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Discovery strikes deals with beIN and OSN
Discovery has announced a raft of carriage deals for its channels in the MENA region,…
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Turner ups Raad at CNN
Rani Raad has been upped at the international arm of Turner-owned news net CNN, taking…
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Mediaset Spain pulls out of Yomvi
Mediaset España has pulled its channels from Telefónica’s Yomvi OTT platform to focus on its…
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Yahoo in digital ad deal with Mediaset for Italy
Yahoo and Mediaset have struck an exclusive three-year deal for the sale of display, native…
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Altice plan for NextRadioTV moves forward
Groupe News Participations, the French joint venture between Altice and media entrepreneur Alan Weill, has…
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Talking Pictures TV launches on Freesat
Archive film and television channel, Talking Pictures TV, has launched on UK free satellite TV…
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Discovery and Imax strike programming deal
Large-screen cinema company Imax has cut its first TV distribution deal for its original programming…
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Wronski’s Wellbeing Network taps Babcock for UK launch
Wellbeing Network, a new channel created by Zonevision founder Chris Wronski, has launched on the…
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New Qatari cultural channel launches
Qatari cultural channel Al Rayyan 2 has launched on the Es’hail-1 satellite located at the…
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New UK sales chief for ESPN
Sports channel ESPN has named Sam Coleman, former head of client sales for Guardian News…
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Unitymedia adds five new channels
Liberty Global-owned German cable operator Unitymedia is adding five new TV channels to its programming…
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Paramount Channel launches in Italy
Viacom’s Paramount Channel is launching in Italy. The Viacom International Media Networks channel, which is…
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ProSieben rebrands MCN unit
ProSiebenSat.1 has rebranded its MCN group Collective Digital Studio as Studio71. The German broadcast group…
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Telefónica offering beIN Sport at no extra cost to subscribers
Following its recent deal with Catalan broadcaster Mediapro, Spanish telco Telefónica has added the beIN…
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Scripps Networks names UK and EMEA research chief
Pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive has named Ettie Etela as vice-president, research and…
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Mediapro reportedly ready to distribute football to Telefónica rivals
Spain’s Mediapro is capitulating to pressure from the country’s competition watchdog and leading service providers…
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BBC3 online, mobile platforms revealed as linear switch-off looms
The BBC announced two new platforms and a raft of new content for its youth…
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AB Group launches kids channel and SVoD offering
France’s AB Group is to launch a kids educational channel and associated subscription video-on-demand service…
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BBC mulls asking pensioners to waive free licence
The BBC is considering asking pensioners to waive their right to not paying the licence…
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Hadlow to leave BBC
The BBC’s Janice Hadlow has become the second high-ranking channels to leave the UK pubcaster…
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ESPN secures cricket rights
Sports channel ESPN has struck a four-year agreement with the International Cricket Council to broadcast…
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Racing UK to launch HD service
Horse-racing service Racing UK is to launch an HD TV channel on the Sky platform…
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beIN Media launches new movies channel
Qatar-based pay TV group beIN Media has launched a new movie channel, beIN Movies 3,…
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MTIS adds new channel to line-up
Belarus cable and pay TV operator MTIS has added lifestyle channel Domashniy 1 to its…
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BeIN Sports takes lion’s share of World Cup rights for France
BeIN Sports France has announced that it has secured rights to football 2018 World Cup…
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Scripted launches most numerous in 2015
New scripted series accounted for 40% of the 8,500 new programming concepts launched internationally last…
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EBU welcomes EU move on Polish media law
The EBU has welcomed the EU’s initiation of a preliminary ‘structured dialogue’ with the Polish…
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TF1 secures World Cup rights
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has secured the rights to broadcast the 28 top matches from…
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BT airs 4K basketball with Rogers and the NBA
BT Sport is partnering with Canadian operator Rogers and the National Basketball Association to deliver…
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France Télévisions using OpenHeadend for catch-up
France Télévisions has chosen ingest, processing and stream delivery software specialist OpenHeadend to provide the…