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Modern Times Group
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MTG launches Sochi Legends companion app with Monterosa
Modern Times Group’s MTGx digital accelerator unit has licensed second screen specialist Monterosa LViS Studio…
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MTG on-demand to get Viacom shows
Viacom International Media Networks will supply Modern Times Group with programming for the latter’s numerous…
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MTG and Discovery execs join Swedish music firm Epidemic Sound
Former Modern Times Group (MTG) and Discovery communications executives, Felix Mannheimer and Peter McKelvy have joined Stockholm-based…
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MTG launches new channel in Africa
Modern Times Group has launched a free-to-air channel in Tanzania. The TV1 channel has launched…
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MTG sells controlling stake in broadband service provider Zitius
Modern Times Group (MTG) has agreed to sell its 80% stake in Swedish broadband service…
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MTG to launch pay TV channels in Turkey
Modern Times Group (MTG) is launching a raft of its pay TV channels in Turkey…
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MTG in €605m refinancing agreement
European media giant Modern Times Group has refinanced its debt arrangement by agreeing to a…
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Volia launches Viasat Premium HD package
Ukrainian cable operator Volia has launched a Viasat Premium HD package incorporating Modern Times Group-owned…
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thePlatform supplying back-end for Viaplay
Modern Times Group (MTG) has chosen white label internet video platform provider thePlatform to provide…
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Com Hem appoints Barron as executive chairman
Swedish cable operator Com Hem has appointed Virgin Media’s former chief operating officer Andrew Barron…
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MTG denies reports it is in talks to sell Russian pay TV stake
Modern Times Group (MTG) has denied reports it is in talks to sell its stake…
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Russia’s Raduga TV referred for operating without a licence
Russian DTH service Raduga TV has been referred to the country’s ministry of justice for…
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MTG to launch new Norwegian entertainment channel TV6
Modern Times Group (MTG) is set to launch its latest free-to-air network, TV6, in Norway…
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MTG says quarterly earnings put it back on track
Modern Times Group has reported increased in quarterly and nine month and said the growth…
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MTG buys Nice Entertainment Group for €84.4 million
MTG Studios, the content arm of broadcast group MTG, has acquired Nice Entertainment for €84.4…
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MTG deregisters shares with SEC
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed the deregistration of its Class B shares with the…
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MTG extends English Premier League rights
Modern Times Group has extended its exclusive deal to broadcast the English Barclays Premier League…
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YouSee strikes à la carte deal for Viasat sports channels
Danish cable operator YouSee has struck a deal with broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) to…
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TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec
UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly created…
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MTG to build content business, emerging markets pay TV outperforms expectations
Modern Times Group says it plans to build its content and distribution business having already…
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MTG to launch FTA channel in Tanzania
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to launch a national terrestrial free-to-air channel in Tanzania later…
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CTC hit by ratings drop
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has seen its operating income fall 8% year-on-year as ratings on…
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MTG appoints Virgin Media exec to Viasat COO role
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed former Virgin Media executive Aleks Habdank as chief operating…
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MTG launches Viasat premium package on Russia’s MTS
Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is to launch a Viasat Premium HD package on Russian…
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Viasat Ukraine strikes deal with Inter Media for carriage of channels
Modern Times Group-owned pay TV platform Viasat Ukraine has struck an agreement with local leading…
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CTC Media makes board changes
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has appointed former Goldman Sachs managing director Lorenzo Grabau as member…
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MTG looks forward to growth in 2013 after mixed results
Modern Times Group expects some growth from its Nordic pay TV business this year, with…
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MTG hires Google exec as chief digital officer
Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Google executive Rikard Steiber in the new role of…
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Modern Times nets Champions League rights
Modern Times Group has picked up Champions League soccer rights for the Czech Republic. MTG…
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Viasat revs up new F1 deal
The Baltic Viasat channels will continue to air Formula One motor racing after the MTG-backed…