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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…
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CME posts strong Q3 results
CME’s underlying profits more than doubled year-on-year in Q3, with the European broadcast group reporting…
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RTL International launches in France
RTL Group’s international pay TV channel launches today on Orange France, marking the first IP…
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UHD net INsight TV to debut in North America
TERN is expanding its reach of INsight TV with the North American launch of the…
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Netflix plots $1bn raise for content acquisitions
Netflix is looking to raise US$1 billion in order to fund further content acquisitions, investments…
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ITV cutting jobs amid concern over Brexit
ITV is cutting about 120 staff in a cost-cutting drive, amid Brexit-driven uncertainty, with the…
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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’…
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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…
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A+E poaches finance chief from Scripps
A+E Networks UK, which runs the channel operator’s European operations, has recruited Mark Neil as…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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France 5 wants primetime science docs
France 5 took advantage of MIPCOM to introduce its new Wednesday science primetime slot to…
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Fandor reveals distribution boss, Amazon, LeEco deals
Starz-backed indie film service Fandor has named a chief distribution officer, and closed a deals…
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C-SPAN’s Swain joins Discovery board
Discovery Communications has appointed the co-CEO of C-SPAN, Susan Swain, to its board, effective December…
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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…
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James Bond spies Canadian SVOD deal
CraveTV has scooped the rights to the James Bond library of films, giving it classic…
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Newbie distributor Limonero snags Seeso series
Newly-created distributor Limonero Films has come back from its first MIPCOM with a deal for…
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Coppermann takes control as Endemol Shine merges France
Endemol Shine is merging its French businesses with Nicolas Coppermann from the Endemol side of…
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MIPCOM 2016 in numbers
The organisers of MIPCOM have reported 14,000 attendees for this year’s event. Of that total,…
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9 Story builds European distribution effort
Canada-based 9 Story is upping its distribution efforts, opening a new operation, 9 Story Distribution…
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YouTube registers big election numbers
The three US presidential debates drive 8.5 million live watch hours and averaged 1.7 million…
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Donald Trump could launch news channel
US presidential candidate Donald Trump could launch a cable or OTT news net, according to…
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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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Vimeo launching live streaming
Vimeo is planning to move into the live video streaming space for the first time,…
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Happy Tree Friends streaming deal for LeEco
Kids producer and distributor Mondo has struck a deal with LeEco and will add several…
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Summer series shake-up at CBS
CBS has ordered a new summer drama series in the same week as cancelling another…
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UKTV takes Ultimate Strongman rights
UK channel operator UKTV will show the Ultimate Strongman: Next Generation event on its Dave…
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Sony buys into preschool SVOD service
Sony Pictures Television has bought into preschool SVOD service Hopster. That means Sony Pictures Television…
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Viacom renews Virgin deal
UK pay TV platform Virgin Media has renewed its deal with Viacom, securing carriage for…