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Broadcasters
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Verley’s France Channel teams up with Netgem ahead of US launch
France Channel, a BritBox-like international SVOD service for French original programming, is to launch in…
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VCNI ups Sears to EVP and GM of digital and ad sales
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has announced the promotion of Lee Sears – previous senior vice…
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Pay TV and ad revenues drop in Spain in Q1, but OTT TV grows
Pay TV and TV advertising revenues tumbled in the first quarter in Spain as the…
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Vivendi looks to Universal IPO as music group and Canal+ prove bright spots in muted quarter
French media group Vivendi has said that it plans to list Universal Media Group. Universal…
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ViacomCBS overhauls streaming division, with Pluto’s Tom Ryan promoted and senior exec exits
ViacomCBS is overhauling its global streaming operations, with Pluto TV’s CEO Tom Ryan appointed at…
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Dplay to become discovery+ streaming service in UK and Ireland
Discovery UK is to rebrand its Dplay streaming service in the UK and Ireland to…
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AMC ties up Globecast deal for EMEA channel distribution
AMC International UK (AMCNI UK) has announced a deal with Globecast to provide playout and…
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UK’s ITV restructures to focus on streaming, with Kevin Lygo taking new role
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is to restructure its business around streaming and has named the…
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Former chancellor George Osborne linked to BBC chairman role
Former UK chancellor and Evening Standard editor George Osborne is the latest to be approached…
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DAZN launches football portal in Germany on TikTok
Sports streamer DAZN has announced a partnership with shortform mobile platform TikTok to create a…
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LFP threatens to abandon Mediapro deal after payment failure
The Professional Football League (LFP) of France is gearing up to abandon its domestic rights…
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Humax launches first Android TV-powered Freeview Play recorder
Humax has announced the launch of what it claims to be the first Android TV-powered…
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Sky adds kids content from DreamWorks in NBCU deal
Sky has announced a new long-term partnership with sister company NBCUniversal to bring DreamWorks animated…
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DAZN applies for linear licence in Germany
Sports streamer DAZN has applied for a linear distribution licence in Germany. The company has…
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BT launches ‘most immersive sports viewing service’ with mobile app update
BT-owned mobile operator EE has announced what it calls the “UK’s most immersive sports viewing…
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NBCUIS president Jeff Wachtel exits company after 20 years
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS)’s president Jeff Wachtel is stepping down and leaving the US media…
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NBCU’s Peacock top performing US SVOD of Q3
NBCUniversal’s Peacock seems to have won the initial battle of the US’s new premium streamers….
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YouTube tightens moderation policy to ban Covid-19 vaccine misinformation
Google-owned video platform YouTube has tightened up its content moderation policies to remove videos with…
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Project Big Picture universally rejected
Project Big Picture, the plan to reform the English Premier League proposed by Manchester United…
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DAZN partners with M2A Media for cloud IP content acquisition
Sports streamer DAZN has signed a deal with cloud-based video solutions provider M2A Media and…
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Serie A selects CVC bid for stake in media business
Serie A and its respective clubs will enter into exclusive talks with a CVC-led private…
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ITV to commission AVOD originals and eyes more BritBox coproductions
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has said the UK commercial broadcaster will start to commission original…
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WarnerMedia’s TNT Now joins Orange TV in Spain
WarnerMedia’s TNT Now video-on-demand offering is now avaialbel on Orange España’s TV service. The addition…
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Blanket Premier League coverage has been extended with addition of PPV – but this is only a temporary fix
As the football world currently focuses on the international stage, the English Premier League has…
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Disney’s APAC president Uday Shankar to step down
Disney’s Asia Pacific president Uday Shankar is stepping down from his position after 18 months…
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Premier League rules out PPV for non-televised matches
Clubs in the English Premier League will not be allowed to sell non-televised matches on…
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TV Channel “Ukraine” accuses 1+1 of piracy over Masked Singer knock-off
TV Channel “Ukraine” has accused rival network 1+1 of piracy over its show Maskarad (The…
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Pluto TV to launch in Spain at end of October
Pluto TV, the ad-supported streaming service from ViacomCBS, will launch in Spain at the end…
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MultiChoice invests further in Ethiopia with Premier League deal
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice Group’s SuperSport service has added rights to the Ethiopian…
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Sky Sports EPL viewership down as blanket coverage novelty wears off
The viewership of Sky Sports’ English Premier League coverage has reportedly started to decline, supporting…