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New director-general for Croatia’s HRT
Croatia’s parliament has named Kazimir Bacic as the new director-general of public broadcaster HRT. Bacic…
Kids MCN brings in ex-Little Dot Studios exec
UK-based online kids network WildBrain has hired a former executive from All3Media digital business Little…
AMC hires new channels chief
Scripps Networks executive Kevin Dickie is joining the international arm of AMC and two other…
Colors launches in HD on Sky
India’s Viacom18 has partnered with BT Media and Broadcast to launch its Hindi general entertainment…
Discovery puts name to new UK free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Red in the UK, its second free-to-air channel in the territory….
CSA extends mandatory channel numbering rules to operators
French media regulator the CSA has unveiled new rules extending the obligation to implement the…
Ukraine launches multiplatform news
Ukrainian national channel Ukraine has teamed up with newspaper Segodnya to create a news platform…
Turner appoints LatAm president
Turner Latin America has named Joel Whitten ‘Whit’ Richardson III as its president, in effect…
Eurocinema to launch Sky content block
The Eurocinema movie network is launching as a branded block on Sky in the UK….
Tricolor TV adds raft of new channels
Russian pay TV operator a raft of new channels to its offering. Tricolor TV has…
Telekom Slovenije adds raft of new channels
Slovenian service provider Telekom Slovenije has added seven new channels to its programming line-up. The…
OSN adding new on-demand services and movie channel from Disney
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has struck an extended deal with Disney, enabling it…
ProSiebenSat.1 acquires Austria’s ATV
ProSiebenSat.1 has agreed to buy Austrian TV station, ATV, from its parent company Tele München…
Free launches Arabic and Vietnamese bouquets
French service provider Free has added two new à la carte bouquets targeted at Arabic…
History launches on Magyar Telekom
A+E Networks UK has agreed a distribution deal with Hungarian telco Magyar Telekom for its…
Vice reorganises Viceland management
Vice has upped Derek Freda and Guy Slattery to co-presidents of its Viceland cable net,…
ProSiebenSat.1 signs broad content deal with Vodafone
ProSiebenSat.1 Media has signed a long-term agreement with Vodafone for the distribution of its free,…
Discovery strikes raft of Olympic deals
Discovery Communications has struck a series of deal for its Olympic Games coverage with Polish…
Discovery and Sky trade barbs as channel deadline looms
Discovery and Sky have both upped the ante in the bitter carriage dispute that will…
Zee ups African output with new Kwesé channels
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is due to launch two new channels, Zee Bollymovies and Zee…
CNNMoney Switzerland to launch in second half of 2017
English-language business news channel, CNNMoney Switzerland, is due to launch in the second half of…
Discovery expands Nordic distribution
Discovery is expanding its Nordic footprint after agreeing new deals with TDC-owned cable operators YouSee…
PBS launches 24/7 kids net
US pubcaster PBS is launching a US-wide PBS Kids channel for the first time. The free…
New chief for Georgian public broadcaster
The Georgian Public Broadcaster has named Vasil Maghlaperidze as its new director-general. Maghlaperidze was chosen…
Altice hires business development chief as i24 News heads for US
Altice/SFR is planning to launch its i24 News channel in the US and has hired…
Turner to distribute Cartoon Network on Telekom Austria DTH platform
Turner has teamed up with Telekom Austria Group to distribute Cartoon Network on the latter’s…
Turner and AzamTV take Boing into East Africa
Turner has expanded children’s channel Boing into new markets in East Africa after agreeing a…
TERN hires former Teuve chief in commercial role
Television Entertainment Reality Network (TERN), the company behind the INsight premium Ultra HD channel, has…
Liberty to make ‘opportunistic’ moves for EU free-to-air channels
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company will be “opportunistic” about buying…
Viceland hires ex-Talpa exec to lead Benelux
Vice Media has appointed a former Talpa Media and Twitter executive to helm the upcoming…