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Broadcasters
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New BBC Trust chairman takes up post
Rona Fairhead has started her new role as chairman of the BBC Trust today. Fairhead…
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Viacom to launch Spike channel internationally with UK rollout
Viacom is set to launch its male-skewing Spike channel internationally for the first time, with…
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Viacom says Channel 5 to aim younger, challenge Channel 4 for ratings
Channel 5 still has a “lot of room to grow” and will aim to challenge…
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MTG launches four networks in Malawi
European broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) has launched four factual entertainment channels for the first…
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Viacom exec replaces Harnevo as AOL’s originals chief
Media company has replaced AOL Studios president Ran Harnevo with a veteran Viacom executive. Dermot…
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MTG teams up with FreeWheel
Modern Times Group (MTG) has teamed up with technology provider FreeWheel to make additional revenues…
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Turner feels Oh!K about Asian channel launch
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific’s upcoming channel, Oh!K, has scored a volume deal with Korean…
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Sony OTT offering likely to have high price
Sony’s planned OTT TV service, which is expected to launch in the US before the…
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CBS signs deal with TV2, ProSiebenSat.1
CBS Studios International has widened the terms of its programming deal with TV2, which will…
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UKTV expands Gooze-Zijl’s role
Digital channel operator UKTV has handed Jan Gooze-Zijl an expanded remit that gives the executive…
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SPI International adds channels to IPWorldTV
Pay TV channels provider SPI International, which operates the Filmbox brand, has made a number…
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UPC DTH adds three channels
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV unit UPC DTH has added three channels to its offerings,…
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BBC extends iPlayer window to 30 days
The BBC has extended the catch-up window for its on-demand iPlayer service from seven to…
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MTG appoints ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s digital chief
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s chief digital officer, Arnd Benninghoff, as deputy…
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Best of British SVoD service strikes Scandi deal
Subscription video-on-demand service Cirkus has struck a deal with Scandi telco TeliaSonera and will launch…
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BBC Worldwide names CEMA chief
BBC Worldwide has named Grant Welland as executive vice-president for central and eastern Europe, the…
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BBC kids boss takes new role
Joe Godwin, the boss of the BBC’s kids services, is leaving his role to run…
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Amazon to launch Ripper Street ahead of BBC
Having stepped in to co-fund a new series of period drama Ripper Street, Amazon will…
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Wuaki adds HBO content in Spain
Wuaki.TV has built on its recent UK deal for HBO content by adding the premium…
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Disney extends Bob Iger’s deal until 2018
Disney CEO Bob Iger has signed a new deal, which will keep him at the…
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Vision TV taps Synapse TV for Freeview relaunch
Connected TV specialist Vision TV has tapped integrator Synapse TV to relaunch its services on…
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BBC Studios appoints new MD
BBC Studios and Post Production has appointed chief operating officer, David Conway, as its new…
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A&E set for Spain and Portugal launch
A+E Networks’ general entertainment channel A&E will continue its international rollout next week with the…
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Virgin Media adds 15 channels to mobile TV service
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has added 15 new live channels to its mobile…
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Mozilla launches Chromecast rival Matchstick
Mozilla has thrown its hat into the increasingly competitive streaming video dongle ring by endorsing…
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Murdoch exiting Shine after merger
Liz Murdoch with leave Shine Group, which she founded in 2001, when the production group…
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TV4’s Beck-Friis named as Bonnier’s digital chief
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster’s TV4 Group’s vice-president, Cecilia Beck-Friis, has been given an…
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Al Jazeera joins new MSN
News broadcaster Al Jazeera is to be avaialble via Microsoft’s revamped MSN information and entertainment…
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MTG’s Viaplay signs exclusive VoD deal with Nickelodeon
MTG’s Viaplay streaming and on-demand service has secured the exclusive video-on-demand rights for Nickelodeon programmes…
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Northern Ireland’s first local TV station goes live
Northern Ireland’s first local TV channel, Belfast-based NvTv, went on air for the first time…