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Modern Times Group
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CTC evaluating Russian media law threat
CTC Media and its part stakeholder Modern Times Group have each said they are evaluating…
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MTG extends Formula 1 rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its exclusive broadcast and online rights to Formula 1…
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MTG partners with Maker Studios
Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a content distribution deal with web video provider and…
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MTG appoints Viaplay Nordic programming director
Modern Times Group’s MTGx digital division has upped company executive Fredrik Ljungberg to programming director…
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DNA makes Viasat Sport offering available to DTT subscribers
Finnish service provider DNA is to carry Modern Times Group’s Viasat Sport channel package on…
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MTG revenues grow thanks to Nordic pay TV, acquisitions
Modern Times Group (MTG) said that its Nordic pay TV operations and acquisitions are driving…
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NTV+ adds Viasat packages
Russian pay TV operator NTV+ has added two subscription packages from Modern Times Group’s (MTG)…
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A+E’s History extends reach in Baltics with Viasat
A+E Networks’ History has launched with Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned pay TV platform Viasat in…
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MTG completes Trace deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed its 75% buyout of youth-orientated, Europe-based channel group, Trace,…
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MTG extends Danish football rights
Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its rights to show top-flight Danish football for the…
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New chief executive for C More
TV4 Group-owned Swedish pay TV channel provider C More has named former Modern Times Group…
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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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MTG writes down Ukrainian pay TV operation
Modern Times Group (MTG) has decided to write down the value of its Ukrainian pay…
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Aass lands top MTG content job as Svensk exits
European broadcaster Modern Times Group has made Morten Aass president and CEO of its content…
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MTG recruits new free TV chief
Modern Times Group has recruited Anders Jensen as executive VP of Scandinavian free-TV operations. Jensen…
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MTG completes sale of Zitius to TeliaSonera
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the sale of its 80% stake in Swedish broadband…
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MTG appoints Liberty exec for emerging pay TV markets role
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed Liberty Global executive Rotem Hakim as its director of…
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Latvia’s Baltcom strikes deal with TV3
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has struck a deal to continue carrying Viasat Broadcasting-owned channel TV3…
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MTG boosted by Winter Olympics
Modern Times Group (MTG) achieved record free-TV audience share in Sweden during the Winter Olympics, with…
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MTG, Sony sign content deal
Modern Times Group and Sony Pictures Television have signed a multi-year content deal. The agreement…
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MTG appoints chief content officer for digital division
Jakob Mejlhede has been named chief content officer of Modern Times Group’s next-generation division, MTGx….
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Lattelecom fails to strike deal with MTG
Latvian service provider Lattelecom has failed to strike a distribution deal with Modern Times Group…
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Modern Times Group creates new combined digital unit
Modern Times Group is to merge its Viaplay online pay TV business with the MTGx…
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Elemental delivering services for Viaplay
Compression specialist Elemental Technologies has said it is delivering live channels and video-on-demand content to…
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Lattelecom and MTG locked in carriage fee dispute
Latvian telco Lattelecom could cease to carry Modern Times Group-owned channel TV3 at the end…
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MTG raises SEK1 billion in refinancing effort
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group (MTG) has raised SEK 1 billion (€113 million) in…
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Trace and MTG look to Africa for growth
Trace’s strength in Africa was a key factor in Modern Times Group’s decision to acquire…
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MTG buys €30 million Trace stake
Modern Times Group has entered into an agreement to buy a controlling stake youth-orientated Europe-based…
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MTG reports revenue growth following ‘year of investment’
European broadcasting firm Modern Times Group (MTG) reported its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue growth…
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MTG tipped to win race for channel operator Trace
A deal for Trace is close to completion with the Modern Times Group tipped to…