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Nordic pay TV chief execs out in Canal Digital restructure
Several country chief executives are leaving Nordic pay TV giant Canal Digital in regional restructure….
Eurodata: young adults watch 1hr 30mins less TV per day
Young people aged 15-34 spend one hour and 30 minutes less per day on average…
Cyfrowy Polsat: satellite has long-term future in Poland
Satellite television has a long-term future in the Polish market but operators also have to…
Netflix plans to raise US$1bn for content acquisitions
Netflix is looking to raise US$1 billion in order to fund further content acquisitions, investments…
RTL International launches on Orange France
RTL Group’s international pay TV channel launches today on Orange France, marking the first IP…
Ovum: AT&T-Time Warner deal poses ‘new threat’ to rivals
The creation of a merged AT&T and Time Warner will have rivals such as Netflix,…
Viceland to launch in the Netherlands in 2017
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, will launch via Liberty Global-owned operator Ziggo in the Netherlands…
TalkTalk TV agrees content deal with Maker Studios
TalkTalk TV has agreed a deal with Maker Studios to air a collection of the…
Starz-backed SVOD service Fandor names chief distribution officer
Starz-backed indie film service Fandor has named a chief distribution officer, and closed a deals…
Sky updates Sky Kids app
Sky has updated the Sky Kids app with a number of new features, including ‘up…
Content Innovation Awards 2016 – the evening in pictures
BT, Liberty Global, Orange and Sky Italia were among the winners at Digital TV…
Mediaset: Vivendi letter confirms validity of contract
Mediaset has claimed that a letter received from Vivendi formally calling time on the interim…
MIPCOM 2016 in numbers
The organisers of MIPCOM have reported 14,000 attendees for this year’s event, with 4,900 of…
Sky secures computer fraud ruling on card-sharing
Sky has secured a legal ruling in Germany confirming that card-sharing – one of the…
KPN revamps TV app, adds Fox Sports
Dutch telco KPN has revamped its TV everywhere app and added Fox Sports to the…
TV growth provides bright spot for beleaguered Telia
Nordic and Baltic region telecom provider Telia said a strong TV performance in its Sweden…
LeEco builds US streaming service
Mondo, a producer and distributor of animations aimed at adults, has struck a deal with LeEco…
Tele Columbus adds N24 Doku to line-up
German cable operator Tele Columbus has added new documentary channel N24 Doku to its programming…
Vimeo to launch live video streaming
Vimeo is planning to move into the live video streaming space for the first time,…
Ericsson: Video viewing time up as mobile rivals TV
People are watching more content than ever before as mobile viewing time moves closer to…
Vivendi: no prospect of deal as Mediaset calls for seizure of shares
Tentative moves to find an amicable resolution to Vivendi and Mediaset’s dispute over the aborted…
Orange launches virtual reality headset aimed at OCS customers
Orange is launching a mid-range universal virtual reality headset for the European market as part…
Comcast Ventures appoints Tinder co-founder
Comcast’s venture capital arm has appointed the co-founder of dating app Tinder, Dinesh Moorjani, as…
Viacom renews Virgin Media deal
UK pay TV platform Virgin Media has renewed its deal with Viacom, securing carriage for…
ProSiebenSAT.1 adds new channel to Telekom agreement
German broadcaster ProSiebenSAT.1 has expanded its agreement with Deutsche Telekom to make content available for…
Canal+ teams up with Spotify for Jack music player
French pay TV operator Canal+’s advertising arm has teamed up with Spotify to launch a…
Fox strikes OSN output deal
Fox has renewed its output deal with OSN. The deal gives the Middle Eastern pay…
MTG sees solid third quarter
Modern Times Group has posted solid third quarter results, posting record Q3 sales of SEK4.126…
Liberty Global acquires Multimedia Polska
Liberty Global’s Polish unit has struck a deal to acquire the country’s third largest cable…
MIPCOM: Vimeo launches TV Store, partners with Lionsgate, Starz
Vimeo has launched a new transactional TV store, with Lionsgate and Starz the first partners…