Broadcasters
EC lays down gauntlet to Hollywood majors and Sky on geo-blocking
The European Commission is investigating Sky and six Hollywood majors – Disney, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures,…
Discovery to buy rest of Eurosport for €491 million
Discovery has agreed to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in Eurosport from…
MTV programming head moves to YouTube
MTV’s president of programming in the US, Susanne Daniels, is set to join YouTube to…
Trust calls for greater protection for BBC
The BBC Trust has called for greater protection for the public broadcaster from politics, changes…
Albanian telco adopts Telekom brand
Deutsche Telekom-owned Albanian telco Albanian Mobile Telecommunications has rebranded as Telekom Albania, making it the…
iPlayer accounts for 62% of UK TV streaming, says government
Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…
Sky in deal with News Corp papers for Premier League clips
Pay TV operator Sky has secured UK rights to show clips from every Premier League…
TF1’s Got to join France Télévisions as strategy and programme chief
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
BBC launches new channel in Asia
BBC Worldwide is continuing the international rollout of its new channel brands with the launch…
Turner and Vubiquity team up to automate VoD
Turner Broadcasting in the US has turned to on-demand specialist Vubiquity to turn its broadcast…