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New management team for Lagardère TV arm
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, has named Richard Lenormand as CEO…
Ginx TV strikes four distribution deals
Video games channels and shows producer Ginx TV has struck four new EMEA distribution agreements,…
New look for CBS Chello Zone channels
The CBS Chello Zone Channels Partnership, the partnership between CBS and Liberty Global’s content arm,…
Hungarian deal for English Club TV
English-language education channel English Club TV has launched on the network of Hungarian cable operator…
Evening Standard beats rivals to win new London TV licence
UK regulator Ofcom has awarded the new local TV licence for London to newspaper the…
Former MGM channels exec Baxter to run Liverpool TV
Former MGM channels exec Matthew Baxter has been hired to run Liverpool Football Club’s TV…
MTG’s Prima Zoom launches in Czech Republic
Modern Times Group’s new documentary channel for the Czech Republic, Prima Zoom, has launched on…
Thema strikes deals for C Music TV
Channel distributor Thema has struck two distribution agreements for C Music TV in France and…
Zee Café reaches Facebook users with Yamgo
South-Asian TV channel Zee Café is now available to Facebook users via the Yamgo TV…
New History feed for Romania
A+E Networks has hired playout provider Chello DMC to distribute a separate feed of its…
BBC renews contract with Arabsat
Satellite operator Arabsat and the BBC have renewed their deal whereby the BBC will broadcast…
UKTV creates social media team
UK multichannel broadcaster UKTV has created a social media team to drive its digital strategy….
France Télévisions’ Pflimlin unveils future plans
New digital offerings for kids and a strengthening of France 3’s regional remit are among…
Bertelsmann mulls cutting RTL stake to fund expansion
Germany’s Bertelsmann is considering cutting its stake in pan-European broadcast and production group RTL to…
Canal Plus acquires exclusive Premier League rights
French premium broadcaster Canal Plus has acquired exclusive rights to the Premier League, the top…
BBC Trust and S4C agree on finance, governance
The BBC Trust and S4C have reached a deal to secure funding and accountability for…
BBC Knowledge launches in Cyprus
BBC Knowledge has launched in Cyprus for the first time after striking a deal with…
BBC Worldwide launches second screen app for Top Gear
BBC Worldwide is to launch a second-screen app for Top Gear when the new series…
Thema strikes deals for Luxe.tv HD
Channel distributor Thema has struck deals to distribute luxury lifestyle channel Luxe.tv HD in Angola,…
Polish deal for Fashion One
Lifestyle and fashion channel Fashion One has launched on Klub Sympatykow Telewizji Satelitarnej Ogrody, which…
La Chaîne Techno launches on Numericable Replay
French web TV channel La Chaîne Techno has launched on cable operator Numericable’s Replay on-demand…
Playboy Asia Channel HD launches on AsiaSat
Playboy Plus Entertainment has launched HD service Playboy Asia Channel on the AsiaSat 5 satellite…
CTC Media names chief strategy and digital media officer
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has named Yulia Mitrovich as chief strategy and digital media officer….
Two thirds of UK channels could switch to OTT, says report
About two thirds of UK TV channels could affordably switch from broadcast to unicast over-the-top…
UPC DTH adds Sport1 HD to Hungarian offering
Liberty Global-owned pay TV operator UPC DTH has added Sport1 HD to its offering for…
Fashion One strikes Swiss deal
Lifestyle and fashion channel Fashion One has signed a multi-year carriage deal with Swiss cable…
ETV to pilot HD over DVB-T2 with Levira
Estonian public broadcaster ETV has teamed up with the country’s leading transmission services provider Levira…
Telemundo teams with Samsung for connected TV app
Telemundo Internacional and Samsung Latin America have joined forces to launch a new app for…
Africa 24 extends MEA coverage with Arabsat
African news channel Africa 24 has chosen Arabsat to extend its coverage and launch in…
Lithuanian OTT deal for Fashion One
Fashion and lifestyle channel Fashion One has struck its first online TV deal with Lithuanian…