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South Africa’s Saffron shuts down
South African DTH operator DStv, owned by MultiChoice, has dropped locally produced channel Saffron from…
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Demand 5 launches on Freesat’s freetime
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5’s catch-up service Demand 5 has launched on freetime, the connected…
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BBC Knowledge and HD launch on Digiturk
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Digiturk that will see its BBC Knowledge and…
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DStv replaces ESPN with SuperSport 9
MultiChoice-owned South African pay TV provider DStv has added sports channel SuperSport 9 to its…
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S4C makes digital push
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will make all of its content available on the BBC iPlayer from…
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Turner ups Levy to president, TBS
David Levy has been upped to president, Turner Broadcasting System. In his new role, Levy…
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GlobeCast and Arabsat team up for North African platform
GlobeCast and Arabsat have struck a partnership to offer a new channel platform targeting North…
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Eurosport signs Italian distribution deal with Mediaset
Eurosport Group has signed a deal with Mediaset that will see the Eurosport and Eurosport…
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Viacom reports strong earnings, boosted by channel gains
Viacom reported an increase in revenues and operating income in its fiscal third quarter following…
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ESPN channels go off air
ESPN Classic and ESPN America have gone off air outside the US and the UK…
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Rastamouse makes tracks for Lovefilm
Amazon-owned streaming service Lovefilm has acquired a children’s programming package including Rastamouse from NBCUniversal International…
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B.net adds sports channels
Vipnet-owned Croatian cable unit B.net has added two sports channel to its line-up. The operator…
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UPC Slovakia adds music channels
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Slovakia is adding two new music channels to its line-up….
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Four new channels for Belarus’s Zala TV
Belarusian pay TV operator Beltelecom has added four channels to its Zala TV service. Zala…
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Vice Media appoints Nutopia’s Franses, preps UK online channels
Vice, the publishing-to-TV media company, has hired Laura Franses to run its UK operation. Franses…
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Travel Channel launches Freeview block
Scripps Networks International has launched a four-hour Travel Channel programming block on UK digital-terrestrial service…
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BBC World News launches in HD in Middle East
BBC World News is launching in HD in the Middle East for the first time…
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Chello restructures CEE channels unit
Chellomedia has restructured its channels distribution unit at its CEE division. The company, the content…
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BBC Four controller role axed
The BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen has scrapped the BBC Four controller that Richard…
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BT Sport goes live
BT today launches its new sports channel line-up today, along with the new BT Sport…
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Trace Group signs Beeline TV carriage deal
Music and sports channel provider Trace Group has signed a carriage deal with Russian pay-TV…
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Sky told to end public service retransmission fees
The UK government plans to end controversial retransmission fees that British public broadcasters pay to…
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Discovery says OWN ‘beginning to turn a profit’
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is “starting to pay down the investment Discovery has made…
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Sport1 launches new channel for US sports
German sports broadcaster Sport1 is launching a new pay-TV channel for US sports in Germany,…
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New-look Universal Channel hitting the UK
NBCUniversal’s new-look Universal Channel will debut in the UK on August 5. NBCU has been…
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Foxtel cites ‘worldwide lack of content’ for 3D channel closure
A “worldwide lack” of content is behind the closure of Australian pay TV platform Foxtel’s…
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Roku adds Channel 5, Toon Googles
Streaming set-top box firm Roku has added UK broadcaster Channel 5’s Demand 5 catch-up service and…
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Hispasat eyes 4K channel launch
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat plans to launch a 4K channel that will allow the industry…
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Fox launching in the Netherlands
Fox International Channels has revealed details of the upcoming launch of its Fox service in…
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Scripps dishes up Turkish Food Network
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Food Network has launched in Turkey. The SD and HD service has…