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Stuart Thomson
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France Télévisions SVOD service delayed
France Télévisions remains committed to the launch of a new SVOD platform to take on…
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Ex-A+E exec to lead ProSiebenSat.1 int’l efforts
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has named former A+E Networks UK executive Nicolas Eglau to the new position…
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Studio71 France management team named
TF1 digital chief Nicolas Capuron has been named as CEO of Studio71 France, while Stéphane…
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‘One in five’ French net users now taking SVOD
Over one in five French internet users over the age of six subscribed to a…
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Pay TV and OTT: when two tribes go to watch
Pay TV operators can defend their revenues and continue to grow, but they need to…
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HBO expands SVOD service in Europe
HBO Go has launched as a direct-to-consumer service in four central European countries. The premium…
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Drahi steps in as Altice CEO resigns
Michel Combes has resigned as Altice chairman and CEO following the company’s worse-than-expected quarterly results…
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Industry vet to lead Cannabis OTT channel
Douglas Lee has been named as general manager of 420TV, the new OTT TV channel…
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Programming chief to leave France Télévisions
France Télévisions’ programming chief Xavier Couture is to leave the group early next year to…
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A+E launches Kriminal OTT service with Amazon
A+E Networks has launched a new true crime-related on-demand service on Amazon Channels in the…
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SVOD to drive digital content spend past $200bn
Global consumer expenditure on digital content will hit US$202 billion next year, up 10% from…
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Sharknado studio backs end of days SVOD service
US-based OTT TV channels provider TV4 Entertainment and The Asylum, the movie studio behind Sharknado…
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Mediapro sells majority stake to Chinese investor
Spanish free and pay TV broadcaster and producer Mediapro has closed the sale of 54%…
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Comedy Central makes Above Average digital hire
Viacom-owned comedy channel Comedy Central has named Jennifer Danielson as senior vice-president of digital, charged…
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RTVE launches youth-focused OTT service
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has launched a new online video service targeted at a young…
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France rules ad tax illegal but CNC avoids payback
France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), which dispenses public support for…
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Murdoch ‘confident of Sky deal approval’ in early 2018
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has said he expects the company’s acquisition of Sky…
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Crisis measures planned as #MeToo wave catches TV4
The CEO of Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4, Casten Almqvist (pictured), has announced…
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France Télévisions budget woes deepen
French parliamentarians have withdrawn support for a move to ameliorate an additional €50 million (US$58.8…
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Canal+ formalises Telecom Italia JV
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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Ofcom imposes wide range of quotas on BBC
Ofcom is to force the BBC to air a diet of 90% UK-produced original programming…
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SVOD players ‘must drop prices to compete in CEE’
In order to succeed in Central and Eastern Europe, SVOD operators need to reduce the…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police raid Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Artificial intelligence to ‘self-schedule’ new OTT channels
US and Canada-based OTT TV technology outfit Zone-TV is planning to tap the power of…
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HBO tops pay list as US subs get selective
HBO is the channel consumers in the US and Canada are willing to pay the…
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Telecom Italia gets new CEO & okays Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Vivendi exec Amos Genish as…
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UK creative industries ‘could be worth £128bn’ in 10 years
The UK’s creative industries could be worth £128.4 billion (US$174.2 billion) by 2025 and create…
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New SVOD movies service for French launch
A new French movies-on-demand service, e-cinema.com, will launch on October 20, bringing international movies not…
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Pay TV industry set for ‘unprecedented change’
The pay TV industry is due to face a period of “unprecedented global change”, according…