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discovery+ lands on Samsung and Amazon devices in UK and Ireland
Recently launched SVOD discovery+ is now available on Samsung smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV…
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Eleven Sports renews Ligue 1 rights in Portugal
Eleven Sports has extended its rights partnership with Ligue 1 in Portugal. The deal will…
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SPI/FilmBox expands in Ireland with eir
SPI/FilmBox has continued its expansion in Western Europe with a new distribution deal in Ireland….
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Setanta sells Eurasian business to Adjara Group
Setanta Sports has announced the sale of its Eastern European, Central Asian and Caucasian channels…
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AMC sees success for UK portfolio of ViacomCBS channels
AMC Networks International’s UK division saw solid continued growth in 2020 across its portfolio of…
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NENT Group surpasses 3 million Viaplay subs, plans 2021 price hike
Viaplay has met its year-end target of 3 million subscribers, parent company Nordic Entertainment (NENT)…
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ViacomCBS offers All Access customers discounted Paramount+
As it gears up for the launch of Paramount+ on March 4, ViacomCBS has launched…
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Orange France teams with VOD Factory to launch nine new services
Orange France has added nine new subscription on-demand TV services via a partnership with on-demand…
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Sky’s sale of New Zealand live sports unit OSB approved by watchdog
Sky’s sale of its New Zealand sports production business Outside Broadcast (OSB) to NEP has…
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NENT group expands football portfolio ahead of Baltic Viaplay expansion
Nordic Entertainment (NENT) Group has announced a large football rights buy for the Baltic region….
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DAZN emerges as favourite for Serie A rights
DAZN has emerged as the favourite to pick up the largest package of Serie A…
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Pluto TV launches in France
ViacomCBS’s ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV has launched in France. The expansion, announced in January,…
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Does the licence fee present genuine value for money? Analysing the BBC’s Value for Audiences report
An embattled BBC set out its stall this week in defense of a funding model…
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Bouygues Telecom strikes new distribution deal with M6
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has struck a new distribution agreement with commercial broadcaster M6,…
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Canal+ agrees deal to broadcast Ligue 1 for current season
Pay TV operator Canal+ has struck a deal with the French professional football body, the…
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RTL Group sells SpotX to Magnite for US$1.17 billion
RTL Group has announced the sale of its ad-tech business SpotX to Magnite in a…
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CNN president Jeff Zucker to step down at the end of 2021
Jeff Zucker, the president of international news network CNN, will step down at the end…
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Turk Telekom picks Altimedia as middleware provider in IPTV overhaul
Turk Telekom, the second largest pay TV operator in Turkey, has selected Altimedia as its…
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ViacomCBS poaches BBC Studios’ Anna Priest for UK marketing
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has hired BBC Studios’ Anna Priest as its UK SVP, chief…
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beIN Media takes rights to FIFA Club World Cup
beIN Media Group has acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast the FIFA Club World Cup…
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Altice France expands regional TV service further
Altice France has taken another step forward with its strategy of becoming a significant player…
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Canal+ declines talks with French football league
French pay TV operator Canal+ has reportedly declined to enter into one-to-one negotiations with the…
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BBC subscription would cost more than £450 if licence fee scrapped, broadcaster warns
Shifting from the licence fee and towards a subscription model for funding the BBC would…
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ViacomCBS promotes Rose & Fahy to lead combined UK ‘growth’ unit for Pluto TV, My5
ViacomCBS has restructured its streaming operations in the UK by forming a new division to…
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Discovery promotes Lydia Fairfax with charge to develop streaming relationships
Discovery has announced the promotion of Lydia Fairfax to the role of SVP, head of…
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Kantar extends Slovakian TV measurement contract to 2029
Data insights firm Kantar has extended its contract with Slovakia’s TV industry committee PMT. The…
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Ocilion names ex-Discovery exec as head of content
Austria-based IPTV platform technology specialist Ocilion has named former Discovery Germany executive Thomas Bichlmeir in…
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Channel 4 reportedly to show Test cricket for the first time since 2005
Channel 4 has reportedly acquired the right to England’s upcoming series in India in a…
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Amazon, Discovery and TELE System Digital announced as latest HbbTV Association members
A trio of high-profile companies have joined the HbbTV Association, the body has announced Over…
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Record month for STV Player
STV Player, the catch-up service from Scottish pubcaster STV, has delivered a record-breaking month. The…