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McCarthy replaces Atkins as MTV chief
Chris McCarthy has been installed as president of Viacom’s US cable network MTV, with incumbent…
CME posts strong Q3 results
CME’s underlying profits more than doubled year-on-year in Q3, with the European broadcast group reporting…
RTL International launches in France
RTL Group’s international pay TV channel launches today on Orange France, marking the first IP…
UHD net INsight TV to debut in North America
TERN is expanding its reach of INsight TV with the North American launch of the…
Netflix plots $1bn raise for content acquisitions
Netflix is looking to raise US$1 billion in order to fund further content acquisitions, investments…
ITV cutting jobs amid concern over Brexit
ITV is cutting about 120 staff in a cost-cutting drive, amid Brexit-driven uncertainty, with the…
MTV creates ‘first live-stream-to-TV’ format
MTV Australia claims it will be the first channel to produce and broadcast a ‘live-stream-to-TV’…
Nat Geo’s DiCaprio doc free on-demand and mobile
National Geographic will release Leonardo DiCaprio-produced eco-doc Before the Flood for free on numerous on-demand…
A+E poaches finance chief from Scripps
A+E Networks UK, which runs the channel operator’s European operations, has recruited Mark Neil as…
Job losses as Sony restructures UK-based sales
Two of Sony’s London team have been made redundant, with another likely to also go as…
AT&T, Time Warner deal ‘poses new threat to rivals’
The creation of a merged AT&T and Time Warner will have rivals such as Netflix,…
Viceland to launch in the Netherlands in 2017
Vice’s linear TV channel, Viceland, will launch via Liberty Global-owned operator Ziggo in the Netherlands…
France 5 wants primetime science docs
France 5 took advantage of MIPCOM to introduce its new Wednesday science primetime slot to…
Fandor reveals distribution boss, Amazon, LeEco deals
Starz-backed indie film service Fandor has named a chief distribution officer, and closed a deals…
C-SPAN’s Swain joins Discovery board
Discovery Communications has appointed the co-CEO of C-SPAN, Susan Swain, to its board, effective December…
Trump opposes AT&T/Time Warner and Comcast/NBCU
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has come out against the AT&T and Time Warner deal…
James Bond spies Canadian SVOD deal
CraveTV has scooped the rights to the James Bond library of films, giving it classic…
Newbie distributor Limonero snags Seeso series
Newly-created distributor Limonero Films has come back from its first MIPCOM with a deal for…
Coppermann takes control as Endemol Shine merges France
Endemol Shine is merging its French businesses with Nicolas Coppermann from the Endemol side of…
MIPCOM 2016 in numbers
The organisers of MIPCOM have reported 14,000 attendees for this year’s event. Of that total,…
9 Story builds European distribution effort
Canada-based 9 Story is upping its distribution efforts, opening a new operation, 9 Story Distribution…
YouTube registers big election numbers
The three US presidential debates drive 8.5 million live watch hours and averaged 1.7 million…
Donald Trump could launch news channel
US presidential candidate Donald Trump could launch a cable or OTT news net, according to…
Mediaset and Vivendi battle continues
Mediaset has claimed that a letter received from Vivendi formally calling time on the interim…
Vimeo launching live streaming
Vimeo is planning to move into the live video streaming space for the first time,…
Happy Tree Friends streaming deal for LeEco
Kids producer and distributor Mondo has struck a deal with LeEco and will add several…
Summer series shake-up at CBS
CBS has ordered a new summer drama series in the same week as cancelling another…
UKTV takes Ultimate Strongman rights
UK channel operator UKTV will show the Ultimate Strongman: Next Generation event on its Dave…
Sony buys into preschool SVOD service
Sony Pictures Television has bought into preschool SVOD service Hopster. That means Sony Pictures Television…
Viacom renews Virgin deal
UK pay TV platform Virgin Media has renewed its deal with Viacom, securing carriage for…