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MADRID: The recently launched international news channel i24news, which is based in Israel, has secured carriage with Spanish DTH operator CANAL+. The news channel launches today in Spain, offering an array of international news told through the eyes of the Israeli society in all its diversity. i24news launched in July …

MILAN: Planeta Junior has signed an exclusive contract with Museum Masters International (MMI) for the representation of Bernard of Hollywood's Hollywood Legends, Cinema Beauties and Pin Up Girls in several European territories. The previously mentioned collections will be represented in Italy, Italian-speaking Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican State and Malta. Bernard …

HAMILTON: Central European Media Enterprises (CME) posted net revenues for the third quarter of $135.8 million, compared to the year-ago period's $140.1 million, with OIBDA for the quarter having gone from a positive $3.5 million in 2012 to a loss of $32.4 million. The new management at CME called the …

STOCKHOLM: Metronome Film & Television is being rebranded as Shine Finland, with Tarja Pääkkönen tapped to take on the role of managing director on a permanent basis. Pääkkönen had been serving as the company's interim MD since June. She said: “It is with pleasure that I become managing director of …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland and the ProSiebenSat.1 Group have expanded their existing partnership to now include the carriage of ProSieben FUN HD starting January 14, 2014. ProSieben FUN HD will be available for Sky satellite customers in Germany as part of the Sky Welt Paket. The network, which is the most-recent …

LONDON: The Revolution Will Be Televised, a satirical comedy series, has returned to BBC Three. The Revolution Will Be Televised looks on as well known individuals are publicly confronted. The half-hour show comes from Hat Trick Productions. It was created by Jolyon Rubinstein, Heydon Prowse and Joe Wade. Rubinstein stated: …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group is launching its third free-TV channel in Norway: TV6. TV6 joins the free-to-air TV3 and Viasat4 in the group's existing Norwegian portfolio. TV6 will be a general entertainment and lifestyle channel. It will broadcast a combination of talk shows, dramas, crime series and movies. Titles such …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group has extended its live media rights for UEFA Champions League football in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, starting with the 2015-16 season and running through the end of the 2017-18 season. The rights extend across free and pay TV, mobile and the Internet. In total, the group …

LONDON: Sky and UKTV have expanded on their existing partnership to now see the network of pay-TV channels being made available on Sky On Demand, Sky Go and NOW TV. The new multi-year, multiplatform agreement extends the footprint of the channels such as Gold, Watch, Alibi, Dave HD, Good Food, …

HELSINKI: SBS Discovery Television Finland has secured an extensive free-TV content deal with NBCUniversal International Television Distribution for series and movies to be made available on TV5 and Kutonen channels in Finland. The agreement includes such films as Fast & Furious 5, Snow White and the Huntsman, Bridesmaids, Ted and …