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Mediapro secures green light to acquire Argentinian Fox Sports channels
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has secured regulatory approval to acquire three Fox Sports channels…
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Serie A brings live football to the metaverse
Italian top flight football league Serie A has become the first league in the sport…
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Red Bull TV to launch on DAZN
Sports streamer DAZN has announced a distribution deal with Red Bull Media House. The deal…
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Paramount+ sets UK and Ireland launch date and pricing as streamer adds 7m
Paramount+ is set to launch in the UK and Ireland on June 22, parent company…
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EU moves to ban three unnamed Russian-owned news broadcasters
The European Union is set to ban three Russian state-owned news channels as part of…
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Channel 4 sale ‘could raise up to £2bn’
Channel 4’s sale could raise up to £2 billion (€2.4 billion) as buyers of all…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Beaujean plays down consolidation ideas ahead of AGM
ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Rainer Beaujean has once again rejected the idea of a merger between his…
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NBCU partners with tvScientific for Peacock Ad Manager launch
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has announced the launch of Peacock Ad Manager in partnership with CTV performance…
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A+E Networks targets international and FAST with digital sales appointment
A+E Networks Global Content Sales has named Carlos Sanchez as SVP of digital distribution for…
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beIN SPORTS lands FIM Speedway GP rights in international deal
beIN SPORTS has agreed an international distribution deal with Discovery Sports Events for the FIM…
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Telia sees digital ad growth but SVOD numbers hit by competition
Nordic telco Telia saw strong growth in digital advertising from its TV business in the…
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Advertising growth and Newen boost TF1
French broadcaster TF1 saw solid growth from advertising and from its Newen Studios production unit…
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Peacock adds 4 million as NBCU announces plans to take back next-day content from Hulu
NBCUniversal’s hybrid A/SVOD service Peacock added four million subscribers in the first quarter of the…
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OneFootball secures US$300 million to expand streaming and Web 3.0 businesses
Football media platform OneFootball has raised US$300 million in its Series D funding round as…
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MFE bullish on 2022 prospects, set to abstain in ProSiebenSat.1 vote
MediaForEurope – the company formerly known as Mediaset – has said advertising revenues for the…
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Viaplay and Sony Picture Television extend deal
Nordic and international streamer Viaplay and Sony Pictures Television have agreed a multi-year extension to…
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UK government to outline C4 privatisation plans in white paper
The UK government is set to release a policy paper outlining its plans to sell…
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Streamers to be regulated by UK government
Streamers such as Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ are to be regulated in the UK…
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James Murdoch and Uday Shankar invest US$1.8 billion in Viacom18
Bodhi Tree Systems, a newly-formed venture set up and led by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems…
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The Roku Channel bags Lionsgate theatrical titles in major content deal
Roku has signed a major content deal with Lionsgate to fuel its AVOD platform The…
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Fix&Foxi lands on African DTH service Moreplex TV
German kids programmer Your Family Entertainment has teamed up with Nigeria-based DTH platform Moreplex TV to make…
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Astro renews English Premier League rights for Malaysia
Malaysian sports broadcaster Astro has agreed a three-season rights deal with the English Premier League…
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AT&T bows out of entertainment business with 77 million HBO subscribers
In its final quarter of owning WarnerMedia, AT&T reported positive performance of HBO and its…
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Sky Sports adds W Series in UK and Italy
Sky Sports has agreed a multi-year broadcast partnership with women’s motor racing championship W Series….
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Nielsen: streaming’s share of TV viewing at all-time high in US
Streaming captured its largest-ever share of total TV usage in March in the US. According…
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Canal+ sees growth in strong quarter for Vivendi
Vivendi has reported a solid start to 2022, driven by its pay TV and Havas…
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Disney partners with KPN for Disney+/ESPN bundle
Dutch telco KPN has announced an expanded distribution deal with Disney. The deal will see…
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Viaplay picks up PFL rights in 14 markets
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a wide broadcast rights deal with Viaplay across…
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Warner Bros. Discovery names international team
Warner Bros. Discovery has named its international exec team under Gerhard Zeiler, with new roles…
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Vizio adds 5,000 VOD titles to WatchFree+
Vizio has announced the addition of premium on-demand titles to its WatchFree+ AVOD platform from…