV for Americas
Eutelsat-owned channel distributor Alterna’TV is to distribute German kids channel provider Your Family Entertainment’s (YFE)…
BBC3 controller: channel not for sale
BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh has stressed that the network is “not for sale”, a…
MTV expands Israeli offering on HOT
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has expanded its MTV youth and music portfolio in Israel, splitting its…
Avalon and Hat Trick launch BBC3 takeover attempt
UK production companies Avalon and Hat Trick have confirmed they are attempting to take over…
TF1 and Canal+ to share World Cup Rugby
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has struck an agreement to share this year’s World Cup Rugby…
Former Rightster and ITV exec joins Factory Media
Former Rightster and ITV executive Jonathan Bates has joined action sports media company Factory Media…
Dubai Media chooses Arkena’s Cloud4Media
Dubai Media has chosen French media services provider Arkena France to provide technology to support…
BBC revamps African web presence
BBC World Service has launched a new African edition of the BBC.com website, designed to…
Fox Turkey agrees media monitoring deal with Actus Digital
Fox International Channels subsidiary, Fox Turkey, has extended its partnership with media monitoring and multiplatform…
Andreae out at Fox, Electus’ Henson in
Simon Andreae’s spell at the top of US broadcast network Fox’s reality arm is over,…
Spacecom to provide capacity for African Cup of Nations
Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom has been chosen to provide broadcast services on Amos-5 at 17°E…
Discovery founder Hendricks to launch factual SVoD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named CuriosityStream….
Disney’s Maker studios strikes Vimeo deal
Disney-owned multichannel network Maker Studios has signed a deal to with Vimeo to debut content…
SVT closes ‘biggest ever’ BBC package deal
SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…
Viacom’s Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
Netflix set to lose Discovery/Hasbro content
Content from Discovery and Hasbro US joint venture is set to disappear from Netflix’s US…
BBC Worldwide to simulcast Top Gear around the globe
The BBC’s commercial arm is set to launch the latest season of auto show Top…
Food Network launches on Magyar Telekom in Hungary
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has launched Food Network on the Magyar Telekom platform in…
Scripps appoints former Discovery exec Bellini
Scripps Networks Interactive has appointed former Discovery executive Barbara Bellini to head up the operational…
Orion Express to carry Eurosport channels in HD
Russian pay TV operator Orion Express has signed an agreement with Discovery Networks CEEMEA to…
Netia opens promotional window
Polish service provider Netia has made a number of channels available to its GigaOferta TV…
Discovery names new Eurosport chief
Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…
Netflix and BBC in talks on US deal
Some library shows from BBC Worldwide could leave Netflix with several titles up for renewal. US…
Turner names CEE distribution chief
Turner Broadcasting System has named Dominik Tzimas as distribution director, central and eastern Europe and…
BBC to overhaul mobile news access, up video focus
The BBC is set to introduce “significant changes” to the BBC News site and mobile…
Telefónica closes Mediaset Premium deal, names content exec to board
Telefónica has completed its acquisition of a stake in Mediaset’s Italian pay TV arm, Mediaset…
CTC Media closes Moldovan subsidiary
Russian broadcaster CTC Media is closing its subsidiary in the Republic of Moldova and cutting…
A+E teams up with Clearleap
A+E Networks has chosen Clearleap to provide technology for IP on-demand video services in the…
Nordic launches for BBC Brit and Earth channels
BBC Worldwide is planning to launch its BBC Brit and BBC Earth channels in the…
MTG to restructure Swedish operation
The Modern Times Group is restructuring its Swedish free TV operations with staff at the…