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DStv launch for Eva telenovela channel

Eva, a new telenovela pay TV channel operated by AMC Networks International – Zone, is…

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Eurosport agrees Major League Soccer deal

Eurosport has signed a deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) to broadcast MLS matches in…

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Red Bull TV launches on Roku

Red Bull TV is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players in the UK, Republic of…

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BBC to offer 5,000 digital traineeships

The BBC has announced plans to offer up to 5,000 young unemployed people in the…

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MTG chiefs quit CTC Media board

Modern Times Group’s CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann and CFO Mathias Hermansson have left the board…

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UPC DTH adds Scripps Networks channels

Liberty Global-owned central and eastern European satellite TV provider UPC DTH is adding Scripps Networks…

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Thema makes new distribution appointments

Channel producer and distributor Thema has named Sarah Bakkali as distribution senior manager for France…

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Leonardo DiCaprio signs up with Netflix

Leonardo DiCaprio has struck a deal to make original environmental and conservation docs for Netflix….

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RTL sees boost from digital services

RTL Group saw a boost from digital activities last year as it posted full-year revenues…

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MTG denies CTC sale reports

Modern Times Group (MTG) has denied suggestions in the Russian press that it has held…

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Yle expands DTT HD offering

Finnish public broadcaster Yle has made its four HD channels available via DNA’s digital-terrestrial network….

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Online, pay and interactive boost for ITV

UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s Online, Pay and Interactive revenue grew by 30% to £153 million…

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ITV confirms Talpa takeover talks

UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed a British report that it is advanced stage talks to…

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Chello deal drives AMC revenue

US-based broadcaster AMC has attributed a rise in its international revenues to its 2014 acquisition…

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Multimedia Polska adds Viasat Explore

Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added Modern Times Group’s Viasat Explore to its programming…

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CNN granted new Russian licence

Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor has reportedly approved US news channel CNN’s application for a new broadcast licence….

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Industry groups give reaction to BBC report

Industry groups have reacted to yesterday’s report by a committee of MPs into the future…

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UPC Austria adds RTL HD channels

Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Austria has added five HD channels from RTL Group to…

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Nick Thorogood to leave Scripps

Nick Thorogood will leave Scripps Networks International next month, having joined the lifestyle channel operator…

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Canal+ makes key appointments

Pay TV operator Canal+ Group has reshuffled executive roles after naming René Saal as director…

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Wuaki.tv launches in Italy, plans 10 more rollouts

Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched in Italy, marking its fifth country launch…

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Scripps confirms EMEA distribution hire

Scripps Networks International has confirmed the hire of Jo Lovell who joins its distribution team….

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Russian film and TV production on the up

During 2014 roughly 750 TV series and TV films were in different stages of production…

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Horse & Country TV joins UPC Netherlands

Equestrian sports and lifestyle channel Horse & Country TV is to become available to UPC…

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Skylink adds culinary channels

M7 Group-owned Czech and Slovakian pay TV platform Skylink has added culinary channels Mňam TV…

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TNT International launches in Belarus

Belarus service provider Beltelecom has added Russian international channel TNT International to its Zala TV…

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BBC ‘not throwing away’ BBC Three, says Cohen

BBC director of television, Danny Cohen, has claimed that after years of building up BBC…

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Former Discovery exec joins ProSiebenSat.1

Henrik Ravn has been appointed COO and CCO of the German-speaking broadcast operations of ProSiebenSat.1….

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BT extends rights to Serie A

BT Sport has extended its deal with MP&Silva for exclusive rights to live Italian top…

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BBC Worldwide sells 2,300 hours of content to digital platforms

BBC Worldwide has struck a raft of deals with digital platforms around the world, shopping…