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Canal+ secures Formula E rights
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured rights to Formula E motorsport, the new category…
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Sunrise appoints 20th Century Fox exec as commercial chief
Swiss service provider Sunrise has appointed former 20th Century Fox executive Markus Naef as its…
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Finland’s MTV chooses Ericsson for playout
Bonner Group-owned Finnish broadcaster MTV has hired Ericsson to provide broadcast and media services including…
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Sony closes CSC deal and names western Europe channels chief
Sony Pictures Television has closed its deal for the CSC channels group and handed Kate…
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MTV extends reach in South Africa
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa plans to move MTV in South Africa to pay…
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WWE Network gets global OTT launch
Over-the-top wrestling channel WWE Network has launched outside the US for the first time. The…
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OSN adds new linear channels to fast-growing OTT service
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has added three new live channels to its OTT…
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Kipco rejects US$3.2 billion offer for OSN stake
Kuwait Projects Company (Kipco) has reportedly rejected a US$3.2 billion (€2.4 billion) offer from an…
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US pay TV losses slow down in Q2
The top 10 US pay TV operators lost 165,500 digital TV customers in the second…
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Sundance Channel rises in Central America
Sundance Channel Global has launched in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Paraguay…
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Telecom Italia move sparks Mediaset merger speculation
Telecom Italia has reportedly initiated talks with Vivendi, in a bid to counter Telefónica’s bid…
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Netflix boasts revenues have overtaken HBO
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has taken to Facebook to boast that the streaming service generated…
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BBC launching new iPlayer on wide range of smart TVs
The BBC has begun rolling out the new version of its BBC iPlayer catch-up TV…
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DTG begins work on Freeview Connected and 700MHz migration plan
The UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG) is initiating work on the specification for the proposed…
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FilmBox Live streaming app launches on Skylink
Channel provider SPI International’s video-on-demand and live streaming app FilmBox Live has launched on the…
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Fox International Channels takes Tiger Mom
Fox International Channels has taken international broadcast and distribution rights to Tiger Mom, the upcoming…
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New OTT hybrid platform for Russia
Russian retail and banking group Trellas has launched a new hybrid OTT TV service, TVzor,…
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Bewkes sidesteps Fox questions as Murdoch has his say
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes neatly sidestepped questions about why he walked away from a…
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Liberty looks to content investments to secure distribution business
Investment in OTT content, free-to-air broadcasting, production outfits and sports rights form four pillars of…
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M7 Group takes Scripps channels in Hungary
Pay TV operator M7 Group has signed a deal with Scripps Networks in include Food…
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Sky Italia sees continued decline
21st Century Fox-owned Sky Italia saw a continued decline in its subscriber base in the…
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Fox International Channels creates senior sales role
Fox International Channels has hired Entertainment One executive Prentiss Fraser in a senior sales role….
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Good companions – the second screen and multiscreen monetisation
Understanding of the uses to which people put the different screens they own is still…
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Rupert Murdoch drops US$80bn Time Warner bid
21st Century Fox has dropped its bid for Time Warner, citing the negative impact it…
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Sky Deutschland expects big subscriber boost in coming year
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland expects to gain between 400,000 and 450,000 subscribers and full-year…
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A+E hires Joel Denton as content sales supremo
A+E has recruited Joel Denton as managing director, content sales and partnerships, putting the industry…
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The Netflix effect – OTT in Europe
Netflix’s next stage of its European expansion is now close, but will its success rate…
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ITV’s Crozier unveils plan to push for retransmission fees
ITV chief executive Adam Crozier has said that the company and the wider industry will…
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New chief for UK’s Film4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has named David Kosse as new director of its movie division…
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New services on Amazon Fire
Connected set-top box Amazon Fire TV has added services from the likes of Disney and…