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MTG on-demand to get Viacom shows
Viacom International Media Networks will supply Modern Times Group with programming for the latter’s numerous…
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BBC iPlayer requests up by a third, tablet use expands rapidly
Requests on the BBC iPlayer catch-up service grew by a third in 2013, with 2.2…
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ITV to launch pay drama channel on Sky
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to launch a pay TV channel on the BSkyB platform…
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Netflix: UHDTV needs standardisation of formats
Netflix sees ultra-high definition TV as a great opportunity but believes there is a need…
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BBC taken to task over Digital Media Initiative
The BBC was too optimistic about its ability to implement its ill-fated Digital Media Initiative…
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Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi join Sky catch-up service
UK channel provider UKTV has made its Watch, Gold, Dave and Alibi channels available view…
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NBCU revenues up but Comcast ‘underweight’ internationally
NBCUniversal saw fourth quarter revenues rise 7.5% to reach US$6.5 billion (€4.8 billion) but parent…
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Trace Sports Stars launches in Malta
Sports- and celebrity-themed channel Trace Sport Stars is launching in Malta. The deal with quadruple…
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France 24 renews Ericsson playout contract
News channel France 24 has signed a new five-year broadcast services contract with Ericsson, including…
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BBC Worldwide announces male-skewing BBC Brit channel
BBC Worldwide is due to launch a male-skewing factual entertainment network called BBC Brit, completing…
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Antenna Group partners with Vice Media
Greece-based Antenna Group has partnered with youth media brand and digital content studio Vice Media,…
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CTC Media launches Peretz in central Asia
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has launched its Peretz channel in Kyrgyzstan following a deal with…
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Euronews to launch pan-African news network
Euronews has unveiled plans to launch what it claims will be the first pan-African rolling…
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History launches in Ukraine, grows in Russia
A+E Networks-owned pay TV channel History has launched in the Ukraine on a DTH platform…
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Poland’s TVN makes online gains
Polish broadcaster TVN Group said that a record 4.3 million people in November watched 44.4…
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Scripps taps Sony exec for Fine Living Italy
Scripps Networks International has hired an AXN senior programming manager to become channel director of…
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Fox to air Super Bowl live in Europe for first time
Fox International Channels is to broadcast live coverage of the US Super Bowl live in…
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Interview: Jean-Thierry Augustin, CEO, Eurosport
Eurosport, in which Discovery this week upped its stake to 51%, is looking to develop…
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Fox names new Italian chief
Fox International Channels has named Fabrizio Salini as the new managing director of its Italian…
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Al Jazeera launches digital-only Turkish channel
Al Jazeera has launched a new Turkish-language channel, Al Jazeera Türk, on the web, targeted…
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BBC’s Radio 1 hits a million YouTube subscribers
The BBC has hit the one million subscriber mark for the YouTube channel associated with…
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Magine completes German clean sweep with ProSieben channels
The ProSiebenSat.1 bouquet of channels will be added to the Magine service in Germany after…
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Canal+ files complaint against TF1 on advertising dominance
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has filed a complaint against commercial broadcaster TF1 with the French competition authority,…
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Yes Go using Viaccess-Orca recommendation platform
Israeli DTH pay TV provider Yes is using Viaccess-Orca’s Compass content discovery platform to support…
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Visiware Millionaire game on Bouygues Bbox
TV games specialist Visiware has released a version of its Who Wants to be a…
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Discovery takes majority control of Eurosport
Discovery Communications has acquired a controlling stake in Eurosport a year ahead of the schedule…
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MENA pay TV revenues set to jump 83%
Pay TV revenues in the Middle East and North Africa are set to climb by…
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Sony Entertainment Television launches on TalkTalk
Sony Pictures Television Networks has launched its general entertainment channel, Sony Entertainment Television (SET), through…
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Sunrise extends MTV mobile with home internet and TV offering
Swiss service provider Sunrise has now made MTV’s mobile telecom service available to its subscribers…
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Turner hires EMEA finance boss from Time Out
Turner International has recruited Aksel van der Wal as senior VP, finance, for its EMEA…