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Fox takes NFL rights in Europe
Fox International Channels has acquired NFL TV rights for its branded sports channels in Europe….
Lovefilm secures Warner Bros deal
Lovefilm has agreed a programming deal with Warner Bros. giving it access to a raft…
i24news appoints chief marketing officer
Recently-launched international news channel i24news has appointed former Walt Disney Company executive, Laurent Malek, as…
UPC Slovakia adds seven channels
Cable operator UPC Slovakia has added seven new TV channels to its offering. According to…
BBC Sport sees record traffic on transfer day
BBC Sport saw record digital traffic across its sites for its football transfer deadline day…
ProSieben Maxx launches in Germany
ProSiebenSat.1’s new channel ProSieben Maxx has launched in Germany today. The channel, aimed at males…
i24 chooses SatLink
Israeli international news broadcaster i24 has chosen SatLink Communications to deliver global distribution of its…
Al Jazeera accuses Egypt of blocking signal
Middle East broadcaster Al Jazeera has accused Egypt of jamming its Egyptian news service’s signals….
Mediaset denies wrongdoing following Berlusconi judgement
Mediaset issued a strongly worded statement at the end of last week stating that it…
Crime & Investigation inspecting Romania launch
Crime & Investigation Network is launching in Romania. The crime channel is operated by A+E…
NBCU hires FremantleMedia exec
NBCUniversal has recruited Jacqueline Moreton from FremantleMedia and she will join the studio’s International TV…
Turner chooses SES Platform Services
Turner Broadcasting System has selected SES Platform Services to broadcast five channels in SD and…
CNBC to launch in Slovakia
CNBC is to launch on UPC Slovakia’s platform from September 2. The news channel will…
NTV+ adds TLC to line-up
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has added Discovery’s TLC to its channel line-up. The female-focused…
Eurosport acquires German women’s football
Eurosport has acquired the rights to the German women’s Bundesliga football league for the next…
Lovefilm signs Viacom programming deal
Lovefilm has agreed a content deal with Viacom that gives it hundreds of hours of…
VuTV signs up partners for Freeview streaming service
A new UK pay-TV streaming service for Freeview viewers, VuTV, has signed deals A+E Networks,…
NBCUniversal names international sports chief
NBCUniversal International has appointed Rhys Beer to the new role of vice-president, sports distribution and…
Freeview and Freesat add channels
UK DTT and DTH platforms Freeview and Freesat have each added channels to their respective…
A+E Networks names broadcast operations chief
A+E Networks UK has named Remi Abayomi as senior director of broadcast operations. Abayomi will…
RTL plans Russia exit
European broadcast giant RTL Group is planning to exit the Russian market after reportedly failing…
Eurosport launches multi-feed tennis on Sky Deutschland
Sports channel Eurosport has launched a new multi-feed service for the US Open tennis championship…
MTV Video Music Awards sets new Twitter record
The MTV Video Music Awards set a record for tweets-per-minute over the weekend, beating a…
EBU launches Hypermux contribution platform
The EBU’s Eurovision network has launched a new contribution multiplex platform as an upgrade to…
ESPN holds web-TV talks
ESPN has reportedly held preliminary talks about offering its suite of channels to new web-based…
Yahoo! orders Boris Johnson spoof from Warner Bros’ Yalli
Yahoo! UK has ordered a new five-part original series Boris Johnson’s Guide to London. The…
Elion and EMT to create mobile version of NutiTV
TeliaSonera-backed Estonian telco Elion is deepening its collaboration with mobile sister company EMT to offer…
TVN Group sees audience share rise, nc+ reaches 2.3m
Poland’s TVN Group saw the audience share of its channels boosted by the country’s digital-terrestrial…
New Greek public broadcaster goes on air
Greece’s new interim public broadcaster has launched with the airing of a two-hour news programme….
CME to invest in departing CEO’s new content business
The president and CEO of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), Adrian Sarbu, has resigned after…