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Now TV having ‘no impact’ on core pay TV base

Sky’s Now TV “strategy is working” without any impact on the pay TV operator core…

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Grand Tour pushes Netflix from global demand top spot

A non-Netflix show – The Grand Tour – was the most popular digital title in…

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Canal+ reverses subs drops, eyes earnings gains

Canal+ subscriber additions outnumbered cancellations for the first time in many quarters in the three…

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American Idol absence dampens solid RTL results

The presence of American Idol on Fox in the US in the first quarter last…

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ITV eyes retransmission fees as ad revenues fall

UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s revenues have dropped by 3% over the quarter, with ITV family…

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Digital boost for ProSiebenSat.1

Digital activities – notably online video and digital ventures and commerce including online dating and…

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Mediaset returns to profit

Mediaset has bounced back into the black in the first quarter following its €294.5 million…

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eSports viewing on the rise

Viewing of eSports rose by 19% to account for six billion hours of viewing across…

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Liberty says ITV ‘not interesting’

ITV’s market valuation and the premium that would be required to buy it means that…

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France Télévisions names Recayte successor

France Télévisions has appointed pay TV veteran Julien Verley as its new director of commercial…

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Dogan names new deputy CEO

Turkey’s Dogan TV has named Ozge Bulut Marasli as deputy CEO, putting her in charge…

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Football costs weigh on Sky profits

Sky saw its operating profit fall by 11% to £1.013 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the…

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Mediaset blames Vivendi for losses

Mediaset chief executive Pier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the collapse of the Italian broadcaster’s pay…

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Vivendi to fight Italian setback

Vivendi has said it will take “any appropriate legal action” – including a possible complaint…

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New management team for Studio71

ProSiebenSat.1 Group-backed multichannel network Studio71 has named a new management team to take over from…

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TF1 threatens to cut signal in retrans row

French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will…

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Ukraine’s new public broadcaster names chief

Zurab Alsania has been named as the new director-general of Ukraine’s new unified public broadcaster,…

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Mediapro hails ‘record year’

Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has hailed 2016 as “its best year in history” after…

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Comcast ‘preps Netflix-type SVOD’

Comcast plans to launch its own Netflix-type subscription video-on-demand service, offering shows from NBCUniversal, within…

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Altice debuts food net with Jamie Oliver shows

Altice is launching a new cooking brand with a TV channel, print magazine and digital…

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Scripps lines up free Food in Italy

Scripps Networks Interactive is launching Food Network as a free-to-air channel in Italy. The channel…

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Amazon: ‘multi-local’ originals key to subs

Amazon Prime Video will increasingly focus on original international content with market-specific appeal to drive…

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Vivendi eyes US Studio+ launch this year

Vivendi aims to take its mobile content platform Studio+ to the US this year and…

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Go90 revamps mobile TV channels

US OTT TV service Go90 has revamped the way it organises its channels and has…

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Eurodata unveils four-screen viewing figures

Eurodata TV Worldwide has used the MIPTV event in France to reveal some of the…

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ITV position set to worsen, say analysts

UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s performance looks set to worsen as a result of a Brexit-related…

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Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service

US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…

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OSN launches Kids Zone channel

Middle East pay TV provider OSN has launched a new kids channel, OSN Kids Zone,…

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Fresh blow to Canal+ as Orange secures HBO deal

Orange’s OCS service is to become the exclusive home of HBO shows in France, dealing…

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EARTH, Yahlive launch new pay TV service

Pakistan-based outfit Entertainment Reality TV Hub (EARTH) has teamed up with satellite platform Yahlive to…