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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…
Grand Tour pushes Netflix from global demand top spot
A non-Netflix show – The Grand Tour – was the most popular digital title in…
Canal+ reverses subs drops, eyes earnings gains
Canal+ subscriber additions outnumbered cancellations for the first time in many quarters in the three…
American Idol absence dampens solid RTL results
The presence of American Idol on Fox in the US in the first quarter last…
ITV eyes retransmission fees as ad revenues fall
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s revenues have dropped by 3% over the quarter, with ITV family…
Digital boost for ProSiebenSat.1
Digital activities – notably online video and digital ventures and commerce including online dating and…
Mediaset returns to profit
Mediaset has bounced back into the black in the first quarter following its €294.5 million…
eSports viewing on the rise
Viewing of eSports rose by 19% to account for six billion hours of viewing across…
Liberty says ITV ‘not interesting’
ITV’s market valuation and the premium that would be required to buy it means that…
France Télévisions names Recayte successor
France Télévisions has appointed pay TV veteran Julien Verley as its new director of commercial…
Dogan names new deputy CEO
Turkey’s Dogan TV has named Ozge Bulut Marasli as deputy CEO, putting her in charge…
Football costs weigh on Sky profits
Sky saw its operating profit fall by 11% to £1.013 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the…
Mediaset blames Vivendi for losses
Mediaset chief executive Pier Silvio Berlusconi has blamed the collapse of the Italian broadcaster’s pay…
Vivendi to fight Italian setback
Vivendi has said it will take “any appropriate legal action” – including a possible complaint…
New management team for Studio71
ProSiebenSat.1 Group-backed multichannel network Studio71 has named a new management team to take over from…
TF1 threatens to cut signal in retrans row
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will…
Ukraine’s new public broadcaster names chief
Zurab Alsania has been named as the new director-general of Ukraine’s new unified public broadcaster,…
Mediapro hails ‘record year’
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has hailed 2016 as “its best year in history” after…
Comcast ‘preps Netflix-type SVOD’
Comcast plans to launch its own Netflix-type subscription video-on-demand service, offering shows from NBCUniversal, within…
Altice debuts food net with Jamie Oliver shows
Altice is launching a new cooking brand with a TV channel, print magazine and digital…
Scripps lines up free Food in Italy
Scripps Networks Interactive is launching Food Network as a free-to-air channel in Italy. The channel…
Amazon: ‘multi-local’ originals key to subs
Amazon Prime Video will increasingly focus on original international content with market-specific appeal to drive…
Vivendi eyes US Studio+ launch this year
Vivendi aims to take its mobile content platform Studio+ to the US this year and…
Go90 revamps mobile TV channels
US OTT TV service Go90 has revamped the way it organises its channels and has…
Eurodata unveils four-screen viewing figures
Eurodata TV Worldwide has used the MIPTV event in France to reveal some of the…
ITV position set to worsen, say analysts
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s performance looks set to worsen as a result of a Brexit-related…
Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service
US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…
OSN launches Kids Zone channel
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has launched a new kids channel, OSN Kids Zone,…
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…
EARTH, Yahlive launch new pay TV service
Pakistan-based outfit Entertainment Reality TV Hub (EARTH) has teamed up with satellite platform Yahlive to…