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Starz COO extends stay
Starz has agreed a new long-term contract with its COO, Jeffrey Hirsch. The deal will…
Univision ups Lee to top entertainment post
Hispanic US broadcaster Univision has promoted the exec who oversaw the creation of subsidiary Fusion…
Landmark deal means Comcast will stream Netflix
US cable giant Comcast will stream SVOD service Netflix on its X1 set-top box, a…
Starz ups Hirsch and Weil
Starz has appointed Jeffrey Hirsch COO, handing him some of the responsibilities that sat with…
Telcos target TV
Telecoms operators are increasingly looking to TV to drive new subs, increase customer loyalty and…
Charter’s $78bn TWC takeover gets greenlight
One of US cable’s biggest-ever merger is set to go ahead after the antitrust regulators…
Dish coalition wants cable merger stopped
Dish Networks has joined a coalition that aims to stop Charter Communications’ big-money acquisition of…
Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’
Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….
US pay TV ‘struggling’ to retain subs
Nine out of the top ten US pay TV operators lost subscribers in the quarter…
Discovery, Comcast come to carriage agreement
Fraught carriage negotiations between Discovery Communications and Comcast Communications have ended with a new “long-term,…