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Stuart Thomson
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Liberty Global slides into the red
Liberty Global fell into the red in the third quarter. The company recorded a loss…
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‘Afro-American Netflix’ starts expansion
Afrostream, the subscription video-on-demand service that set itself the goal of being the ‘Netflix of Afro-American and…
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Ziggo replacing HBO with Series XL
Liberty Global-owned Dutch cable operator Ziggo will launch a new movies and series package in January…
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Increased costs hit TF1
French broadcaster TF1’s performance for the first nine months of the year has been hit…
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Netflix doesn’t scare local CEE players
Netflix is unlikely to make significant headway in most markets in central and Eastern Europe…
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Mediaset and Vivendi battle continues
Mediaset has claimed that a letter received from Vivendi formally calling time on the interim…
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Vivendi gives up on Mediaset agreement hopes
Tentative moves to find an amicable resolution to Vivendi and Mediaset’s dispute over the aborted…
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Trace SVOD service to launch before end of year
Youth-focused international media group Trace TV is set to launch its long-awaited SVOD offering Trace…
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Sky says Netflix ‘not having a big impact’
Subscription video-on-demand services such as Netflix are not having “a big impact” on Sky’s growth,…
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Chernin and KKR back Asian OTT service
Emerald Media, a pan-Asian media investment vehicle backed by private-equity outfit KKR and Peter Chernin,…
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Vivendi, Canal+ join the eSports game
Vivendi has struck a major strategic partnership deal with eSports group ESL that will see…
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Bolloré grows Vivendi holding
Vincent Bolloré’s company is increasing its hold on Vivendi through a series of measures that…
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MTV veteran launches OTT firm
A group of veteran US media executives led by a former MTV executive have launched…
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Mediapro makes eSports move
Spanish programmer Mediapro has taken a majority stake in Fandroid, the creator of the Spanish…
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Altice content chief resigns
Altice Media Group president Bernard Mourad has resigned, reportedly to take on the role of…
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Canal+ cuts premium pricing
Canal+ is cutting the price of its premium channel, introducing subscriptions with no fixed commitment…
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Netflix business model ‘may be unsustainable’
Global subscription video-on-demand revenues are set to double to US$35 billion by 2021, but market…
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Viacom ‘will keep Paramount’
Viacom is no longer looking actively to sell as stake in Paramount Pictures, according to…
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Amazon sets Grand Tour date
Amazon is to release The Grand Tour, its hotly anticipated reboot of BBC show Top…
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Vivendi, Mediaset get court date
The battle between feuding former partners Vivendi and Mediaset is scheduled for its first court…
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Broadcasters slam new EC copyright plan
A body that represents European commercial broadcasters and international media groups has reacted unfavourably to new…
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Telefónica’s Movistar orders original drama
Telefónica is ramping up its investment in original content following the launch of Netflix in…
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Canal+ loses subs, programme budget cut
French pay TV operator Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers during the first half, with…
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Mediaset parent suing Vivendi
Following the legal action taken by Mediaset against Vivendi last week, the Italian broadcaster’s parent…
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North Korean state TV launches OTT service
North Korean state broadcaster Korea Central Television (KCTV) has reportedly launched its own internet-delivered OTT…
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BBCWW looks to AI for local genre demand data
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with artificial intelligence start-up Thoughtly to explore how machine learning…
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MTV Finland adds Discovery, Viasat execs in shake-up
Bonnier Broadcasting-owned Finnish commercial broadcaster MTV’s CEO Jarkko Nordlund has named a new management team,…
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Vivendi could return with new Mediaset proposal
Vivendi may make a new proposal to Mediaset following the acrimonious collapse of its previously…
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Fear the Walking Dead returns with ‘Snapchat Lens’
AMC Global has teamed up with Snapchat to create an exclusive Fear the Walking Dead…
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Pay TV firms lose 665,000 subs in Q2
IPTV providers’ losses – particularly those of AT&T – meant that the top eleven US…