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Stuart Thomson
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UFC strikes deal in the Middle East
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has struck a new long-term exclusive carriage deal with…
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Mediawan buying France’s AB Groupe
Mediawan, the media investment consortium set up by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder Xavier…
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VOD playing crucial role in Euro content funding
On-demand services are set to become the main financial support for European content, a new…
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Mediaset ‘still open to right Vivendi deal’
Mediaset is still open to a deal with France-based Vivendi that “creates value”, but no…
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Fox creates VR division, gaming unit
Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Networks Group has created a new division to oversee video-gaming,…
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Telefónica aims to be ‘top Spanish-language TV producer’
Telefónica España CEO Luis Miguel Gilpérez has said that the telco aims to be the…
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Canal+ backs Cannes int’l TV series festival
Canal+ has signed up as a partner with the Cannes mayor’s office to further the…
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Viacom names Lynn replacement in UK, CEE
Viacom has named James Currell as executive VP and managing director for the UK, northern…
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Scripps int’l chief to take on TVN presidency
Scripps Networks Interactive has named Jim Samples as president of its Polish subsidiary TVN, with…
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Viacom buys into Israeli pay TV operator
Viacom International Media Networks has acquired a minority stake in Israeli pay TV channel provider…
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Telefónica makes eSports move
Telefónica España has signed a strategic agreement with electronic sports giant ESL to develop a…
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Russian media restrictions could extend to OTT
The Russian government has given a positive reception to a proposed bill that could see foreign…
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French national SVOD plans take shape
France Télévisions has been in touch with key producers about securing content for its forthcoming…
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Disney plays down Netflix rumours
The Walt Disney Company has played down the idea that Disney is looking to make…
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Intact Media boosted by thematic channels
Romania’s Intact Media Group saw its market share grow significantly last year, boosted by its…
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Canal+ rebrands Lat Am channels distributor
Alterna’TV, the channel distribution business for set up by Eutelsat Americas to distribute Latin American…
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France turns on to eSports
More than a quarter of French internet users are interested in eSports, according to audience…
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Italian regulator to probe Vivendi’s Mediaset move
Italian antitrust watchdog AGCOM has stepped into the battle raging between Vivendi and Mediaset with…
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M6 groups broadcasting assets after RTL deal
M6 Group is to acquire the French radio assets of RTL Group as part of…
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Mediaset war intensifies as Vivendi builds stake
The battle between Vivendi and Mediaset has entered a new phase, with Vivendi revealing that…
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Mediaset furious as Vivendi takes ‘stealth’ stake
Mediaset has reacted furiously to what it sees as a hostile takeover attempt by stealth…
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Netflix’s international subs to overtake US
Netflix’s international subscriber-base will overtake its US customer count in 2018, according to new independent…
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BBC launches HDR trial of Planet Earth II
The BBC has begun making its flagship natural history series Planet Earth II available in…
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Ofcom details how it will regulate the BBC
Ofcom has revealed details of how it will regulate the BBC from next April. The…
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New additions to EBU board
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organisation that represents European public broadcasters, has unveiled its…
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Altice wins Discovery, NBCU nets from Canal+
In a significant ramping up of its strategy to compete head on with French pay…
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ITV launches premium on-demand on Hub
ITV is expanding its ITV Hub on-demand offering by adding what it describes as a…
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Netflix launches on Liberty Global in Netherlands
Netflix has launched on Liberty Global’s Horizon advanced TV platform in the Netherlands – the…
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Euro b’casters demand flexibility on ads
European commercial broadcaster have called for greater flexibility on advertising rules to be part of…
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M6 names new entertainment exec
French broadcaster M6 has named Stéphane Sallé de Chou as head of acquired light entertainment…