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CSA allows TF1 ad breaks in news

French TV regulator CSA has authorised commercial channel TF1 to air a commercial break in news programmes that exceed 30 minutes, within a limit of 12 minutes per hour. In doing so, the CSA has applied the general rule for commercial breaks already authorised to other French broadcasters by a decree-law of 1992, but which […]

July 20, 2017From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

ASA bans Sky broadband ad as Virgin complain

Sky has had a broadband TV commercial banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint from Virgin Media. The commercial featured the cast from animated movie The Secret Life of Pets, with one character becoming frustrated with their broadband connectivity. Virgin Media challenged a claim in the ad that Sky broadband was “super […]

July 20, 2017

More 20th Century Fox content for Hulu

US streaming service Hulu and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution have announced an expansive agreement that will add nearly 3,000 episodes of hit comedies, popular dramas and iconic series to Hulu. In addition to granting streaming rights to every episode of long-running hits including How I Met Your Mother, Burn Notice, Bones and Glee, the […]

July 20, 2017

SES organises ‘celestial ballet’ for AMC-9 services

Losing a satellite is traumatic for any satellite operator, its clients and even the financial community. But the loss of AMC-9 which failed on June 16th (from 83 deg West) and is now drifting harmlessly and inert, has seen its clients almost completely replaced. SES has drifted AMC-6 to 83 degrees West, according to a […]

July 20, 2017By Chris Forrester

DHX Media kids’ titles for Virgin TV

DHX Media, a global children’s content and brands company, has announced a distribution deal with Virgin TV UK for SVoD rights in the UK and Ireland, and linear rights for its Irish network, TV3 Ireland, for a total of 615 half-hours of content. A total of 30 titles from DHX Media’s library have been licensed […]

July 20, 2017

Scripps selects Encompass CloudVOD

Scripps Networks International has selected Encompass CloudVOD, a cloud-based VoD service, as its exclusive solution for delivering VoD content to the EMEA region. CloudVOD is powered by Microsoft Azure and uses powerful automation and orchestration engines to manage Scripps’ VoD workflow including the delivery of assets to the largest VoD platform footprint in EMEA. “With […]

July 20, 2017

Discovery and Scripps talk merger again

Not for the first time, but once again, Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive are talking about merging their broadcasting assets. Although it is by no means certain that a deal will be consummated, the mere fact that the pair have reportedly come back to the negotiating table is indicative of a willingness to explore […]

July 19, 2017By Chris Forrester

Research: Pay-TV piracy in 11.8m LatAm homes

According to research from consultancy firm Dataxis, pay-TV piracy reached 7 per cent of TV households in Latin America, with 11.8 million consumers. Dataxis suggests total illegal access to pay-TV could be positioned as the third largest player on the market, behind América Móvil and DirecTV. However, Dataxis predicts that piracy will maintain a slight […]

July 19, 2017By Colin Mann

Forecast: US TV primetime ad revenue up 6%

The negotiations for US TV’s primetime upfront for the 2017-18 season are nearly complete and Media Dynamics estimates that total ad revenue for the broadcast TV networks and cable channels amounted to $19.73 billion (€17.13bn), an increase of 5.9 per cent over the previous upfront. While the broadcast TV networks sold approximately $9.1 billion of […]

July 19, 2017

BBC Worldwide improvements

BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the Corporation – has revealed its financial results for 2016/17, showing an increase in both headline sales and headline profits, and sustaining cash returns to the BBC above £200 million (€226m) for a third successive year. Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Worldwide and Director, Global, said: “By concentrating […]

July 19, 2017