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MTS adds LifeNews to TV offering

Russian service provider MTS has begun test broadcasting news channel LifeNews HD on its pay…

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UPC Netherlands, Telenet and Virgin Media take top slots at CTAM Europe CAP awards

Cable marketing trade organisation CTAM Europe last night unveiled the winners of its Creative Awards…

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RTL sells stake in Russia’s National Media Group

RTL Group has exercised a put option to sell its 7.5% stake in Russia’s National…

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BBC Worldwide to supply raft of content to Hulu Plus

BBC Worldwide North America and Hulu announced today a non-exclusive, multi-year agreement to offer a…

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Belgacom adds Kanaal Z to TV everywhere offering

Belgacom has added Kanaal Z to its TV everywhere offering. The latest addition means that…

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Russian public broadcaster secures new loan

Russia’s struggling public broadcaster, launched earlier this year, has secured a reprieve in the form…

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TF1 gives diversification chief additional responsibility

French broadcaster TF1 has given Régis Ravanas, managing director, diversification, responsibility for group development in…

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Maxdome launches in Austria

ProSiebenSat.1-owned video-on-demand service Maxdome has launched in Austria. Maxdome offers about 50,000 VoD titles, subscription…

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Stofa strikes wide-ranging agreement with Viasat

Danish cable operator Stofa has struck an agreement with Modern Times Group-owned Viasat Broadcasting for…

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Former Turner Nordic boss Scheynius resurfaces at Hippeis

Ignas Scheynius has taken a role at Sweden-based dubbing and subtitling business Hippeis Media. Until…

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UKTV records revenue and profit hike

UKTV has posted a double digit profit increase and an uptick in annual revenues. The…

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3net outlines 4K plans

3D channel 3net will develop a library of content it can distribute in multiple formats…

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Eurosport to launch US block on Velocity

Eurosport has struck an agreement with its new shareholder Discovery Communications, that will bring the…

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Sky becomes exclusive agent for Racing UK

UK pay TV operator BSkyB has become the exclusive sales agent for horse racing broadcaster…

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Nickelodeon UK partners with web video network Viral Spiral

Nickelodeon UK has partnered with management company and video network Viral Spiral, in a bid…

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Barb taps into timeshifted data

Barb, the official source of TV viewing figures in the UK, has started reporting timeshift…

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BT Sport App nears 1 million downloads

BT TV CEO Marc Watson hailed the success of BT’s new sports app yesterday, claiming…

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Orange and HBO to launch new French network OCS City

Orange in France is launching a new channel next month in partnership with HBO, called…

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Viacom appoints former NBCU exec to head ad sales

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed former NBCUniversal International Television exec, Chris Shaw, as…

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Former Turner MEA boss joins ShortsTV channel

Alan Musa has joined Liberty Global-backed short-form movie service ShortsTV. Musa will be president of…

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Sky Italia channels boss leaves for Tata

Paolo Agostinelli, a senior channels executive at Sky Italia, is leaving the Italian pay TV…

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Discovery named as the biggest TV network in Europe

The Discovery Channel is the network with the widest distribution in Europe, according to new…

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Kevin MacLellan replaces Jeff Shell at NBCUniversal

NBCUniversal has confirmed that Kevin MacLellan has been elevated to chairman of its international operations….

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Discovery acquires Six Nations Rugby in Italy

Discovery Networks has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to RBS Six Nations Rugby in Italy….

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Discovery preps German launch for TLC

Discovery is preparing to roll out its female-skewing TLC channel in Germany. The service is…

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YouSee expands OTT TV service

Danish cable operator YouSee has expanded its OTT TV service with the addition of 14…

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Canal+ and BFM TV move to head off LCI threat

Canal+ and BFM TV have moved to head off the threat of TF1’s news channel…

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RTL channels back on Deutsche Telekom’s Entertain after three-year absence

RTL Group and Deutsche Telekom have settled a dispute over conditions for carriage of the…

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CNN to provide news for N1 in Adria region

Turner Broadcasting has signed a broadcast affiliate agreement with N1, a new channel for the…

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CBS Chello Zone channels available to all Virgin Media customers

CBS Chello Zone’s channels have been made available to all Virgin Media customers in the…