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News UK’s TalkTV gives up on linear broadcasting
News UK’s TV news channel TalkTV, seen as a competitor to controversial right-wing offering GB…
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STV Group sees ad revenue fall, with CEO Simon Pitts to exit
Simon Pitts, CEO of Scottish broadcaster & producer STV, is stepping down after six years…
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Extreme E strikes multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery will bolster its coverage on Extreme E, the all-electric SUV off-road racing…
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Ofcom: GB News ‘misogynistic’ broadcast broke rules
Controversial right-wing UK news channel GB News broke Ofcom’s rules on giving offence in relation…
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DVB-I: not just for broadcasters
It looks like DVB-I is going to be an influential standard, helping to shape the…
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Germany’s Sport 1 to show free-to-air coverage of FIA WEC
Germany’s Sport 1 will deliver free-to-coverage on the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for the…
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Warner Bros. Discovery taps Locality to bolster ad business
Media powerhouse Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has entered a local video advertising partnership with video…
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beIN Sport scores 10-year F1 deal in MENA and Turkey
Qatar-based sport broadcaster, beIN group, has secured the broadcasting rights to Formula 1 in 25…
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Narrative hires former A+E Networks and BBC exec
UK independent broadcaster, Narrative Entertainment, has recruited former A+E Networks exec, Jacob Ahlin, as digital…
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Ofcom details plans to implement Media Bill
UK media and telecoms watchdog Ofcom has published its plans for implementation of the government’s…
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ThinkAnalytics and Channel 4 renew partnership to enhance streaming operations
Content discovery specialist, ThinkAnalytics, and UK public service broadcaster, Channel 4, have extended their partnership….
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Dirk Gerkens becomes CEO of Nova Broadcasting
Dirk Gerkens has been appointed CEO of United Media-owned Bulgarian broadcast outfit Nova Broadcasting Group….
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s evolving Max strategy
Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled new details of its international expansion plans for its Max streamer…
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Warner Bros. Discovery returns to streaming growth
Warner Bros. Discovery returned to streaming subscriber growth in the fourth quarter, adding 500,000 customers…
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Turkey’s Acunmedya acquires 50% of Germany’s Sport1
Turkish media group Acunmedya has taken a 50% stake in German sports broadcaster Sport1 as…
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BBC nets rights to NBA 2023/24 season
UK public broadcaster, BBC, will air the remaining NBA 2023-2024 season across its platforms. Coverage…
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SVT strikes factual content deal with BBC Studios
Swedish public broadcaster, Sveriges Television AB (SVT), in a deal with BBC Studios, has picked…
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RTL invests €200m as Fremantle set to acquire Asacha Media Group
RTL-owned production outfit Fremantle has struck a conditional agreement to acquire global production studio Asacha…
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Prime Minister Sunak’s GB News grilling launches Ofcom investigation
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appearance’s on GB News show last week has called for…
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MultiChoice takes Disney linear channels until 2027
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has signed a multi-year distribution deal with The Walt…
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Amazon licenses The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm to Warner Bros. Discovery in Poland and Italy
Amazon has licensed high-profile shows The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, Seasons One and Two,…
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Ziggo Sports lands Dutch rights to Top Rank Boxing
VodafoneZiggo’s sports provider, Ziggo Sports, has acquired the rights to Top Rank Boxing, broadcasting at…
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TF1 records strong streaming growth in 2023, but overall revenue sees slight decline
French commercial broadcaster, TF1, has reported its former streaming offering, MYTF1 delivered a strong performance…
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BBC iPlayer to live stream Netball Super League
UK public-service-broadcaster, BBC, has struck the free-to-air streaming rights to Netball Super League (NSL). In…
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Super League expands international coverage
The Rugby League Commercial has secured international coverage for UK rugby tournament, Super League, across…
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BBC stops iPlayer downloads for PC and Mac
The BBC has ceased offering downloads of content via the BBC iPlayer service on PC…
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Disney names O’Connell to US news group and networks head role
Disney has promoted executive Debra OConnell to the new role of president, News Group and…
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ProSiebenSat.1 sees lift in earnings in Q4 with improved outlook
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 says it recorded higher than expected increase in earnings in the fourth quarter…
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France’s Conseil d’État orders ARCOM to re-examine case against CNews
France’s Conseil d’État, the country’s supreme court for administrative justice, has called on media and…
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De Tavernost bows out as France’s M6 preps new streaming platform
Nicolas de Tavernost is to depart as chairman of France’s M6 Group after 24 years in his post. De Tavernost will leave in April and is being replaced by advertising boss David Larramendy.