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ProSiebenSat.1 builds on production growth
The strong performance of the German advertising market, digital activities and production all contributed to…
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RTL stays stable as FremantleMedia dips
A stronger advertising market in Germany and digital growth helped keep RTL Group’s top line…
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MTG board shrinks as Livfors exits
Modern Times Group is to reduce the size of its board from seven to six…
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Telefonica completes Canal+ Spain takeover
Telefónica has closed its acquisition of Prisa’s 56% stake in France pay TV outfit Canal+…
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Mediaset makes Pier Silvio Berlusconi CEO
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has upped vice-president Pier Silvio Berlusconi to the role of CEO, replacing…
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Pflimlin out as France Télévisions gets new boss
French media regulator the CSA has named the current executive director of Orange France, Delphine…
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France Télévisions forced to work with VOD service
French media regulator the CSA has ordered public broadcaster France Télévisions to make its channels…
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Vodafone reworks Spanish TV offering
Vodafone España has unveiled its new converged offering with the brand Vodafone One. The converged…
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Vivendi settles dispute with shareholder
Vivendi and activist hedge fund P. Schoenfeld Asset Management have settled their dispute over Vivendi’s…
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Sling strikes HBO OTT deal
US pay TV operator Dish Networks’ OTT service Sling TV is to become the first…
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Race for top France Télévisions job heats up
French audiovisual media regulator the CSA has received 33 applications from candidates hoping to replace…
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Discovery tightens grip on Eurosport
Discovery Communications has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Eurosport France, further consolidating…
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Eastern Europe pay TV growth to slow
Pay TV revenues from eastern Europe will grow by 17% between now and 2020, a…
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Sky eyes more original drama in Germany
Sky will invest in more original German TV series, according to CEO Jeremy Darroch, in…
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Vivendi fights back in shareholder spat
The fast-developing battle between Vivendi and one of its shareholders over the company’s cash policies…
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Wuaki poaches iTunes exec for OTT
OTT video-on-demand provider Wuaki.tv has hired former Apple iTunes executive Sébastien Janin to head international…
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TV4 names first on-demand channel chief
Swedish free and pay TV commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has named Anton Glanzelius as the…
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BeIN close to Digitürk acquisition
Al Jazeera-owned BeIN Media Group, which operates the sports networks of the same name, is…
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Brian Sullivan exiting Sky Deutschland
Brian Sullivan will step down as CEO of Sky’s German arm on June 24 to return…
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Vivendi to put renegade investor call to s’holders
Vivendi is to put requests from an activist hedge fund calling for it ro increase…
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Mediaset struggles in Italy, Spain picks up
Mediaset’s Spanish unit lifted the media giant’s financials for 2014 against the background of continued…
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Moonves ‘approached’ Time Warner over merger
CBS CEO Les Moonves had talks with Time Warner chief executive Jeff Bewkes last year…
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Orange ‘to offload’ Dailymotion stake
Orange is set to enter into exclusive talks with Hong Kong-based telco PCCW to sell…
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Scripps buys majority stake in TVN
International pay TV channel provider Scripps Networks Interactive is to take majority control of Polish…
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Netflix content spend outstrips BBC, HBO, Discovery
Netflix now outspends the BBC, HBO and Discovery on content, according to new research. Only…
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HBO, Viacom join content programme
Cable Europe has introduced a new form of associate membership for content providers, with Viacom…
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Freeview experiences Horror
The CBS AMC Networks UK channels partnership’s Horror Channel is to launch on free-to-air digital-terrestrial…
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MTG chiefs quit CTC Media board
Modern Times Group’s CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann and CFO Mathias Hermansson have left the board…
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HBO and Apple ‘in OTT talks’
HBO and Apple are reportedly in talks that could see Apple TV become a key…
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AOL UK hires MD
AOL UK has appointed Hamish Nicklin as its new managing director. Nicklin was previously director…