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New Warner Bros. Discovery role for Dorota Zurkowska
Dorota Zurkowska has been appointed group senior VP revenue at Warner Bros. Discovery in Poland. In her new position, she will be responsible for the…
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Virgin Media O2 upgrades more channels to HD
Virgin Media O2 is upgrading a selection of popular channels to the HD format, at no extra to subscribers. The upgrade includes National Geographic H…
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24i promotes David Brown
David Brown has been promoted to the role of CTO at 24i. As the newest member of the executive team, he is focused on developing the right technology…
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Ukrainian anti-piracy body continues during wartime
Ukraine’s anti-piracy initiative Clean Sky has provided a summary of its activities in 2022 against the backdrop of the war with Russia. Vyacheslav M…
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New sports channel for Russia
Russia’s leading pay-TV operator Tricolor has launched a new sports channel. Known as Start Triumph, it focuses on “triumphant victories” of world sp…
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A+E hires Deborah K. Bradley
Deborah K. Bradley has been appointed executive VP of global content sales at A+E Networks. The announcement was made by Mark Garner, EVP of content …
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KPN combines streaming and linear in revamped TV offer
KPN has rebooted its TV service with a new offer that combines streaming apps with live TV. The Dutch operator’s KPN TV+ gives households access to N…
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RT (Russia Today) closes French operation
RT France has announced its closure following a recent round of European Union sanctions led to the freezing of its assets in the country. Russia has…
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Strong growth for Russian OTT service
Gazprom-Media’s OTT platform Premier saw its revenue increase by 22% in 2022. At the same, reports Kommersant, its subscriber rose by 45%, from 2.5 m…
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Monica Gubernat to head Romanian regulator
The members of Romania’s National Audiovisual Council (CNA) have proposed Monica Gubernat as president of the regulator. At the same time, they have …
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Claims BBC chairman helped arrange loan for Boris Johnson
BBC chairman Richard Sharp helped arrange an £800,000 loan for the then prime minister Boris Johnson, just weeks before being selected for the role, …
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Eutelsat decommissions 5 West A
The Eutelsat 5 West A satellite, initially designed for a 15-year lifetime, has been successfully retired after an impressive 20+ years of in-orbit o…
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DAZN and Amazon Prime Video ink global deal
Amazon and DAZN have agreed a global distribution partnership that will see DAZN’s D2C sports streaming service available as a new Prime Video Channe…
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Linear TV dominates in Poland
Nielsen data shows that linear TV viewership still dominates on a TV set in Poland, with streaming’s share at under 6%. According to Nielsen, it has …
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Kyivstar TV drops Setanta Sports
The Ukrainian OTT service Kyivstar TV has suspended Setanta Sports channels from its offer. According to Detektor Media, Kyivstar TV says it has take…
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Q&A with Przemyslaw Frasunek, Redge Technologies
Broadband TV News speaks with Przemyslaw Frasunek, the CEO of Redge Technologies, about the CEE region OTT landscape and the most effective video sec…
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New brand for unified Molotov-fuboTV in Summer 2023
The co-founder of the French OTT platform Molotov has said the company intends to accelerate its AVOD and FAST channels. Molotov was acquired by the …
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Antony Root to leave Warner Bros. Discovery
HBO Max EMEA content chief Antony Root has confirmed he will retire from his role at Warner Bros. Discovery at the end of this March. His departure c…
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InPlayer acquisition takes JW Player into subscription management
JW Player has announced the purchase of InPlayer, adding subscription management and identity management technology to its SaaS video platform for br…
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Sportdigital launches free-TV football channel on HD+ Ghana
German broadcaster Sportdigital TV Sende- und Produktions GmbH, which operates pay-TV channel Sportdigital Fußball in the German-speaking countries, …
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