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RTL’s BroadbandTV teams up with BMG for music

Multichannel network BroadbandTV is to partner with Bertelsmann stablemate music publisher BMG on an initiative…

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Diversification boosts ITV as viewing share dips

ITV channels lost viewing share but reported a strong financial performance in the in the…

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Discovery’s Bartlett to quit

Discovery Studios boss Lee Bartlett is leaving the company. Bartlett has been at Discovery for…

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Scripps to transition to MPEG-4 HD on Cyfrowy Polsat

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA is to make its channels on the Cyfrowy Polsat platform…

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Altice joins forces with NextRadioTV’s Weill in new media unit

Patrick Drahi’s Altice is to create a joint venture with NextRadioTV founder Alain Weill to…

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LCI chief Revel leaves

Eric Revel, the CEO of TF1-owned French news channel LCI, has left the group to…

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FilmBox expands in African with OVYtv

SPI International/Filmbox has agreed with African operator OVY Network to extend their channel distribution agreement,…

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Sport TV secures handball rights

AMC Networks International-Central Europe-owned Sport TV has secured exclusive rights to Velux EHF Champions League…

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Swisscom facing competition fine over Teleclub

Swisscom has rejected an allegation by the country’s competition watchdog that its pay TV unit…

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New deal for Playboy Plus in Poland

Playboy Plus Europe has struck a new carriage agreement with Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska….

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Elisa adds Fight Sports

CSI Sports has struck a carriage deal for its HD channel Fight Sports with Finnish…

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TF1’s Got to join France Télévisions as strategy and programme chief

Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…

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BBC launches new channel in Asia

BBC Worldwide is continuing the international rollout of its new channel brands with the launch…

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Turner and Vubiquity team up to automate VoD

Turner Broadcasting in the US has turned to on-demand specialist Vubiquity to turn its broadcast…

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CNN reports ‘highest month on record’ for online video

News network CNN said that CNN.com posted its strongest month ever for digital video in…

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Ooyala signs ad deal with Spain’s Atresmedia

Ooyala has agreed an advertising-serving agreement with Spanish broadcaster Artesmedia. The video publishing, analytics and…

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Canal+ launches new sports channels for Africa

Pay TV operator Canal+ is ramping up its offer for Africa with the launch of…

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Sony Pictures Television closes Film1 deal

Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has completed its buyout of Dutch channel group Film1 from…

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Channel 5 onboard first BBC Earth original

The UK’s Channel 5 and BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned an extreme weather series that will…

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BBC Studios hooks Salmon

Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production…

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Mediaset Premium secures French and Scottish football

Italy’s Mediaset Premium has secured exclusive rights to French and Scottish top-tier football for the…

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Russia’s Nash Futbol pulls out of Ukraine

Russian football channel Nash Futbol, owned by pay TV operator NTV+, has ceased broadcasting in…

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OTE renews La Liga rights

Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has renewed a deal giving it exclusive rights to Spanish…

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GoPro launches content licensing portal

Camera-maker GoPro has launched a content licensing portal, aimed at global advertising brands and agencies….

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Setanta Sports Eurasia extends Serie A football rights

Setanta Sports Eurasia has extended its deal to broadcast football from Italy’s Serie A and…

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BBC Earth launching in Latin America

BBC Worldwide is launching its factual channel BBC Earth in Latin America in September. Earth…

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MTG secures NHL rights

Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a new five-year deal with the National Hockey League…

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BT unveils Ultra HD TV package

BT has unveiled details of its forthcoming Ultra HD TV package, which will include what…

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French operators abandon Netflix rival plan

French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…

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HBO Now launches on Fire tablets

HBO’s new stand-alone internet service HBO Now in now available on Amazon’s Fire-branded tablets in…