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Roku & Apollo team for minority stake bid on Lionsgate’s Starz
Roku has partnered with private equity firm, and former Endemol Shine co-owner, Apollo Global Management…
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Factual round-up: Smithsonian taps Two Rivers for Ali doc; Lat Am buyers land Blue Ant shows; TF1 takes Costa Concordia doc
Smithsonian taps Two Rivers for Muhammad Ali doc Smithsonian Channel has greenlit a feature length…
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News round-up: Apple TV+ extends ‘Tehran’; Quintus deals in France; SBS, ZDF take PBS Trump doc; FILMPIXS launch
Apple TV+ returns to Tehran Apple TV+ has ordered a second season of Israeli drama…
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ZDF strengthens its Bridge to Latin America
ZDF has sold the fourth and final season of Bron (The Bridge) to DirecTV Latin America….
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Spanish drama El Accidente sells across Lat Am
Eccho Rights and DirecTV have completed a deal to offer Spanish drama, El Accidente, on DirecTV’s…
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Scientology seeks followers through new TV net
The Church of Scientology has created a thematic TV channel in the US. The Scientology…
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AT&T digital chief to lead Chernin’s Otter as CEO
US-based digital media investments firm Otter Media has appointed a new CEO, who will transfer…
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Audience Network’s programming head exits
The Audience Network’s programming head Chris Long has left the company after near two decades….
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Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service
US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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Starz rolls out on DirecTV streaming service
Starz has inked a deal with AT&T’s DirecTV that will see its channels launch on…
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Virgin squares Full Circle with exclusive deal
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has acquired three seasons of US drama Full Circle….
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Record US multichannel TV losses in 2016
The first nine months of 2016 have seen the biggest ever drop in US multichannel…
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Telcos are ‘taking over pay TV’
Telecoms companies will account for over half of all pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe…
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AT&T strikes multi-platform deal with HBO
AT&T has reached a multi-year deal with HBO to offer the latter’s content across all…
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AT&T net prepares diamond trader drama
US channel AT&T Audience Network has commissioned a ten-part drama from Entertainment One and Fuqua…
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Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
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AT&T posts record subs loss as US pay TV slows
AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service recorded the single largest quarterly subs reverse ever in Q1, shedding…
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AT&T posts record subs loss as US pay TV slows
AT&T’s U-verse IPTV service recorded the single largest quarterly subs reverse ever in Q1, shedding…
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MIPCOM spotlight on Japan, MIPCancun moves
Japan will be the country of honour at MIPCOM while the MIPCancun event is moving…
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Virgin expands Kingdom with second exclusive
Virgin Media’s push into exclusive UK programming has continued with the acquisition of mixed martial…
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Scripps names ex-AOL exec as Lat Am chief
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired media and technology veteran Eduardo Hauser as its managing director,…
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DirecTV completes Spotless deal
DirecTV has bought one-hour drama Spotless for Latin American pay TV. The series will air…
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AT&T to carry Viceland
AT&T’s US platforms are to carry the upcoming A+E Networks-backed cable channel Viceland as part…
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AT&T to carry Viceland
AT&T’s US platforms are to carry the upcoming A+E Networks-backed cable channel Viceland as part…
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US pay TV down almost 400,000 in Q3
US pay TV numbers continue to decline, with the smaller operators bearing the brunt of…
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Discovery poaches digital boss from DirecTV
Discovery Communications has hired Karen Leever as its new executive VP, digital media. She joins…
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Netflix buys J.K. Rowling biopic
Streaming service Netflix has acquired a live-action biopic of Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling for…
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DirecTV launches 4K box
US pay TV operator DirecTV, now owned by AT&T, has launched its first 4K ultra…