Ireland’s TV3 is to be sold to UPC Ireland in a deal worth in excess of €80 million. The commercial channel that has nationwide distribution will become a part of […]
Vivendi dumps Canal CEO
The Supervisory Board at Canal+ has sacked CEO Rodolphe Belmer, replacing him with Maxime Saada, the current executive vice-president of Canal+ Group, and head of pay-TV.
EE fined £1m for customer complaint failure
Ofcom has fined EE £1 million after the mobile operator failed to comply with rules on handling customer complaints.
All over for Les Guignols de L’Info?
One of the most iconic shows on French television could be about to disappear from Canal+.
Bids invited for Telekom Srbija
Serbia’s Privatisation Agency has announced a call for non-bindings offers for the sale of Telekom Srbija.
London Live TV sheds £12m
London Live, the capital’s local TV station owned by the Lebedev family, made an operating loss in its first year of operation.
Discovery/Eurosport win Olympics rights
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcast rights in Europe to Discovery and Eurosport for the four Olympics in the 2018-2024 period.
Sky planning dedicated kids app
Sky has announced plans to launch a dedicated kids app. It follows the recent expansion of its on demand library within the genre from 700 to 4,000 titles.
Altice stages cross border merger ahead of M&A
Altice is showing no sign of slowing down with the announcement that it’s merging existing assets into a newly formed Dutch entity.
70m Netflix subs by year’s end
Netflix is on track to reach 69.9 million subscribers by the end of this year, up 28% on the end-2014 total.