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Leonine takes over Paramount DVD and Blu-ray distribution in DACH

January 19, 2026 11.17 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German production and distribution company Leonine Studios has taken over the DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD home entertainment distribution of Paramount Pictures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Bernhard zu Castell, CBS, Comedy Central, Leonine Studios, Michael Meier, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Showtime Edited: 19 January 2026 11:17

Paramount to close MTV channels across Europe

October 10, 2025 20.58 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

US media company Paramount is preparing a major withdrawal from the linear television market, with multiple MTV channels across Europe set to close at the end of 2025.

Filed Under: Distribution, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Club MTV, Comedy Central Extra, MTV, MTV 00s, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, MTV Live, MTV Live HD, MTV Music, NickMusic, Paramount, Paramount Network, TeenNick Edited: 15 October 2025 11:24

VH1 becomes MTV 00s

August 3, 2021 11.47 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The VH1 brand, which has been present in Europe since the mid 1990s, is being phased out in favour of MTV 00s.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: MTV, MTV 00s, VH1, ViacomCBS Edited: 3 August 2021 11:47

DNMG offers ViacomCBS channels on German cable

January 13, 2020 05.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

ViacomCBS Networks GSA and German cable operator association DNMG have expanded their partnership, which has existed since 2002.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, IPTV, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Comedy Central, DNMG, Michael Keidel, MTV, Nick, ViacomCBS Networks Edited: 10 January 2020 10:58

Viacom teams up with Access for in-car TV

August 19, 2019 09.42 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Japanese car IT solutions provider Access have formed a partnership to make the US media company’s TV brands accessible to vehicle passengers via the […]

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: ACCESS, Comedy Central, MTV, Neale Foster, Nickelodeon, Raffaele Annecchino, Twine4Car, Viacom International Media Networks Edited: 19 August 2019 09:45

Pluto TV launches SpongeBob and MTV The Hills channels

July 25, 2019 11.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Pluto TV has launched three new linear channels in Germany and Austria, drawn from the entertainment brand portfolio of parent company Viacom.

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, Platforms, TV Tagged With: MTV, Nickelodeon, Olivier Jollet, pluto.tv, Viacom Edited: 25 July 2019 11:26

Unitymedia adds restart TV to further channels

July 8, 2019 11.23 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia is now offering the restart TV function on 45 further free-to-air TV channels.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Platforms, TV Tagged With: Comedy Central, Deutsches Musik Fernsehen, DMax, ele 5, Eurosport, Home & Garden TV, Horizon, MTV, Nick, Restart TV, Sport1, TLC, Unitymedia Edited: 8 July 2019 11:25

MTV+ joins Amazon Prime Video Channels in Germany

December 12, 2018 10.48 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels in Germany and Austria.

Filed Under: Distribution, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, OTT, Platforms, Streaming, TV Tagged With: Amazon Prime, Amazon Prime Video Channels, MTN, MTV, MTV Brand New, Nickelodeon, Viacom International Media Networks, Vodafone Edited: 12 December 2018 10:48

Insight UHD launches on M7’s Diveo platform

November 29, 2018 13.48 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

With Insight UHD, German DTH satellite platform Diveo has added the first Ultra HD channel to its line-up on Astra (19.2° East).

Filed Under: Distribution, DTH, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite, TV, Ultra HD Tagged With: CI+, Diveo, Insight TV, Insight UHD, M7, MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic Edited: 29 November 2018 13:49

MTV’s EMAs to be broadcast in ultra-high definition

November 2, 2018 10.44 Europe/London By Julian Clover

UK platforms Sky and Virgin have secured the rights to broadcast this weekend’s European Music Awards in ultra-high definition.

Filed Under: Newsline, TV Tagged With: 4K, MTV, MTV EMAs 2018, UltraHD Edited: 5 November 2018 07:51

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