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Lionsgate poaches Disney veteran Goetz

Lionsgate has appointed Jared Goetz, a 22-year veteran of The Walt Disney Company, to the…

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Lionsgate & Liberty Global partner on thriller for Starz

Lionsgate and Liberty Global have partnered up to produce new spy thriller The Rook for…

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Ex-Gaumont chief to lead Liberty-backed producer

Former Gaumont Television CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh is to lead to lead a production and…

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Virgin moves into original kids commissioning

Children’s Media Conference: UK pay TV platform Virgin Media is planning to commission kids television…

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Film1 to replace Sundance channel with on-demand offering

Dutch channel group Film1 has announced plans to replace its Film1 Sundance channel with an…

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Adam Crozier leaving ITV

ITV boss Adam Crozier is leaving after seven years, with Sir Peter Bazalgette, the UK…

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Virgin Media adds France 2, TVN & Russian nets

UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has bolstered its offer by securing distribution of channels…

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IHS: content arms race is ‘squeezing margins’

The content ‘arms race’ is squeezing margins for everyone across the cable industry and operators…

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Liberty Global ‘evaluating’ Amazon partnership

Liberty Global is “evaluating” whether to offer Amazon’s video service, after striking a global deal…

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Asian Netflix rival raises $90m

Asian SVOD service iflix has raised US$90 million to use on international expansion. Cable giant…

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Liberty boosts subs as Netflix roll out continues

All3Media co-owner Liberty Global added 313,000 next-generation TV customers in Q4 and said it plans…

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Vodafone pushes back UK TV service

Vodafone has put its plans to launch a TV service in the UK on hold, according…

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All3Media buys into drama producer

All3Media is funding a London-based start-up drama prodco. Two Halves Pictures was co-founded in April…

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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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Russia to lead regional SVOD boom

The number of SVOD homes in the main Eastern Europe countries will rocket to 18.2…

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Viacom launching new Spike channels

Viacom will launch Spike channels in the Netherlands and Hungary next month. The male-skewing cable…

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Liberty CEO: content is ‘Kong’

Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has said that the company will be “selective” about content…

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Maxdome SVOD nears 900k subs

ProSiebenSat.1’s subscription video-on-demand service Maxdome grew its subscriber base by 48% in the year to…

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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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Discovery building the ‘Netflix of sports’

With Olympics and other rights in hand, Eurosport can become the ‘Netflix of sports’, according…

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HBO shutting channels in the Netherlands

HBO is set to close its channels in the Netherlands at the end of the…

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Sky ‘rapidly closing the gap’ on Liberty Global

Sky is “rapidly closing the gap” on its larger rival Liberty Global in Western Europe,…

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Virgin orders comedy shorts, buys Magic City

UK pay TV provider Virgin Media is pushing further into original programming, commissioning Avalon Television…

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eOne turns down £1bn ITV offer

Entertainment One has rejected UK broadcaster ITV’s £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) takeover bid. The offer…

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Liberty plans content investments

Liberty Global plans to make “smart, opportunistic investments” in content following its recent announcement that…

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Lionsgate can ‘dramatically scale’ drama with Starz

Lionsgate chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer has said the US$4.4 billion acquisition of premium cable…

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Horizon growth helps boost Liberty Global subs

Liberty Global’s advanced TV base passed the seven million mark in the second quarter, with…

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All3 agrees major drama output deal with Liberty

All3Media will produce four original drama series for cable platforms owned by its co-parent, Liberty…

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Ex-BT channels boss joins Virgin content push

UK pay TV provider Virgin Media has hired a former content chief at BT TV…

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TV3 poaches RTÉ2 boss for programming role

Irish broadcaster TV3 Group has replaced Lynda McQuaid with Bill Malone, the controller of rival…