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Canal Plus: OK to FTA channels but severe measures on TPS merger
France’s competition authority has approved Canal Plus’s acquisition of Bolloré-owned free-to-air channels Direct 8 and…
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Portugal Telecom launches TV Everywhere with 60 channels
Portugal Telecom has launched a new mobile TV service that delivers 60 live TV channels…
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New BBC boss considers Worldwide revamp
Incoming BBC director general George Entwistle is considering a strategic repositioning of the public broadcaster’s…
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Mediaset Italia launches on KPN and Caiway
Mediaset Italia will get distributed in the Netherlands following the agreement of carriage deals with…
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CIS government chiefs set to approve Mir-24 channel project
CIS heads of government are to discuss the launch of a pan-CIS news channel at…
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Zon adds Olympic channel to Restart service
Portuguese pay TV operator Zon Multimédia is to add the RTP Olympic Channel in HD…
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BBC wins Olympic broadcast rights until 2020
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the BBC the exclusive broadcast rights in the…
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CNN takes top spot in Africa
CNN is the most-watched international news channel in Africa, according to the latest EMS Africa…
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Vision TV Network available on Roku
UK playout specialist and and hybrid IP-broadcast channel aggregator Vision247’s Vision TV Network is now…
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CTC-International expands footprint
Russian broadcaster CTC Media is to launch the international version of the CTC channel in…
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Hulu and BBC join forces for comedy
US-based online video service Hulu and UK public broadcaster the BBC have joined forces and…
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Zodiak Media reorganises
Zodiak Media has reorganised its management structure following chief operating officer Jonny Slow’s departure to…
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Global iPlayer passes one million downloads, BBC extends trial
BBC Worldwide’s Global iPlayer on-demand service has passed the one million downloads milestone a year…
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Sundance Channel signs Spanish iPhone deal
The Sundance Channel can now be viewed on iPhones and iPads in Spain after the…
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UKTV is ‘fastest growing’ TV network
Broadcaster UKTV was the UK’s fastest growing TV network in the first six months of…
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4Music TV launches on Yamgo
UK music channel 4Music TV has launched on the Yamgo mobile TV network, which delivers…
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Pay TV operators add TV Fanda to line-up
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic and M77 Group-owned DTH providers CS Link and SkyLink have…
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BBC Sport launches Olympic smartphone app
BBC Sport has launched a new Olympic smartphone app for iPhones and Android devices. The…
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Biétry: 400,000 would be ‘failure’ for beIN Sport
Winning only 400,000 subscribers after one year of operation would be an “enormous failure” for…
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De Pouzilhac quits AEF, French external media faces reorganisation
Alain de Pouzilhac, the president of France’s external media organisation, the AEF, which groups together…
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English Club TV Channel to make African debut
The English Club TV Channel is launching in Africa using capacity on Spacecom’s Amos satellites….
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Canal Plus: competition authority acting unconstitutionally
Canal Plus has called into question the constitutional validity of the French competition authority’s powers…
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Stingray Digital acquires European music broadcaster
Stingray Digital, the operator of music-based VOD channels including Concert TV, The Karaoke Channel and…
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S4C closing HD channel
UK broadcaster S4C is closing its high-definition channel following swingeing budget cuts. The Welsh broadcaster,…
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Facebook gears up for Olympics coverage
Social network Facebook is working with TV rights holders including NBC in the US and…
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Christian TV package launches on Freeview
A bouquet of Christian thematic channels has launched via the UK’s Freeview HD service. The…
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Dubai Media launching six free sports channels for Olympics
Dubai Media is launching six free-to-air sports channels on the Arabsat platform to broadcast the…
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TV4 Group takes Ligue 1 rights
Swedish free and pay TV provider TV4 Group has secured rights to French Ligue 1…
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Tele Columbus adds SalveTV to digital tier
German cable operator Tele Columbus is making Thuringian local TV channel SalveTV available on its…
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CME’s Fanda launching Saturday
Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME will launch its new male-skewing Czech channel Fanda…