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France 24 comes to DTT in Estonia

France 24 has signed a distribution deal with Estonian broadcast services provider Levira, making the…

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Sharjah Media Corporation chooses Pebble Beach

UAE-based Sharjah Media Corporation has chosen Pebble Beach Systems to provide playout and disaster recovery…

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Vevo launches ‘MTV-like’ linear music channel

Music video website Vevo has launched a 24-hour linear music TV channel in the US…

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Eurocinema signs Miramax VoD deal

North American on-demand TV channel Eurocinema has signed a multi-year VOD deal with film studio…

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SABC in crisis as leadership team quits

South Africa’s national broadcaster SABC has been plunged into crisis following the resignation of its…

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Ridley Scott making 12 projects for Machinima

Ridley Scott is making 12 short films with online video site Machinima. The projects will…

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News brief: Viacom raising US$500 million

Viacom is raising US$500 million (€385 million) via a new bond offering. The US-listed media…

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Czech publisher buys Metropol TV

Czech publisher Mlada Fronta has moved into the broadcasting space by acquiring regional Czech television…

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Lagardère Active sees boost from cost-cutting and TV channel profitability

Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, saw an improvement in its like-for-like…

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E! Entertainment HD to launch on Sky Deutschland

Sky Deutschland is to add the E! Entertainment HD channel to its programming line-up at…

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Ziggo launches ‘cloud-based’ cable TV

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has launched what it describes as the world’s first interactive cloud-based…

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BBC Trust to review kids services

The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, has announced a review of its…

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ARCEP could force Canal Plus to reveal exclusivity prices

French competition regulator ARCEP could force Canal Plus to make details of the prices it…

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Universal HD launches on Cyfrowy Polsat

Universal Networks International has debuted Universal Channel HD in Poland on pay TV platform Cyfrowy…

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Lattelecom launches Sony Turbo

Latvian telco Lattelecom has launched the male-skewing Sony Turbo network on its pay TV platform,…

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AXN Spin launches in Romania

Romtelecom has added Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) channel AXN Spin to its programming line-up. …

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The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media

Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the…

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Eurosport secures four more years of Giro d’Italia

Sports channel Eurosport has secured a four-year extension of its rights to the Giro d’Italia…

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Swisscom expands catch-up availability and channel range

Swisscom has expanded the availability of its catch-up TV service Replay to basic TV customers…

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Polsat launches co-branded Viasat channels

Cyfrowy Polsat has launched three Viasat channels under a joint Polsat-Viasat banner as part of…

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Telekom Slovenia adds raft of new channels including BBC Knowledge

Telekom Slovenia is adding a large number of channels to its SiOL TV programming line-up…

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Canal Plus Spain adds TVI International

Canal Plus Spain has added Portuguese channel TVI International to its line-up. The channel offers…

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A+E ups Dirk Hoogstra

A+E Networks has promoted Dirk Hoogstra to executive VP, development and programming, for its History…

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The Euro50 Q&A: Laurent-Eric Le Lay, chairman and CEO, Eurosport Group

Eurosport has increased both its audience, across all platforms, and its revenues despite tough competition…

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Digital drives ProSiebenSat.1 to record earnings

German’s ProSiebenSat.1 Group reported record results last year thanks to digital gains and a strong…

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CEE and MEA viewers turn to multiscreen, linear viewing remains strong

Interest in multiscreen viewing is increasing across the emerging markets of central and eastern Europe,…

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BBC hires C4 COO Anne Bulford

The BBC has appointed Channel 4’s chief operating officer Anne Bulford as its MD of…

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BT buys ESPN’s UK and Irish channels

BT Group has agreed to buy ESPN’s UK and Ireland channels business, in a move…

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BBC Knowledge block to air on Retequattro

Mediaset-owned Italian free-to-air channel Retequattro is to air a one-hour block of programming from the…

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RTL sees massive growth for online and on-demand

Pan-European broadcast group RTL has said that its European online and on-demand platforms collectively were…