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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…
Diversification boosts ITV as viewing share dips
ITV channels lost viewing share but reported a strong financial performance in the in the…
Discovery’s Bartlett to quit
Discovery Studios boss Lee Bartlett is leaving the company. Bartlett has been at Discovery for…
Scripps to transition to MPEG-4 HD on Cyfrowy Polsat
Scripps Networks UK & EMEA is to make its channels on the Cyfrowy Polsat platform…
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…
LCI chief Revel leaves
Eric Revel, the CEO of TF1-owned French news channel LCI, has left the group to…
FilmBox expands in African with OVYtv
SPI International/Filmbox has agreed with African operator OVY Network to extend their channel distribution agreement,…
Sport TV secures handball rights
AMC Networks International-Central Europe-owned Sport TV has secured exclusive rights to Velux EHF Champions League…
Swisscom facing competition fine over Teleclub
Swisscom has rejected an allegation by the country’s competition watchdog that its pay TV unit…
New deal for Playboy Plus in Poland
Playboy Plus Europe has struck a new carriage agreement with Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska….
Elisa adds Fight Sports
CSI Sports has struck a carriage deal for its HD channel Fight Sports with Finnish…
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…
BBC launches new channel in Asia
BBC Worldwide is continuing the international rollout of its new channel brands with the launch…
Turner and Vubiquity team up to automate VoD
Turner Broadcasting in the US has turned to on-demand specialist Vubiquity to turn its broadcast…
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…
Ooyala signs ad deal with Spain’s Atresmedia
Ooyala has agreed an advertising-serving agreement with Spanish broadcaster Artesmedia. The video publishing, analytics and…
Canal+ launches new sports channels for Africa
Pay TV operator Canal+ is ramping up its offer for Africa with the launch of…
Sony Pictures Television closes Film1 deal
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has completed its buyout of Dutch channel group Film1 from…
Channel 5 onboard first BBC Earth original
The UK’s Channel 5 and BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned an extreme weather series that will…
BBC Studios hooks Salmon
Veteran British executive Peter Salmon has been named director of the BBC’s forthcoming commercial production…
Mediaset Premium secures French and Scottish football
Italy’s Mediaset Premium has secured exclusive rights to French and Scottish top-tier football for the…
Russia’s Nash Futbol pulls out of Ukraine
Russian football channel Nash Futbol, owned by pay TV operator NTV+, has ceased broadcasting in…
OTE renews La Liga rights
Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has renewed a deal giving it exclusive rights to Spanish…
GoPro launches content licensing portal
Camera-maker GoPro has launched a content licensing portal, aimed at global advertising brands and agencies….
Setanta Sports Eurasia extends Serie A football rights
Setanta Sports Eurasia has extended its deal to broadcast football from Italy’s Serie A and…
BBC Earth launching in Latin America
BBC Worldwide is launching its factual channel BBC Earth in Latin America in September. Earth…
MTG secures NHL rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck a new five-year deal with the National Hockey League…
BT unveils Ultra HD TV package
BT has unveiled details of its forthcoming Ultra HD TV package, which will include what…
French operators abandon Netflix rival plan
French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…
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…