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Stuart Thomson
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Net neutrality ruling is SVOD victory
The US FCC has adopted strong net neutrality rules, going beyond goals set by FCC…
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Canal+ makes key appointments
Pay TV operator Canal+ Group has reshuffled executive roles after naming René Saal as director…
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Norway’s TV 2 buys domestic C More assets
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV 2 has bought Nordic pay TV channel provider C More’s Norwegian…
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AMC ‘should launch OTT’
US-based channel operator AMC Networks would benefit from launching its own OTT streaming service on the…
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TF1 revenues remain stable
TF1 Group has maintained stable revenues for the full year for 2014 despite a continued…
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Sky ‘squeezes out’ remaining Deutschland shares
Sky has confirmed it is to acquire the remaining 4% of the shares in Sky…
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Berlusconi’s Fininvest offloads chunk of Mediaset
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s shares dropped sharply in value at the end of last week…
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Sky moots German 4K service
Sky could launch a 4K TV service in Germany at the end of this year…
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Transporter drives Lagardère Active
The delivery of new shows – notably, season two of Transporter: The Series – helped…
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Atresmedia preps new kids channel and Lat-Am moves
Spanish media group Atresmedia, owner of channels Antena 3 and La Sexta, plans to expand…
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Strikes threatened at Canal+
Unions representing employees of French pay TV operator Canal+ have threatened to take strike action…
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Apple ‘in talks to launch OTT TV service’
Apple is reportedly in talks with content companies about securing rights to launch its own…
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Vodafone ‘preps UK TV service’
Vodafone will unveil plans to enter the UK fixed broadband market in the next few…
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News brief: Former CME boss Sârbu arrested
Romanian media tycoon Adrian Sârbu, the main shareholder in Mediafax Group and former president of…
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Spain’s Atresmedia appoints new chairman
Spanish publishing group Planeta’s vice-president José Creuheras is to take on the chairmanship of TV…
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Atresmedia chief passes away
José Manuel Lara Bosch, chairman of Grupo Planeta and Grupo Atresmedia, the owner of commercial…
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France’s CNC aids legal video viewing
France’s Centre Nationale du Cinéma et de L’Image Animée (CNC) has created a search engine…
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Political squabble envelops UK’s Ofcom
Ofcom deputy chair and British Conservative peer Baroness Sheila Noakes has acknowledge that her activity…
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Canal+ names de Gasquet in corporate role
Canal+ has named Sébastian de Gasquet as finance and development director for its free TV…
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France’s CSA makes pair of appointments
French media regulator the CSA has named Nicolas Curien and Nathalie Sonnac as members of…
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London Live restructuring
London Live, the UK local digital-terrestrial TV station owned by Evgeny Lebedev, the Russian-born proprietor…
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Piksel to acquire shows for OTT players
OTT TV technology specialist Piksel is branching out into content acquisition for OTT players. The…
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Turner poaches AMC’s Tzimas for CEE
Turner Broadcasting System has named Dominik Tzimas as distribution director, central and eastern Europe and Russia,…
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Vivendi ‘to create new content unit’
Vivendi is creating a new content unit to be headed by Canal+ CEO Rodolphe Belmer,…
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Telefónica completes Mediaset Premium deal
Telefónica has completed its acquisition of a stake in Mediaset’s Italian pay TV arm, Mediaset…
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Liberty Global reorganises European businesses
Liberty Global is reorganising its European businesses, merging UPC Ireland with Virgin Media and UPC…
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Sky ups stake in Sky Deutschland
Sky has acquired an additional tranche of shares in Sky Deutschland, opening the way to…
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Netflix aims for ‘superior internet TV’
Netflix is partnering with electronics makers to put ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ logos on smart TVs,…
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Canal+ plans pay option for OTT
French pay TV operator Canal+’s recently formed over-the-top arm, Canal OTT, is moving forwards with…
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Religious channel launches on UK’s Freeview
US-based religious channel Trinity Broadcast Network has launched in the UK on the Freeview platform….