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Stuart Thomson
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Canal+ hands FTA ents chief wider role
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has given free-to-air channel D8’s director of live and entertainment…
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Canal+ confirms beIN Sports deal
Canal+ has confirmed it is to have an exclusive five-year distribution deal with beIN Sports,…
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Vivendi: Canal+ losses cannot continue
Vivendi has stated that it “cannot on a long-term basis continue to finance the losses…
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Canal+ and beIN ‘strike deal’
Canal+ and rival pay TV provider beIN Sports have struck an exclusive distribution agreement that…
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Orange France reviews content strategy
Orange is to review its content strategy, but will stop short of investing in its…
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Canal+, beIN Sport ‘near carriage deal’
Vivendi-owned Canal+ and rival beIN Sports are moving towards an agreement based on the exclusive…
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NBCU preps SVOD reality service in UK, Eire, Oz
NBCUniversal is launching a reality-themed direct-to-consumer OTT service called hayu featuring over 3,000 episodes of…
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Qyou channel launches on Vodafone
The Qyou, the linear TV channel focused on the curation and programming of web-based short-form…
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ProSieben strikes OTT deal with Zattoo
Switzerland-based linear and on-demand OTT TV service Zattoo has struck a deal with ProSiebenSat.1 to…
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Revenue, profit up Sweden’s TV4
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has posted respectable sales and profit growth…
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MTG results stand up after CTC sale
Modern Times Group has delivered fourth quarter profits in line with analyst forecasts after a…
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Shine exec joins France’s Altice
Cable and telecom investor Altice has named Nora Melhli as head of original creation and…
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BT adds TV subs
BT added 97,000 TV customers in its fiscal third quarter, taking its total to 1.4…
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James Murdoch returns to Sky chair role
James Murdoch is to return to Sky as chairman in a move that many believe…
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Strong financial result for Sky in Europe
European satcaster Sky has posted strong first half operating and financial results for Sky, with…
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Vivendi ‘eyes beIN Sport acquisition’
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has set his sights on the acquisition of Canal+ rival beIN…
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NHNZ creates US ob-doc division
Natural History New Zealand has created a new US ob-doc unit, Outrun the Sun, and…
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UKTV’s Watch becomes W
UK channel provider UKTV has unveiled a new pay TV brand, W, which will replace…
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Altice moves for remainder of NextRadio
Altice-backed media unit Groupe News Participations has kicked off the process of acquiring all of…
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French cabler complaint over Canal+
Numericable-SFR has lodged a complaint against Canal+ with France’s competition regulator, the Autorité de la…
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Orange and Bouygues ‘open’ to TF1 discussions
French telco Orange and telecoms-to-construction conglomerate Bouygues are open to including the latter’s 44% interest…
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Resignations over divisive Polish media law
The EU has said that a controversial new Polish media law, whose introduction led to…
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TF1 channel can go free, Canal+ refused
French media regulator the CSA has given a green light for TF1-owned news channel LCI…
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Channel 4 names All 4 curator
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has named Charlie Palmer as managing editor of All 4, the…
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Vivendi ‘won’t vote Telecom Italia share plan’
France-basee media giant Vivendi is to abstain from voting on Telecom Italia’s plan to convert…
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‘Liberty Global hires Mann’
Liberty Global has hired Australian TV veteran Bruce Mann to head up its content strategy,…
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Canal+ to close Planète+ Thalassa
Canal+ and France Télévisions plan to close their joint marine life-focused factual channel Planète+ Thalassa…
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Canal+, iROKO launch African SVOD
Canal+ Group and African OTT TV operator iROKO have teamed up to launch a new…
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BT to show debut of AMC’s Manhattan free-to-air
UK telco BT will be the first UK TV operator to show US drama series…
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Vimeo goes 4K next year
Online video portal Vimeo is to roll out adaptive 4K streaming across its platform, making…