Germany’s pay TV and IP networks provider, M7 Group, has extended its partnership with Austrian telecommunications network operator, Liwest. In addition to its cable TV offering of Free-TV, Pay-TV and foreign language programmes, Canal+ owned M7 will also supply the network operator with full IPTV licensing rights including advanced functions. Under the deal, Liwest can […]
Investing in sports content is becoming “more and more challenging”, reveals M7 Group’s vice president for business development, Bill Wijdeveld. The chief pointed to a general challenge to invest in all content, but most particularly sports. However, he explained with the increasing challenges of navigating the overcrowded sport rights market, creates opportunities for partnerships for […]
Canal+-owned, Luxembourg-based M7 Group has struck an agreement with the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for the satellite distribution of Russian language channel Current Time TV in HD via both the Astra satellite position at 19.2° East and Eutelsat E9B. The channel is a 24/7 Russian-language TV and digital network, providing live news, debate, […]
M7 Group’s German cable network offering, M7 Deutschland has secured the long-term distribution rights of the HD pay-TV channels SYFY and 13th Street in a new expanded deal with NBC Universal Global Networks Germany. Per the agreement, M7 partners will continue to offer the channels to their customers via their cable networks and IPTV platforms. […]
Canal+-owned M7 Group has secured a multi-year capacity deal with A+E Networks EMEA for the satellite distribution of its flagship History and Crime+Investigation channels across Europe. Per the agreement, A+E Networks EMEA will deliver the channels via the M7 satellite platform on 1 degree West within the Europe-wide footprint of Thor 5. The two companies […]
Canal+-owned M7 Group has announced the appointment of Frederic Beradi as its new chief financial officer. Beradi, who also becomes a member of the board at M7, replaces Ernst Jan van Rooijen who will take up the position of CFO and member of the board at Canal+ Poland – effectively changing places with Beradi. As […]
Canal+-owned M7 Group has announced the appointment of Jeroen Bergman as board member for content and business development. The executive replaces Bert Habets who resigned from the M7 Board at the end of 2022. Bergman has a storied career including 20 years at Liberty Global where he was responsible for all programming and content acquisition. […]
US far-right news network NEWSMAX is set to come to Europe via a distribution deal with CANAL+-owned M7 Group. NEWSMAX – which rose to prominence in late 2020 after repeating false claims that the presidential election was stolen – is currently available in 52 million pay TV homes in the US via operators including DIRECTV, Dish, […]
Luxembourg-based pay TV operator M7 Group has announced plans to integrate its TV platforms into smart TV sets in what it describes as an industry-first. The move will see users offered access to the full M7 pay TV platform via an app without the need for a set-top box or external streaming device. M7 said […]
Canal+-owned M7 Group has announced a multi-year extension to its distribution deal with AMC Networks International (AMCNI). The deal will see M7 continue to carry AMCNI’s entire pay TV portfolio and VOD library across the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The channels covered by the deal include Sport1, Sport2, AMC, Film+, Minimax, JimJam, Spektrum, […]
