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Viacom promotes Kurz
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted research executive Christian Kurz to the position of vice…
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The Euro50 Q&A: Bartek Gudowski, Viasat Satellite Services
Bartek Gudowski, as CEO of Viasat Satellite Services, part of Modern Times Group, has overseen…
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Endemol restructuring enters final phase
Endemol said today that most of its lenders have now agreed on a restructuring plan…
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TFI to release Fox’s Alcatraz day after the US
Leading French commercial broadcaster TF1 is making JJ Abrams’ latest scripted series Alcatraz available a…
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Fox buys Finnish channel Suomi TV
Fox has acquired Finnish free-to-air broadcaster Suomi TV. The US company’s global channels division, Fox…
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Sky, ITV refute claims they should invest more in film
UK commercial broadcaster ITV and its pay TV counterpart BSkyB have refuted claims in a…
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News Corp to swap JV for stake in Moby
News Corp is to take a minority stake in Dubai-based media group Moby, which is…
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Orange adds M6 channels to satellite offering
Orange is adding three additional M6-owned thematic channels to its satellite offering in France. The…
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Eurosport launches QR code-based interactivity
Sports channel Eurosport has launched an on-air QR code campaign across Europe with the aim…
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EBU publishes new subtitling spec for broadcasters
The EBU has published a new specification for subtitling. The new format, EBU Timed Text…
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Murdoch accuses Google of piracy
Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of being a “piracy leader” for allowing illegal video content…
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HBO launching in the Netherlands
HBO is launching a suite of channels and services in the Netherlands. The Time Warner-backed…
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ITV scores £90 million soccer deal
ITV has inked a £90 million (€109 million) TV soccer rights deal that allows it…
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The Euro50 Q&A: Niclas Ekdahl, Modern Times Group
Niclas Ekdahl, CEO of Modern Times Group’s Viaplay service, is responsible for monetising content across…
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Connected devices help iPlayer to record year
The BBC’s iPlayer platform received a record 1.94 billion requests for TV programmes last year,…
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Lovefilm inks on-demand deal with Disney
Amazon’s Lovefilm has inked a deal with Disney for ABC TV On Demand service. The…
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CME launches female-skewed channel
Warner Bros-backed central and eastern Europe-focused broadcast group CME is launching a female-skewing channel in…
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Euronews launches on DTT in Greece and Cyprus
News channel Euronews has launched on digital-terrestrial TV in Greece and Cyprus, targeting full nationwide…
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M6’s Téva goes free-to-air on Orange TV
M6’s female-focused channel Téva has moved from pay TV to free-to-air on the Orange TV…
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Rostelecom strikes deal with Disney, eyes expansion
Russian service provider Rostelecom has struck a deal with Disney to make Disney content available…
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TV4 to air BBC World News content
BBC World News, the UK public broadcaster’s international news channel, and Swedish broadcaster TV4 have…
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Telemach to restart broadcast of ProSiebenSat.1 channels
Telemach and other Slovenian cable operators have struck a deal with VG Media, which represents…
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Discovery’s Spanish channel rolls out
Discovery’s free-to-air Spanish channel Discovery Max rolls out today. The service is a joint-venture with…
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Disney tops 100 million landmark in EMEA
Disney Channel now reaches more than 100 million TV homes in the EMEA region. The…
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EBU in Wimbledon distribution deal
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will continue to distribute the rights to the Wimbledon tennis…
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Discovery reorganises senior management
Channel operator Discovery has appointed Andrew Warren its new chief financial officer as part of…
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Lagardère Active snaps up online catch-up platform
French media group Lagardère Active has acquired online catch-up TV platform TV-replay.fr. Launched in April…
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CSA receives 31 DTT proposals, Canal Plus pulls out
French media regulator the CSA has received 31 proposals to launch services on six new…
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Pace says Yes to HD
Set-top vendor Pace has been chosen by Israeli DTH operator Yes to deploy a new…
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Turner names Corral as entertainment chief
Turner has appointed its current Spanish chief Domingo Corral as head of general entertainment across…