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Stuart Thomson
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New bidders emerge for Digiturk
Turk Telekom, Dogan Holding and Dogus Group have emerged as potential buyers for troubled pay…
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Discovery goes Turbo in Turkey
Pay TV operator Discovery has launched new HD channels including a new brand – Discovery…
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BBCWW to commission more content, seeking longer runs
BBC Worldwide is looking to commission more of its own content and is seeking longer…
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ERT crisis threatens to split Greek government
Greece’s governing coalition has been unable to agree on how to re-commence transmissions of shut-down…
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EBU president condemns handling of ERT crisis
EBU president Jean-Paul Philippot has delivered his strongest condemnation to date of the Greek government’s…
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Scripps’ Food Network and Travel Channel launch on Virgin Media
Scripps Networks Interactive has secured carriage for its Food Network and Travel Channel services on…
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Liberty Global moves for Germany’s KDG
Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has confirmed that it has received a counter-offer from Liberty Global following…
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Liberty Global names satellite boss
Liberty Global has named Michael Lee as the new managing director of satellite TV arm…
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Numericable ‘set to go public’
French cable operator Numericable has hired Rothschild to advise it on a public flotation, according…
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UK ratings org to add VOD, catch-up services
UK ratings organisation BARB is to include online and catch-up services in its ratings reports…
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Greece plans scaled-down pubcaster
The Greek government has unveiled plans to open a new, small-scale public broadcaster as criticism…
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TV4 names new deputy channel chief
Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 Group has named Anton Glanzelius as its new deputy channel director….
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MTG creates digital hub in VOD drive
Modern Times Group is to create a new ‘digital hub’ to accelerate the pace of…
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A+E UK names Polish chief
A+E Networks UK has named Izabella Wiley in the new role of general manager for…
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Sky Deutschland mulls German OTT service
Sky Deutschland is mulling the possibility of replicating the Sky Now OTT offering provided by…
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Dailymotion looking at other SVOD launches following Turkish deal
Video sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its premium offerings to other territories following its…
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Nielsen to begin measuring online viewing
US-based rating agency Nielsen is to begin measuring online viewing in what is seen as…
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KDG’s Tele Columbus deal blocked by authorities
The acquisition of Tele Columbus by Germany’s leading cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has been…
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Liberty Global-Virgin Media benefits limited say analysts
While Liberty Global’s acquisition of Virgin Media will create scale and moderately improve the cable…
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BSkyB to make sports channels available without subscription
BSkyB is making its sports channels available on a pay-as-you-go basis for £9.99 a day…
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China’s CCTV buys more WotWots
Chinese public broadcaster CCTV has acquired more episodes of The WotWots, the preschool series produced…