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Broadcasters start moving licences away from the UK

April 26, 2018 07.35 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Anticipating Brexit, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Viceland have started moving their broadcast licences from the UK.

Viacom International Media Networks has obtained licences in The Netherlands for its bouquet of channels aimed at France, MTV (France), MTV Hits (France), Paramount Channel (France), BET (France), Nickelodeon (France), Nickelodeon Junior (France), Nickelodeon Teen (France) and Paramount Channel (France). Also, a number of VIMN channels for Denmark now operate under a Dutch licence.

21st Century Fox has always held licences for National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild in Spain, as well as the Dutch language versions of Fox and National Geographic Channel intended for Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of Belgium.

Viceland is now using a Dutch licence for its Dutch and Belgian (Dutch language) channels.

At the moment, more than 750 channels based in Britain and licensed by media regulator Ofcom can currently broadcast throughout the European Union without restriction because Britain is part of the EU’s single market.

Discovery, Disney, the Modern Times Group, Turner Broadcasting, 21st Century Fox, and Viacom are among the channel providers with bases in Britain. Many of them are believed to follow suit.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: 21st Century Fox, Brexit, UK, Viacom International Media Networks, Viceland, VIMN Edited: 3 May 2018 20:50

About Robert Briel

Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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