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News round-up: Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’; Canela Kids strikes Mondo TV deal; ZDF Studios launches ‘Naked – Generation Gender’
Abacus to shop ‘Faithless’ Abacus Media Rights has acquired comedy drama Faithless for international distribution….
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News round-up: CJ ENM Hong Kong preps four scripted shows; Colors Gujarati launches in UK
CJ ENM Hong Kong preps four scripted shows CJ ENM Hong Kong has announced four…
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News round-up: Viaplay, Virgin Media join ‘The Holiday’; Arte explores ‘Ukraine’s War: Europe’s Dilemma’; Discovery+ preps competition show
Viaplay, Virgin Media join The Holiday Nordic streamer Viaplay and Virgin Media in Ireland have…
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UK’s Virgin Media launches new pay-TV platform
Liberty Global-owned British telecoms firm Virgin Media has launched Virgin TV 360, its new pay…
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Virgin Media takes Scottish streamer STV nationwide and adds All 4
Virgin Media has extended the reach of STV Player, the TV app from Scottish commercial…
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O2 & Virgin Media confirm merger, plan to invest $12bn on ‘converged platform’
Telefonica and Liberty Global have confirmed the merger of their UK operations. The 50-50 merger…
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Exclusive: Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships departs
Virgin Media’s director of content partnerships Gill Hay has left after four years, leaving a…
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Harlots finds UK home on Starzplay
Lionsgate’s Starzplay SVOD has swooped in to air Hulu drama Harlots in the UK. The…
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Starzplay to launch on Virgin Media later this month
Lionsgate-owned Starz has partnered with Virgin Media to make its Starzplay streaming service available to…
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STV Player to launch on Virgin Media
Virgin Media will launch STV’s on-demand service, STV Player, on its set-top boxes for the…
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UKTV returns to Virgin with more content than ever
UKTV’s channels returned to Virgin Media at the weekend, ending a three-week negotiations stand-off that…
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UKTV-Virgin dispute: no end in sight
The ongoing dispute between Virgin Media and UKTV over carriage fees has hit another impasse….
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TBI Weekly: Virgin Media’s potential channel wipeout
This week, Virgin Media’s carriage disputes with content providers dominated the conversation in the TV…
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UKTV ‘hugely disappointed’ as channels go dark on Virgin
Ten UKTV channels have gone dark for four million Virgin Media customers in the UK…
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UKTV channels dropped from Virgin Media
Virgin Media is set to drop UKTV’s portfolio of 10 channels from its platform in…
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BBC has Bright idea hiring Virgin exec for customer post
The BBC has appointed Virgin Media’s chief marketing officer, Kerris Bright, to the new role…
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Amazon joins first All3-produced Liberty Global drama
Amazon Prime Video has boarded a first high-end drama from All3Media, which is producing for…
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Ampere: Premier League rights to pass £10bn mark
The value of Premier League football rights is set to break the £10 billion barrier…
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Netflix UK subs rate slows as Now TV gains – BARB
Netflix added new subscribers at a slower rate than SVOD rivals Amazon Prime Video and…
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Virgin TV brings in Shakespeare drama as exclusive
Virgin Media will bring in Shakespeare drama Will as its latest British TV exclusive for…
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Virgin buys ‘Flemish noir’ brothel drama
UK pay TV service Virgin Media has acquired exclusive rights to a ‘Flemish noir’ drama…
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Ex-Sky non-scripted chief to lead Mentorn
Former Sky head of non-scripted Celia Taylor has joined Tinopolis Group-owned UK factual prodco Mentorn…
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Virgin takes slice of Cake kids content
Virgin has consolidated launching a dedicated kids TV app by acquiring nearly 500 episodes of…
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TBI Weekly: Disney challenges loom
Disney has had a tough week. On one end news emerged that the company is…
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Virgin launches kids TV app
UK paycaster Virgin Media has launched its dedicated kids app, which was first mooted to…
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Virgin Media Ireland adds UKTV to on-demand platform
Virgin Media Ireland has added UKTV Play to its line-up of on-demand services, boosting its…
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Ofcom: UK now a ‘nation of binge viewers’
The UK has become “a nation of binge viewers” but there are stark differences between…
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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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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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More4 engages in The Good Fight
UK digital terrestrial More4 has acquired CBS All Access original The Good Fight. The Channel…