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SPI brings Dizi to Malta with Melita
SPI/FilmBox has announced a distribution deal with Malta pay TV operator Melita for its drama…
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‘Tainted’ LIV Golf will reportedly pay Fox to broadcast its events in the US
Controversial Golf tour LIV Golf is reportedly close to securing a rights deal in the…
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Sky Sports renews NBA deal
Sky Sports has announced a renewed rights deal to broadcast the NBA. The broadcaster’s coverage…
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Warner Bros. Discovery international boss sees end in sight for Sky tie-up
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s international chief Gerhard Zeiler has admitted the company will at some…
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MFE sees revenues edge up and profits fall as outlook darkens
MediaForEurope (MFE), the media outfit that owns Mediaset’s Italian and Spanish operations, saw its revenue…
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Foxtel announces major deal to become Australian home of WWE
Foxtel Group has announced a major multi-year partnership with WWE to make it the home…
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NBCUniversal to bring Hayu to Central and Eastern Europe
NBCUniversal International’s reality content streamer Hayu has announced plans to expand into Central and Eastern…
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UKTV Play undergoes rebrand
UKTV has announced a full rebrand of its VOD service UKTV Play. The platform serves…
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TVMonde taps AsiaSat 5 for expansion
French international programmer TV5Monde has chosen the AsiaSat 5 satellite to distribute its TV5MONDE Pacifique…
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Sky Sports increases Scottish football focus with new deal
Sky Sports has announced a renewed deal with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) that…
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Warner Bros. Discovery and SRMG partner for Arabic FTA channel launch
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced a partnership with leading MENA media group SRMG to launch…
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DAZN acquires Eleven Group
London-based sports streamer DAZN has announced a deal to buy rival sports broadcaster Eleven Group….
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TV5Monde lands on Roku devices
French international network TV5Monde has signed a new distribution partnership to bring its streaming service TV5MONDEplus to Roku users…
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SPI to distribute Outdoor Sport Channel
Canal+-owned SPI International has announced a distribution partnership deal with outdoor sports television company Outdoor…
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MFE, Niel, Courbit and Kretinsky all table offers for M6 Group
Bertelsmann has received a trio of offers for its for-sale M6 Group following the broadcaster’s…
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UK government’s Channel 4 u-turn shows that it was never about money
The news this week that the UK government is “re-examining the business case” around the…
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Court rules in favour of Canal+ in TF1 TNTSat dispute
A French court has ruled in favour of Canal+ Group in a legal spat with…
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Record audience tunes in for Women’s Super League season opener
Liverpool’s shock 2-1 season-opening victory over champions Chelsea attracted a record TV audience for a…
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Rodolphe Belmer to take over at TF1 Group
TF1 president and CEO Gilles Pélisson is to step down, initially from his role as…
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MFE names NBCU veteran to oversee German expansion
MediaForEurope (MFE), the pan-European group formerly known as Mediaset, has announced the hire of a…
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Paramount sets Pluto TV Canada launch date
Paramount Global has set December 1 as the launch date for FAST streamer Pluto TV…
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M6 put up for sale by Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann has put French broadcaster M6 up for sale following the collapse of plans to…
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11 million tune into Queen’s funeral from the US
More than 11 million Americans watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. According to Nielsen,…
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DAZN picks up WSL rights
Sports streamer DAZN has agreed a major multi-territory rights deal with the FA Women’s Super…
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Norway chief Espen Skoland steps down
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)’s Norwegian chief, Espen Skoland, is stepping down following the recent reorganisation in the Nordics. Skoland,…
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Endemol France turns to Okast for Samsung TV Plus FAST launches
Endemol France has partnered with streaming solutions provider Okast to launch its first free ad-supported…
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UK government ‘re-examining’ Channel 4 privatisation & BBC licence fee overhaul
The UK government has confirmed it is “re-examining the business case” around the privatisation of…
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Queen Elizabeth funeral attracts 28 million viewers
A peak of 28 million Brits watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the BBC…
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National League to launch streaming service following Ryan Reynolds criticism
The National League, the fifth tier of the English football pyramid, plans to launch a…
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Exclusive: Moonbug to launch pre-school channel with MultiChoice
YouTube-focused pre-school entertainment company Moonbug Entertainment is to launch a dedicated channel on the MultiChoice’s…