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ESPN Player launches new channel in EMEA
Sports broadcaster ESPN has launched a new on-demand channel for the EMEA region, ESPN Select….
SFR Sport secures Portuguese top-tier football
SFR Sport has secured the exclusive rights to top-tier Portuguese football, adding to a portfolio…
Disney plans ESPN web service after taking US$1bn BAMTech stake
Disney is gearing up to launch an ESPN-branded subscription streaming service, after buying a US$1…
Scripps gears up for European HGTV launches
Scripps has identified a “substantial opportunity” for HGTV in Europe, and said that the global…
AMC Networks localises flagship channel in CEE
AMC Networks is localising its flagship AMC channel in Central and Eastern Europe. The US-listed…
Redstone family renews call for Viacom changes after poor Q3
Viacom’s majority shareholder, National Amusements, has renewed its calls for a management shakeup at the…
BBC to offer virtual reality coverage of Olympics
The BBC is to offer up to 100 hours of live and on-demand virtual reality…
Digital revenues boosts ProSiebenSat.1
Digital revenues helped boost ProSiebenSat.1’s second-quarter performance, with the German broadcaster reporting overall revenues of…
RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom
The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…
Canal+ name to disappear as Telefónica rebrands channels
Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…
Brexit hits Discovery international business
Discovery Communications has revealed that the Brexit vote has slowed down its international business, but…
Eurochannel launches on Starman in Estonia
Film channel Eurochannel is launching in Estonia on cable operator Starman’s platform. The launch of…
Vodafone Portugal adds Globo to line-up
Vodafone Portugal is to add Canal Globo to its programming line-up on August 10. The…
Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
Globo agrees Olympics content deal with Snapchat
Brazilian broadcaster and Rio Olympics rights holder, Globo, has agreed to provide content to Snapchat…
KPN to study options after court rules against it in Fox case
Dutch telco KPN has said it will study its legal options to overturn a ruling…
Digital Olympic Channel to launch post-Rio
A new digital-first Olympic Channel is due to launch on August 21 after the closing…
Viacom battle set for court
The fight for control of Sumner Redstone’s Viacom is headed for a court case. A…
DreamWorks channel launches in MENA via beIN
The DreamWorks channel is due to launch in Arabic on the beIN platform in the…
Discovery preps VR drama series
Discovery has greenlit The Satchel, a virtual reality drama miniseries. The channel operator has launched…
TF1 looks to automated text-to-video future with Wibbitz
French broadcaster TF1 has struck a partnership with text-to-video technology specialist Wibbitz to enhance the…
Portugal’s Meo signs up for sports reciprocity deal
Portugal’s leading operator Portugal Telecom/Meo has joined the country’s other ISPs to agree a new…
BBC Worldwide names CEE chief
BBC Worldwide has named Salim Mukaddam as its CEE boss, overseeing its channels business and…
Tele Columbus adds Zee One
German cable operator Tele Columbus has added Bollywood channel Zee One to its programming line-up….
Arqiva broadcasting S4C HD service
Transmission services provider Arqiva has struck a deal with Welsh-language channel S4C to broadcast its…
M6 overtakes TF1 by market cap as broadcaster’s operating profit drops
French commercial broadcaster M6 overtook larger rival TF1 at the end of last week in…
Atresmedia launches channels in UK
Spain’s Atresmedia is launching two of its channels on cable in the UK for the…
NBCUniversal hires BBC Worldwide exec
NBCUniversal has hired David Gibbons, the former BBC Worldwide COO. He will be senior VP,…
Management changes at RTÉ and TV3
RTÉ’s director of production and acquisitions, Dermot Horan, has become interim managing director of television…
Report: Al Jazeera plans US streaming move
Al Jazeera Media Network is reportedly planning to make its English-language international news channel available…