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MTG
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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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MTG names new Baltic chiefs, expands production unit
Modern Times Group (MTG) is making a series of changes to the management of Viasat…
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MTG makes digital acquisition in CEE
MTG has inked a deal for a controlling share of Bulgarian digital conglomerate Darik News…
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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 terminates US reporting obligations
Modern Times Group (MTG) is terminating the registration of its Class B shares with the…
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MTG to create new digital hub under Rikard Steiber
Modern Times Group (MTG) is to create a new ‘digital hub’ to accelerate the pace…
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Nordic TV chief departs amid management changes at MTG
Free and pay TV group MTG has implemented several senior changes management changes that include…
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MTG set to beat Sky Vision to acquire DRG
Patrick Svensk’s MTG Studios is set to acquire UK distributor DRG after outgunning Sky Vision…
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Viaplay unconcerned by Netflix threat
Modern Times Group-owned over-the-top service Viaplay is unfazed by the competition in the Scandinavian market,…
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Baltcom strikes deal with MTG for TV3 and LNT
Latvian cable operator Baltcom has struck a deal with Modern Times Group to include the…
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Sky inks sports news channel deal with Viasat
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has inked a deal with its Scandinavian counterpart Viasat for…
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MTG’s Prima Zoom launches in Czech Republic
Modern Times Group’s new documentary channel for the Czech Republic, Prima Zoom, has launched on…
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Modern Times Group strikes new carriage deal for FTA channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and…
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Modern Times Group launches fourth Czech channel
Modern Times Group is to launch Prima Zoom, its fourth free-to-air channel in the Czech…
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CTC begins promoting Viaplay on Videomore
Russian broadcaster CTC Media’s on-demand TV service Videomore has begun promoting Modern Times Group-owned Viaplay’s…
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Viasat nets NBA deal
MTG’s Nordic pay TV broadcaster Viasat has signed a deal with US basketball association the…
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MTG appoints EVP for central Europe
Pan-European broadcaster Modern Times Group has appointed Marek Singer as executive vice-president of the group’s…
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MTG debuts Russian pay TV bouquet
Pay TV broadcaster Modern Times Group has launched a new HD channel package on Rostelecom’s…
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Viasat signs first-run movie deal with NBC Universal
Pan regional pay TV broadcaster Viasat has struck a volume deal with Hollywood studio NBC…
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MTG extends Viasat reach with Polsat
Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a deal with broadcaster Modern Times Group that…
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MTG taps Access for Viaplay PS3 launch
MTG-owned OTT platform Viaplay has selected interactive TV specialist Accedo to launch the service on…
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MTG deals extend Danish reach
Scandinavian broadcaster Modern Times Group (MTG) has signed a deal with Danish DTT operator Boxer…
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MTG hit by higher churn and investment costs
Modern Times Group’s third quarter results disappointed investment analysts, with higher churn among premium pay…
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Executive shuffle at Modern Times Group, new Nordic boss
Modern Times Group (MTG) has made several hires and promotions as other executives leave the…
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MTG launches Viaplay download service
International broadcast group Modern Times Group has added a download function to its Viaplay OTT…
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MTG takes full control of TV 2 Sport
International broadcast group Modern Times Group is acquiring all the remaining shares in the Danish…
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LTV chief criticises new Latvian retransmission rules
New amendments to Latvia’s media law have been criticised as penalising public broadcaster LTV by…
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MTG uses Envivio to bring Viaplay to set-tops
Modern Times Group has selected technology company Envivio’s Muse software-based encoding solutions to extend its…
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MTG launches pre-paid DTH platform in Ukraine
Modern Times Group is launching a pre-paid DTH service in Ukraine. UA.TV is being sold…
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MTG launches three movie channels for CIS
Modern Times Group (MTG)’s Viasat Broadcasting unit is to launch three new HD pay TV…