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Premium video body launches in Europe
A premium video advocacy body is launching in Europe with the backing of numerous major…
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Viaplay calls on Peppy Pals for new kids original
Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay is getting its second kids TV original – a 16-part series…
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Drama at the members’ club
Howard Stringer and Jeremy Fox tell TBI about Atrium, their new club for platforms that…
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New CEO at DRG as Fox focuses on Atrium
Richard Halliwell has been named CEO of UK-based distributor DRG, with Jeremy Fox vacating the…
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MTG launches VR platform Viareal
MTG has launched a virtual reality app, offering extensions from its linear TV shows and…
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Set-tops ‘unimportant’ for SVOD, says Viaplay chief
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned OTT subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay does not need to be available…
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MTG ups stake in games firm
Modern Times Group has invested €82.6 million (US$90.2 million) to increase its shareholding in mobile…
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MTG investor buys into Com Hem
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik has bought an 18.5% stake in Scandinavian TV and telecoms provider…
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MTG sells Czech TV assets
MTG has completed the sale of its Czech TV assets as it continues its transformation…
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Record sales for MTG despite digital spend
MTG reported record sales and a 15% growth in operating income – despite making investments…
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Mediapro hails ‘record year’
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has hailed 2016 as “its best year in history” after…
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DRG launches Atrium with Howard Stringer
Distributor DRG yesterday launched TV’s latest high-end drama house, Atrium TV, with former Sony chief…
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MTG makes €115m from Baltic nets sale
Modern Times Group is selling its operations in the Baltic states to Providence Equity Partners…
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Viaplay sets UK-coproduced drama
Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay’s latest original will be coproduced by UK-based production company Nevision. Big-budget…
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Viaplay gains first-run Disney in new MTG deal
Viaplay subscribers are getting early access to Star Wars and Marvel Universe movies through the…
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Scandi nets visit Nordic World
Scandinavian broadcasters are flocking to Oslo-based distributor Nordic World for locally-produced factual programming. The vendor…
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MTG’s Zoomin expands German operations
MTG-backed MCN Zoomin TV is expanding in Germany, appointing Cengiz Kurt its new country manager….
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Fox, Viaplay team for Fox+ streaming service
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa and Viaplay have launched Fox+, a new drama and…
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MTG turns in solid results as studio grows
Nordic and international pay and free TV outfit Modern Times Group turned in a solid…
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Viaplay orders OTT original from The Bridge scribe
Viaplay’s push into original programming has continued with an order for The Lawyer, a scripted…
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Endemol Shine poaches MTG exec for Nordics
Endemol Shine Nordics has poached Modern Times Group programming exec Karin Stjärne to become its…
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MTG offloads stake in TV Prima
Modern Times Group has sold its 50% shareholding in Czech free-to-air broadcaster Prima, with plans…
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Euro MCN launches studio to target TV nets
Amsterdam-based multichannel network Zoomin.TV has created a studios arm to reversion its digital programmes in…
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MTG offloads loss-making African TV operations
Sweden-based media group MTG has completed the sale of its loss-making free TV channels and…
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Warner Bros. hires Hillerbrand to replace Halding
Warner Bros. has brought in Fredrik Hillerbrand to run its production operations in Denmark. He…
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Red Arrow, MTG team for thriller series
Red Arrow International and the Modern Times Group have joined forces to make Embassy Down,…
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Nobel drama win for Canal+
French pay TV operator Canal+ has acquired Scandi thriller series Nobel. DRG sells the show…
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BBCWW hires ex-Small World exec
Tara Gaule has joined BBC Worldwide soon after leaving Content Television-backed Small World IFT, TBI…
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MTG targets US digital with new hire
Modern Times Group has appointed Digital Artists Entertainment boss Scott Rupp to develop the presence…
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MTG veteran Hermansson leaving
The executive chairman of MTG’s digital MTGx division, Mathias Hermansson, is leaving the company. Hermansson…