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Modern Times Group
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MTG extends English Premier League rights deal
Modern Times Group has extended its exclusive deal to broadcast the English Barclays Premier League…
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MTG rejigs Baltics management, expands local production
Modern Times Group (MTG) is making a series of changes to the management of Viasat…
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CTC Media appoints new CEO as Podolsky exits
Boris Podolsky, the CEO of Russian broadcaster CTC Media is exiting the company, with the…
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TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec
UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly…
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MTG has further plans to build content business post DRG deal
Modern Times Group says it plans to build its content and distribution business having already…
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Murphy goes one step beyond
The new general manager of Australia-based Beyond Television tells TBI about changing international perceptions of…
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MTG completes DRG acquisition, buys Novemberfilm
Modern Times Group Studios has finalised its acquisition of UK-based distributor DRG, and bought Norwegian…
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MTG creates digital hub in VOD drive
Modern Times Group is to create a new ‘digital hub’ to accelerate the pace of…
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Settman out in MTG management shake-up
Free and pay TV group MTG has implemented several senior changes management changes that include…
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Viasat taps ITV Studios for formats development exec
Viasat Broadcasting has poached ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s VP of format sales to take on…
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CTC talks up channels despite audience dips
Russian broadcaster CTC Media has seen its operating income fall 8% year-on-year as ratings at…
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MTG appoints Virgin exec to Viasat COO role
Modern Times Group (MTG) has appointed former Virgin Media executive Aleks Habdank as chief operating…
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Mixed results for MTG
Modern Times Group expects some growth from its Nordic pay TV business this year, with…
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MTG hires Google exec as chief digital officer
Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Google executive Rikard Steiber in the new role of…
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Raft of extra carriage for Denmark’s free-TV channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and…
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MTG launching new free-to-air channel in Czech Republic
Modern Times Group will launch Prima Zoom, its fourth free-to-air channel in the Czech Republic,…
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MTG launches HD channels package in Russia
Pay TV broadcaster Modern Times Group has launched a new HD channel package on Rostelecom’s…
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HBO launches in Sweden
Telia has become the first platform operator in the Nordic region to offer HBO, making…
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Executive shuffle at Modern Times Group: three leave, new Nordic boss
Modern Times Group has made several hires and promotions as other executives leave the company…
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MTG launches Viaplay download service
International broadcast group Modern Times Group has added a download function to its Viaplay OTT…