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Altice completes NextRadioTV stake deal
Cable and telecom investor Altice has taken a 50.42% stake in French media group NextRadioTV,…
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YouTube could buy shows to take on Netflix
YouTube executives have met with Hollywood studios in a bid to secure streaming rights to…
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UKTV takes channels to Freesat
UK multichannel programmer UKTV is to launch three of its channels on free-to-view satellite platform…
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Sky buys into US MCN
Sky has made an investment of US$300,000 via a convertible debt security in US OTT…
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Discovery launches US streaming service
Discovery Communications has launched its first US TV everywhere streaming service, Discovery Go, with a…
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Best of the web channel hits the Nordics
The QYou, the Ireland-based linear service that aims to bring the ‘best of the web’…
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Mediaset financing content projects after Pope film
Mediaset plans to finance a raft of content projects in Italy with international distribution in…
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MTG, Kyivstar launch IPTV
Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has teamed up with Modern Times Group’s Viasat Ukraine to launch…
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BBC may ditch Red Button amid further cost cuts
The BBC is exploring a “phased exit” from its Red Button service and making additional…
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Dauman outlines Viacom plan to ‘turn the corner’
Investment in big data, new distribution approaches and content and a focus on events will…
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Lagardère missing Borgia uplift
The third quarter performance of Lagardère Active, the Lagardère Group’s TV and publishing arm, was…
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Canal+ sees French subs base decline
French pay TV outfit Canal+’s performance in the first nine months of the year was…
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ITV wins The Voice, questions over X Factor
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed it will no longer show The Voice after the…
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UK and Germany drive Liberty Global results
Strong European subscriber growth helped boost Liberty Global’s third quarter results, with the UK and…
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Job losses expected after NBCU nets restructure
NBCUniversal is merging its UK and emerging markets channels business under its current central and…
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A+E and Vice confirm channel deal
A+E Networks and Vice Media have confirmed that the pair will launch a Vice-branded channel…
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A+E expands Liberty Euro deal
A+E Networks has secured an extended distribution deal with Liberty Global that will seen the…
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ProSiebenSat.1 earnings up as MCN deal kicks in
An improved advertising market in German-speaking markets and the impact of digital acquisitions helped lift…
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Vodafone Spain in Netflix giveaway
Following Tuesday’s launch of Netflix in Spain, Vodafone España has launched a promotion making the…
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Mediaset and Google resolve YouTube row
After eight years of litigation over copyright material being made available on YouTube, Italian broadcaster…
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Netflix cuts Vodafone deal in Portugal
Netflix has struck a deal with Vodafone Portugal to be included as part of Vodafone’s…
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Vivendi slams Canal+ subs loss report
Vivendi has strongly condemned a report that its pay TV operation Canal+ lost subscribers in…
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UK consumers move to multiplay
Almost 85% of UK households will have signed up for a multiplay service – taking…
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TF1, M6 lose bid for French channel slot
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have expressed disappointment that their proposed joint teleshopping channel has…
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Police raid Mediaset offices in rights probe
Italy’s financial police have initiated an investigation into allegations that commercial broadcaster Mediaset colluded with…
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Mediaset Premium increases quarterly subs
Mediaset-backed pay TV unit Mediaset Premium had 1.815 million post-paid subscribers at the end of…
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Vivendi makes Canal+ commitments
Vivendi has committed to create a new ethics committee to ensure the editorial independence of…
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CTC Media sale moves ahead
Russia’s CTC Media has entered a definitive agreement to sell a 75% stake in its…
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Disney, Sky, ProSieben invest in VR firm
The Walt Disney Company has led a new US$65 million funding round in cinematic virtual…
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Fox International ups Rutten
Fox International Channels has promoted Frank Rutten to executive vice-president, Fox Sports Europe & Africa….