Disney+ in EMEA has hired former Fox Networks Group (FNG) exec Evert van der Veer to oversee programming in the region. Van der Veer, who started this week, becomes VP of programming for Disney+ EMEA and will be responsible for programming strategy, as well as managing content planning, operations and regulatory compliance. He had previously […]
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has launched FOXNOW, the latest iteration of its VOD strategy, in Spain through an exclusive distribution agreement with Vodafone, with plans to follow up with a launch of the group’s new factual on-demand service National Geographic+. The launch on Vodafone’s network marks the debut of FOXNOW in Europe. The […]
Danish telco TDC, which operates TV services under the YouSee brand, has launched new Nordic subscription video-on-demand service Nordisk Film+ in Denmark along with Fox+, the streaming service from Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa. The Egmont Group-owned Nordisk Film service will offer a mix of Danish feature films combined with films from across the […]
Danish telecom operator TDC, which provides residential TV and broadband services under the YouSee brand, is launching a new TV channel in partnership with Fox Networks Group combining Danish shows with US series from Fox Networks. The two companies have named Pil Gundelach Brandstrup to head up the service. The new channel, Xee, is branded […]
Nordic Entertainment (NENT), the soon-to-be-split-off TV and streaming arm of Modern Times Group (MTG) has expanded its long-term commercial partnership with Fox Networks Group, giving viewers in Denmark, Norway and Sweden access to shows from National Geographic on NENT Group’s streaming service Viafree, including programmes from the National Geographic Channel and NatGeo Wild. The agreement […]
Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has unveiled a new executive team structure for its Africa division, which currently operates eight pay TV channel brands including National Geographic, Fox, Fox Sports and Baby TV. As part of the shake-up, Vasilis Iliopoulos will expand his role to become SVP for FNG Africa, alongside his existing […]
European Commission investigators raided the UK offices Fox Networks Group yesterday as part of an antitrust probe. The EC said to The Telegraph, which first broke the news, that it is investigating media companies across the EU over a suspected cartel in sports rights distribution and broadcasting. The Telegraph has reported that investigators will be on […]
Fox Networks Group (FNG) has promoted from within for a new leader of its Digital Consumer Group division. Jeff Hughes, who joined FNG in 2016, will succeed Brian Sullivan in the role. He is a former BSkyB (now Sky UK) and Omniphone exec. Sullivan, a former Sky Deutschland and Sky UK chief, was promoted to […]
Former NBCUniversal (NBCU) European channels chief Colin McLeod will succeed Jeff Ford as managing director of Fox Networks Group UK. The new post comes just over a year since DTVE sister title TBI revealed McLeod was leaving NBCUniversal International Networks after a decade. McLeod begin his new post today in a part-time capacity before transitioning […]
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely numerical terms (if it gets done), The Walt Disney Company picking off rival 21st Century Fox marks a seminal moment in TV and film history. The deal, which the companies believe will close in 12 to 18 months, knocks off one […]
