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Discovery to manage ad sales for Eurosport in Romania
Discovery Networks Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), has started to manage…
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Sony buys UK channels group
Sony Pictures Television has bought CSC Media Group, the UK channel operator. The deal, for…
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A+E Networks makes senior EMEA hires
A+E Networks has made two senior European appointments, hiring Nickelodeon UK exec Kiaran Saunders as…
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YouSee boss joins TV4 as channel director
Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has appointed the head of Danish cable operator YouSee, Mathias Berg,…
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Three in four Brits unaware of local TV station rollouts
Three quarters of Brits are unaware that a new local TV channel could be launching…
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Play to launch 4K OTT service, plans to expand internationally
Russian OTT service provider Play plans to introduce a 4K service later this year, focusing…
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Scripps lifestyle networks spread in Europe
A pair of Scripps Networks International channels have launched on a number of satellite platforms…
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Vintage TV launches on Freeview
Music network Vintage TV has launched on UK digital terrestrial platform Freeview, taking the 242…
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BBC takes extra capacity for summer of sport and music
The BBC has taken an additional transponder on the Astra satellite position at 28.2° East…
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ProSiebensat.1 MCN launches LA-themed YouTube talent channel
German YouTube channels operator Studio71 has launched The Mansion, an online network themed around LA…
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Ofcom awards three more local TV licences
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has awarded three new local digital-terrestrial TV licences. Licences…
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Ayre reappointed to BBC Trust with extended role
Richard Ayre has bee re-appointed to serve a further four years on the BBC Trust….
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Bulgaria’s TV7 taps Level 3 for broadcast service solutions
Bulgarian broadcaster TV7 is deploying Level 3’s CDN and Vyvx broadcast fibre services in a…
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Canal+ adds new comedy channels to Canal Factory
French pay TV provider Canal+ has added two new comedy channels to its YouTube multi-channel…
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Scripps makes channels available on TVPlayer
Scripps Networks UK and EMEA has concluded a licensing deal with Simplestream-owned UK free streaming…
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SPI International channels launch on Nigeria’s Consat TV
Channel provider SPI International has launched seven channels on the Consat TV pay TV platform…
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Leading UK digital channels’ content spend hits £2.6bn
A group of leading UK digital and pay TV channels spent a combined £2.6 billion…
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Canal+ loses unfair competition case against BeIN Sports
French pay TV operator Canal+ has lost its legal case against Al Jazeera’s BeIN Sports…
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Netflix growth prompts threefold increase in online viewing
The growth of streaming service Netflix has lead to a “three-fold” increase in long-form video…
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BBC global audience reaches 265 million
The BBC’s global audience for its international news services now stands at 265 million people…
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Warner Bros takes control, rebrands Shed
Warner Bros. has taken full control of UK production giant Shed Media, and is rebranding…
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CBBC partners with SyncScreen and Civolution on play-along app
The BBC’s children’s channel, CBBC, has partnered with SyncScreen and Civolution to power a play-along…
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Paolini defends decision to take LCI free-to-air
TF1 Group’s chief executive Nonce Paolini has struck out at Canal+ and other rivals and…
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SPI launching channels on Ukrainian satellite service
European channel distributor SPI International is to launch a number of its thematic networks on…
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Dozhd begins broadcasting via Astra 4A
Russian independent factual channel Dozhd has begun broadcasting on SES’s Astra 4A satellite at 5°…
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Fox joins Hungary’s MinDig Extra TV
Hungarian transmission services provider Antenna Hungária has added Fox to its MinDig Extra TV digital-terrestrial…
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MTG launches movie channel in Israel
The Modern Times Group has launched a Russian-language movie channel in Israel. The TV1000 channel…
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Football for all as Belgium’s Pro League unveils non-exclusive deal
Belgium’s Pro League has decided to allocate rights to the country’s top tier of football…
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Moldtelecom adds new channels to line-up
Moldovan service provider Moldtelecom has added four new channels to its TV programming line-up. The…
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Fox International Channels renews French playout deal
Fox International Channels (FIC) has renewed a broadcast services contract with TDF Group-owned Arkena for…