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MTG extends Champions League rights in the Baltics
Modern Times Group has extended the broadcasting rights it holds to UEFA Champions League and…
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Sky Italia and Mediaset bag Serie A rights
Italian pay TV operator Sky Italia and broadcaster Mediaset have had their bids for the…
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MTG hires Patrick Svensk
Modern Times Group (MTG) has hired Partick Svensk, the former Zodiak executive who left that…
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Turner launches Glitz in Germany
Turner Broadcasting System is launching lifestyle and general entertainment channel Glitz in Germany. This marks…
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M6 seeking free DTT berth for Paris Première
French commercial broadcaster M6 wants to launch its pay TV channel Paris Première as a…
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BBC joins with Rai in battle over Mediaset format
The BBC has weighed into an ongoing legal case between Italian broadcasters Mediaset and Rai….
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BBC Trust: BBC 4 safe from closure
Chris Patten, chairmen of the BBC Trust, has confirmed that BBC 4 will not close…
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Lagardère launches Christmas channel
French media company Lagardère has announced plans to launch a seasonal Christmas-themed kids channel on…
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Channel 4 offers demographic ad targeting for VOD
Channel 4 is offering demographic targeting to advertisers for VOD ad campaigns. The UK broadcaster’s…
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Discovery boss calls for light touch regulation in the UK
David Zaslav, the CEO of US-based channel operator Discovery Communications, has called upon UK authorities…
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Patten defends BBC news output
Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC Trust has defended the size of the corporation’s…
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Rebranded MyVideoRights raises £2.75 million
MyVideoRights, the online rights exploitation company, has received a cash injection of £2.75 million (€3.2…
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Disney HD launching on Sky
Disney is rolling out its Disney Channel HD service on UK pay TV platform BSkyB…
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SeeSaw loses more executives
Troubled UK online video service SeeSaw has lost another three key executives, following the decision…
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Entertainment One stock leaps on sale possibility
Shares in Entertainment One (eOne) jumped 25% yesterday after the media company, which produces and…
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Discovery shakes up programme sales operation
Factual channel operator and programmer Discovery Communications has rejigged its programme sales team in the Europe,…
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Investors accuse News Corp of ignoring misconduct and shareholders interests
A group of US union and pension fund investors in News Corp, led by New…
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Discovery eyes January FTA launch for Spain
Discovery Networks International has announced plans for a new free-to-air channel for Spain. Scheduled for…
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Mediaset launches channel in Israel
Mediaset Italia is to launch in Israel after distributor Chello Zone struck a carriage deal…
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TV4 hires distribution head
Swedish broadcaster TV4 has appointed David Österlund as head of distribution. Österlund has worked for…
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TV technology organizations issue anti-interference recommendations
DigiTAG, the EBU, BNE and ACT today have issued a new set of formal recommendations…
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Magyar Telekom takes more capacity on Amos
Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom has signed a deal with Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom to provide…
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Discovery in management shuffle
International factual channel operator Discovery Communications has made a number of executive changes in its…
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France 24 Entertains in Germany
France 24 has expanded its distribution in Germany by signing a carriage deal with Deutsche…
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Intelsat renews deals in Russia and Romania
Satellite operator Intelsat has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Russian DTH operator Orion Express….
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Trace expands HD footprint with Eutelsat
European broadcaster Trace has signed a five-year contract for capacity and uplinking services on Eutelsat’s…
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Freesat takes customers from Sky to pass two million
UK free-to-air satellite service Freesat has passed two million sales since its launch three years…
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BBC Worldwide names CEE chief
BBC Worldwide Channels, the international channels arm of the British public broadcaster, has hired former…
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Food Network launches in Ireland
The Food Network has launched in Ireland after the Scripps Network Interactive-run broadcaster struck a…
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AEPOC hails antipiracy success
Anti-piracy organisation AEPOC has welcomed the breaking up of an illegal card-sharing network in Portugal…