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CTC names new strategic communications chief

Russian broadcasters CTC Media has named Oleg Kuzmin as chief strategic communications officer.  Kuzmin’s responsibilities…

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BBC to launch sci-fi exclusives for iPlayer

UK pubcaster the BBC is launching three new sci-fi shows on its iPlayer streaming and…

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BARB takes ‘fresh approach’ to service contracts

The UK’s Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has extended two of its four main service…

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Digital revenues drive ProSiebenSat.1 growth

Digital and adjacent revenues boosted German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1’s performance for the third quarter, with…

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UPC Czech Republic adds new channels

Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Czech Republic is adding a quartet of new channels to…

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Cosmos TV Belarus adds four

Belarusian pay TV provider Cosmos TV has added four new channels to its Regional package….

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RTS unveils craft and design awards shortlist

The UK’s Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced the shortlist for its 2013-14 Craft &…

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Euronews teams up with Parrot for in-car distribution

News channel Euronews has teamed up with automotive entertainment systems specialist Parrot to provide an…

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Ball in Ofcom’s court as CAT rules against Sky on wholesale must offer

After four years of litigation, the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has ruled that BSkyB…

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Time Warner headcount reduction sees costs rise

Time Warner has spent US$346 million (€276 million) on restructuring and redundancy costs to date…

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Discovery hires ABC exec as CCO

Discovery Communications has recruited Phil Craig as chief creative officer. Craig’s appointment comes after chief…

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NBCU strikes Polish free-to-air deal

Polish broadcaster Telewizja Puls has struck a programming deal with NBCUniversal that gives it a…

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Fox hires Wananchi’s Bekker to run African operation

Fox International Channels (FIC) has named former Wananchi Programming managing director Hannelie Bekker as managing…

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Ex-Fox chief named as Turner CCO

Former Fox networks chief Kevin Reilly has joined Turner Broadcasting System as president of cable…

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UKTV expanding technology and operations team

UK pay TV channel provider UKTV is expanding its technology and operations team by recruiting…

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BSkyB investing £3 million in arts and culture projects

BSkyB is investing £3 million (€3.8 million) in new arts and culture TV projects over…

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Sky Deutschland launches Info

German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched Sky Info, a new information channel carrying…

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New channels BBC Brit and BBC Earth to debut in Poland

BBC Worldwide is to launch the BBC Brit and BBC Earth channels in Poland on…

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Euronews to add sports programming with SportAccord

News channel Euronews has signed what it describes as “a historic collaboration” partnership with SportAccord…

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Mediaset unveils new structure, appointments for Italian channels

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has unveiled a new centralised organisational structure for its Italian channels under…

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Viacom hires digital chief for Northern Europe

Viacom International Media Networks has named Mathias Blum as head of digital media at its…

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Video news service Newstag appoints CTO

Stockholm-based crowd-curated video news service, Newstag, has appointed former Ericsson executive Mats Ekholm as its…

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Moriarty replaces Shortt at AMC

Mike Moriarty has been appointed managing director of AMC’s international channels business, replacing Dermot Shortt…

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Channel 4 launches mobile interactive video ads

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has launched a selection of its sales division’s interactive video ad…

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Majority of BBC staff now outside London

The majority of BBC staff are now based outside of London for the first time…

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Abbe Raven retiring from A+E

Abbe Raven is to retire after 33 years at US-based cable business A+E Networks. Raven…

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Netia adds Disney Junior

Polish service provider Netia is adding Disney Junior to its programming line-up. The channel will…

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Mezzo launches in Norway

Lagardère’s Mezzo and Mezzo Live HD classical, jazz and dance music channels have launched in…

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Sky Deutschland launches OTT service

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland is launching an OTT TV service, Sky Online, that will…

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FCC chief’s redefinition of cable could revive Aereo

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has proposed redefining the concept of a multichannel video programming distributor…