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Mark Linsey named as new BBC Studios director

The former controller of entertainment commissioning has been acting director of BBC Television since October last year.He will replace the outgoing Peter Salmon, who...

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Russia operating over 2,300 TV channels

The Russian TV market now offers 2,370 TV channels, according to a European Audiovisual Observatory report. ‘Focus on the audiovisual industry in the Russian...

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SPT invests in Fable Pictures

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Fable Pictures. The UK film and production company, led by creative director Faye Ward,...

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CBBC unveils new logo

CBBC has undergone its first makeover in nine years after revealing its new logo. The announcement was made via a blog post published by...

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Freenet acquires Media Broadcast Group

Freenet has agreed a deal to buy transmission company Media Broadcast Group in a deal worth £225 million. The purchase is expected to be...

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Clementi’s BBC restructure leaves “no hiding places”

Following a five-month consultation, a review into the running of the BBC has been made public. Following a five-month consultation period with the BBC...

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BBC to close iPlayer ‘loophole’

The BBC is set to close the iPlayer ‘loophole’ sooner rather than later after culture secretary John Whittingdale branded free viewing “wrong”. As it...

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Ten Alps rebrands as Zinc

Ten Alps, the TV production, communications and publishing business, is to undergo a complete rebrand and change its name to Zinc Media. Chief executive...

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SES to acquire RR Media

Satellite operator SES Platform Services is to acquire RR Media, a provider of global digital media services to the broadcast and media industries, for...

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Cobham rebranded DTC

Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance (TCS) has formally adopted Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) as its new company name. The company’s broadcast subdivision is now...

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Warner Bros to acquire DramaFever

Warner Bros is to acquire SVoD service DramaFever

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Cellnex plans UK expansion

Cellnext Telecom is planning to expand its business to the UK, France and Germany

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ITV to acquire UTV

ITV is set to complete a £100 million deal for Northern Irish broadcaster UTV Television

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Vodafone and Liberty complete deal

Vodafone is to combine its mobile network with Liberty Global’s Ziggo broadband operations

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ITV announces new chairman

Sir Peter Bazalgette is to succeed Archie Norman as ITV chairman

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xG Technology acquires IMT

xG Technology has acquired Integrated Microwave Technologies (IMT)

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Klein leaves ITV

Head of factual Richard Klein has left ITV

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Multimillion pound complex opens

A new multimillion-pound media studio complex has opened in London

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AJA unveil RovoCam

AJA Video Systems have announced RovoCam, the company's first compact block camera for industrial, corporate, security, ProAV and broadcast applications

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Fandago to acquire M-GO

Fandango, a unit of NBCUniversal, is to acquire OTT service M-GO

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Sinclair acquires the Tennis Channel

Sinclair Broadcast Group has completed a for $350 million deal for the Tennis Channel

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BT adds 97,000 subscribers

BT added 97,000 pay-TV subscribers in Q4 2015, more than double its Q4 2014 total

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Five Arrows Media Finance rebrands as Paragon Bank

Five Arrows Media Finance, formerly Fineline Media Finance, has rebranded to Paragon Bank following the business’ acquisition in November 2015

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Murdoch appointed Sky chairman

Sky has appointed James Murdoch as chairman, succeeding Nicholas Ferguson at the end of April

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ITV director departs

ITV director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell is to leave the broadcaster after seven years

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Collective Digital Studio rebrands

ProSiebenSat.1 Group has announced that Collective Digitial Studio (CDS) is to be rebranded as Studio71.

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Amazon Prime membership up 35 per cent in 2015

Amazon Prime amassed millions of new subscribers in 2015 after the company expanded its range of features on offer to paid-for members

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BBC to consider asking over-75s to give up free TV licence

The BBC is to consider asking the over-75s to give up their free TV licence, or make a voluntary contribution

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Public supports BBC proposals, if valued services remain

The BBC Trust has published results of a public consultation, with the majority of respondents showing support for the BBC’s plans for its future

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CMA approves BT’s EE takeover

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced its final clearance of the merger between EE and BT, the UK's largest fixed line network...

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Big data analytics remains firm focus for network operators

Eighty-seven per cent of network operators have completed or are currently implementing a big data analytics strategy, according to the findings of a global...

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Thomson Video Networks receives Harmonic acquisition offer

Thomson Video Networks has received a binding offer from Harmonic to acquire 100 per cent of Thomson Video Networks

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Sunset+Vine wins Twenty20 contract

The International Cricket Council (ICC), has awarded the live events production services contract to UK independent TV sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine

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Sky invests in TV4 Entertainment

Sky has invested $300,000 in LA-based TV4 Entertainment which owns a portfolio of niche interest television channels, distributed across online platforms in the US...

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BVE 2016 expands with London Entertainment Week

BVE, the annual event for the UK broadcast sector, will expand its 2016 trade show into the pro AV and live entertainment technology sectors,...

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BT celebrates 40 years of R&D at Adastral Park

The BT Labs at Adastral Park in Suffolk has celebrated 40 years of telecoms innovation, commemorating the opening of the company’s global R&D headquarters...

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BAFTA supports critical climate talks

A number of high profile names have joined the BAFTA albert sustainability initiative in calling for an international agreement on climate change at the...

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