Chello Central Europe


News brief: Chello nets Power up

Chello Central Europe channels in Hungary and Romania have acquired a total of 160 hours of programming from UK-based distributor Power. The deal comprises 64 titles, including Power coproductions The Day of the Triffids, Casanova and Henry VIII. It also includes crime TV movie collection Mystery Woman. The shows will go out on Chello’s Film […]

Tuchman gains control of global MGM channels

AMC/Sundance Channel Global president Bruce Tuchman has added the role of president, MGM Channel Global to his duties. AMC Networks has handed Tuchman the role following its acquisition of Chellomedia, which had acquired the international MGM channels business in August 2012. The MGM Channel is distributed in more than 130 territories. Tuchman has a long […]

AMC Networks completes $1bn Chellomedia purchase

AMC Networks has closed its €750 million (US$1 billion) acquisition of global channels operator and content company Chellomedia from Liberty Global. The deal is for “substantially all” of Liberty’s interests in Chello, excluding Dutch premium cable channels Film1 and Sport1. Chello Central Europe, Chello Latin America, Chello Multicanal, Chello Zone, ad sales unit Atmedia and […]

AMC Networks buys Chellomedia for $1bn

AMC Networks has reached an agreement to buy Liberty Global-owned channel operator Chellomedia for €750 million (US$1 billion). The deal hands US-based AMC an extensive array of channels that are distributed to nearly 400 million homes in 138 territories. Chellomedia is the international content arm of John Malone’s Liberty Global, while AMC has emerged a […]

Chello CE channels move into drama with FremantleMedia deal

Channel operator Chello Central Europe has acquired a 270-hour package of programming from FremantleMedia International. Five Chello channels – Spektrum, Spektrum Home, Film Mania, Film Café and TV Paprika – will get the FMI shows, and the film channels are acquiring drama series for the first time. The package includes over 70 hours of Jamie […]

Matt Hatter heads for Central Europe

Chello Central Europe has acquired animated series Matt Hatter Chronicles for its pan-regional kids channel Megamax. The boy-skewed Platinum Films produced series will launch on Megamax in November, bring the show to viewers in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Szilvia Maschek, head of kids at Chello Central Europe said the show will be form […]

Chello restructures CEE channels unit

Chellomedia has restructured its channels distribution unit at its CEE division. The company, the content and channels division of pay TV firm Liberty Global, said it had “restructured its sales operations to achieve an even more streamlined and efficient workflow”. The rejig sees Alena Blahovcova, VP affiliate sales, leave the company and Balázs Hajós being […]

Chello signs ShortsTV distribution deal

Chello Central Europe will distribute the ShortsTV short movie network in Central and Eastern Europe, through a deal with the channel’s owner Shorts International. Chello Central Europe will distribute the HD version of ShortsTV in Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Balkans. The deal follows ShortsTV’s move into Romania in March […]

Chello buys 150 hours from BBC Worldwide

Chellomedia, the content arm of Liberty Global, has acquired a 150 hour package of programmes from BBC Worldwide for its Film Mania and Film Café pay TV channels in Central Europe. The deal includes drama series Death in Paradise, which will have its regional debut on the Chello’s channels in Hungary and Romania. Other drama […]