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Broadcasters
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Interview: David Butorac, OSN
Pay TV operator OSN has continued to see strong growth recently and is now looking…
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CNN set to pull channel in Russia
CNN is due to cease broadcasting in Russia at the end of the year, citing…
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Discovery, Nat Geo, NBCU veterans launch Justice Network
A collection of veteran US TV execs have come together to launch a new true-crime…
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Travel channel launches on Magyar Telekom in Hungary
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has launched Travel Channel on Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, Magyar Telekom’s…
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Interview: Sam Barnett, MBC
MBC is the leading broadcaster in the Middle East and has prospered despite the many…
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Turner lines up US$590m Ten offer
Time Warner is set to make an offer worth A$680 million (€409 million) through its…
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Viacom appoints international comedy channels VP
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Turner Broadcasting executive Jemma Yates as vice-president content,…
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CTC names new strategic communications chief
Russian broadcasters CTC Media has named Oleg Kuzmin as chief strategic communications officer. Kuzmin’s responsibilities…
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Beamly co-founder Anthony Rose unveils new startup UTD
Former BBC iPlayer boss and the co-founder of Beamly, Anthony Rose, has unveiled UTD, a…
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BBC to launch sci-fi exclusives for iPlayer
UK pubcaster the BBC is launching three new sci-fi shows on its iPlayer streaming and…
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MTG wins one, loses one in Russia
Russian pay TV provider Orion Express has added 10 channels from Modern Times Group’s Viasat…
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Digital revenues drive ProSiebenSat.1 growth
Digital and adjacent revenues boosted German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1’s performance for the third quarter, with…
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UPC Czech Republic adds new channels
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic is adding a quartet of new channels to…
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Cosmos TV Belarus adds four
Belarusian pay TV provider Cosmos TV has added four new channels to its Regional package….
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Euronews teams up with Parrot for in-car distribution
News channel Euronews has teamed up with automotive entertainment systems specialist Parrot to provide an…
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BBC Worldwide names BBC Store chief
BBC Worldwide has appointed Jonathan Green as the new Director of BBC Store, the new…
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Mixed fortunes for nc+
TVN and Canal+-backed Polish pay TV operator nc+ saw its post-paid subscriber base fall 3%…
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Time Warner headcount reduction sees costs rise
Time Warner has spent US$346 million (€276 million) on restructuring and redundancy costs to date…
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Discovery hires ABC exec as CCO
Discovery Communications has recruited Phil Craig as chief creative officer. Craig’s appointment comes after chief…
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NBCU strikes Polish free-to-air deal
Polish broadcaster Telewizja Puls has struck a programming deal with NBCUniversal that gives it a…
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Mixed fortunes: free-to-air and pay TV in the Middle East
Free TV, the mainstay of Middle Eastern broadcasting, has been badly hit by the impact…
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Disney adds Movies Anywhere access to Android devices
Disney has made its Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA) app available on Android devices for the…
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International drives growth at Discovery
International network revenues continue to drive growth at pay TV giant Discovery Communications. The international…
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Fox hires Wananchi’s Bekker to run African operation
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named former Wananchi Programming managing director Hannelie Bekker as managing…
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Ex-Fox chief named as Turner CCO
Former Fox networks chief Kevin Reilly has joined Turner Broadcasting System as president of cable…
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UKTV expanding technology and operations team
UK pay TV channel provider UKTV is expanding its technology and operations team by recruiting…
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Former Fox exec Calemzuk forms Rampante
Former Fox and Shine boss Emiliano Calemzuk has created a new content company, Rampante, and…
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RR Media appoints former Disney exec Tim Richards to the board
Digital media services firm RR Media, formerly RR Sat, has appointed former Disney executive Tim…
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Value of UHF for DTT “outweighs mobile by four to one”
Digital-terrestrial broadcasting would provide the most valuable use of UHF spectrum for the next 15…
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BBC approves Radio 1 iPlayer channel
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has approved BBC plans to launch a video…