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Former Lagardère sales exec to Inverleigh

Graham Smith has been appointed European boss of sports and lifestyle prodco Inverleigh. Smith was director of sales, digital media and production at the sports division of France’s Lagardère until late last year. In his new role at Inverleigh he will be based in London and run the company’s Europe and Africa-focused sales teams and […]

10 channels launch on Virgin Media

Virgin Media is adding 10 international channels to its UK platform, including a Pakistani drama network and a Nollywood movies net. The telco is pushing into international channel distributon, and already offers international network such as Zee TV, Star Plus, Sony Max and Al Jazeera Arabic. Pakistani channel HUM Europe will offer a range of […]

Package of French channels launch in the UK

Media services provider Globecast has launched its French TV package Téléfrance in the UK. The package of channels is available via Sky’s Now TV box, the Roku box, iOS and Android devices and Samsung smart TVs. It includes 11 major French TV channels and is targeted at the UK’s French-speaking community. Channels available include France […]

China’s SMG prepares to launch kids channel throughout South East Asia

Chinese media giant Shanghai Media Group (SMG) is preparing to launch a Mandarin-language kids channel throughout South East Asia. The as-yet-unnamed network will roll out in 2013 and feature content from SMG’s animation subsidiary Toonmax. The new service will have over 1,000 hours of new programming a year, according to the partners involved in the […]