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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….

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SFR Sport secures Portuguese top-tier football

SFR Sport has secured the exclusive rights to top-tier Portuguese football, adding to a portfolio…

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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…

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Scripps gears up for European HGTV launches

Scripps has identified a “substantial opportunity” for HGTV in Europe, and said that the global…

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AMC Networks localises flagship channel in CEE

AMC Networks is localising its flagship AMC channel in Central and Eastern Europe. The US-listed…

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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…

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BBC to offer virtual reality coverage of Olympics

The BBC is to offer up to 100 hours of live and on-demand virtual reality…

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Digital revenues boosts ProSiebenSat.1

Digital revenues helped boost ProSiebenSat.1’s second-quarter performance, with the German broadcaster reporting overall revenues of…

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RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom

The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…

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Canal+ name to disappear as Telefónica rebrands channels

Telefónica is rebranding its Spanish Canal+ channels in a move that will see the Canal+…

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Brexit hits Discovery international business

Discovery Communications has revealed that the Brexit vote has slowed down its international business, but…

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Eurochannel launches on Starman in Estonia

Film channel Eurochannel is launching in Estonia on cable operator Starman’s platform. The launch of…

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Vodafone Portugal adds Globo to line-up

Vodafone Portugal is to add Canal Globo to its programming line-up on August 10. The…

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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN

Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…

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Globo agrees Olympics content deal with Snapchat 

Brazilian broadcaster and Rio Olympics rights holder, Globo, has agreed to provide content to Snapchat…

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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…

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Digital Olympic Channel to launch post-Rio

A new digital-first Olympic Channel is due to launch on August 21 after the closing…

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Viacom battle set for court

The fight for control of Sumner Redstone’s Viacom is headed for a court case. A…

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DreamWorks channel launches in MENA via beIN

The DreamWorks channel is due to launch in Arabic on the beIN platform in the…

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Discovery preps VR drama series

Discovery has greenlit The Satchel, a virtual reality drama miniseries. The channel operator has launched…

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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…

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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…

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BBC Worldwide names CEE chief

BBC Worldwide has named Salim Mukaddam as its CEE boss, overseeing its channels business and…

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Tele Columbus adds Zee One

German cable operator Tele Columbus has added Bollywood channel Zee One to its programming line-up….

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Arqiva broadcasting S4C HD service

Transmission services provider Arqiva has struck a deal with Welsh-language channel S4C to broadcast its…

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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…

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Atresmedia launches channels in UK

Spain’s Atresmedia is launching two of its channels on cable in the UK for the…

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NBCUniversal hires BBC Worldwide exec

NBCUniversal has hired David Gibbons, the former BBC Worldwide COO. He will be senior VP,…

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Management changes at RTÉ and TV3

RTÉ’s director of production and acquisitions, Dermot Horan, has become interim managing director of television…

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Report: Al Jazeera plans US streaming move

Al Jazeera Media Network is reportedly planning to make its English-language international news channel available…