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Latvia’s Baltcom strikes deal with TV3
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has struck a deal to continue carrying Viasat Broadcasting-owned channel TV3…
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Viacom buys UK’s Channel 5 for £450 million
Viacom has acquired UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5 for £450 million (€548 million), in a…
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Time Warner in talks to distribute channels outside of pay TV
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has confirmed the media giant is talking to Dish about…
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Greece’s Antenna poaches NBCUniversal channels MD
Greek broadcast group Antenna has appointed Tariq Syed as its managing director of thematic channels…
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BBC iPlayer hits new record, requests up 18% in March
The BBC logged 320 million TV and radio requests through the iPlayer in March, up…
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Mediaset looking to decide future of pay TV platform by June
Mediaset vice-chairman Piersilvio Berlusconi confirmed that the Italian media company had received interest from international…
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Fine Living comes to the Balkans
Scripps Networks International has launched its Fine Living channel in the Balkans for the first…
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Game of Thrones tops illegal sharing list
New research into illegal sharing shows that over the course of one week a raft…
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Tom Toumazis returns to TV
Tom Toumazis, the former Disney distribution boss and Endemol CCO, is returning to the TV…
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Turner names new distribution chief
Turner Broadcasting has named Humphrey Black as its new vice-president, media distribution, EMEA. Black was…
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Mediaset hits out at banks’ valuation of Premium
Italy’s Mediaset has criticised banks for undervaluing its Premium pay TV service amidst moves to…
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Netflix attacks ‘toll taking’ from ISPs, warns against Comcast merger
Netflix has reiterated its opposition to the merger of US cable giants Comcast and Time…
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MTG boosted by Winter Olympics
Modern Times Group (MTG) achieved record free-TV audience share in Sweden during the Winter Olympics, with…
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Al Jazeera launches in Sweden
Al Jazeera has launched in Sweden as part of the Teracom-backed Boxer digital-terrestrial TV platform. …
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Mediaset plays down report of Al Jazeera, Canal+ pay TV tie-up
Mediaset has played down reports that it is on the brink of forging a wide-ranging…
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TF6 closure signals further decline of pay DTT
In another blow for digital-terrestrial pay TV in France, commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 have…
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Discovery seeks international content chief as Silberwasser leaves
Discovery Networks International is recruiting for a chief creative officer following the news that Luis…
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Chello Central Europe names new country chief
AMC Networks-owned channel provider Chello Central Europe has named Telefónica Czech Republic executive Evzen Chlanda…
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ITV hires Discovery’s Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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A+E launches Lifetime in Latin America
A+E Networks Latin America has teamed up with Sony Pictures Television to launch the female-focused…
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Eurosport celebrates anniversary with online commentator competition
Eurosport is launching an international online commentator contest to celebrate its 25th anniversary. European sports…
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AMC buys German pay TV channel
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has bought the German pay TV channel Kinowelt. The basic-tier movie channel…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Shazam names former NBCUniversal exec to board
Content recognition app provider Shazam has named former NBCUniversal executive Lauren Zalaznick to its board….
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Aereo faces Supreme Court today
Aereo faces its ultimate test today, as the US Supreme Court hears the case brought…
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A+E launches channels on Apple TV in the US
A+E Networks has launched dedicated channels for its A&E, History and Lifetime channels on the…
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Discovery drops out of Channel 5 bidding
Discovery has reportedly dropped out of the running for UK terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5. According…
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Time Warner taking control at CME
US media giant Time Warner is exerting greater control at Central and Eastern Europe-focussed broadcast…
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Netflix makes UK gains as Amazon’s share declines
Netflix has expanded its share of the UK market in the last six months as…
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BBC to debut full season of BBC Three show on iPlayer
For the first time, BBC Three is set to make all episodes from new series…