General International TV Channels Thread

[Francisque]

But why the duopoly has to be broken by a biased and "loud" news channel?

 

[RandomMe]

Sometimes I wish the ITV News Channel was still operational and that Men and Motors shut down in 2005.

 

[Checkerboard]

New channels launching in CZ
Odstartuje nová celoplošná televize Naživo? Zahájení vysílání doprovází nejasnosti
Televízia Body in Balance získala vysielaciu licenciu. Bude vo verzii pre SR a ČR
People watching more TV in CZ
Koronavirová krize potvrdila dominanci televize mezi médii
Discovery Showcase HD and Fine Living HD closing down in CZ
Discovery na Slovensku a v ČR zruší jednu svoju stanicu. Už na konci roka
Fine Living v Česku a na Slovensku končí
Comedy Central CZ closing down in Slovakia
Prima Comedy Central na Slovensku dostupná nebude, odkázal vysielateľ
CT3 broadcasting until spring
Veřejnoprávní stanice ČT3 by měla vysílat do 22. března příštího roku
Also, I have info that Paramount Network will be expanding in CEE soon.

 

[J10]

Discovery Showcase HD and Fine Living HD closing down in CZ
Discovery na Slovensku a v ČR zruší jednu svoju stanicu. Už na konci roka
Fine Living v Česku a na Slovensku končí

It’s already mentioned in the previous page, and not just in CZ, but also in Slovakia.

In Czech and Slovakia too. In the article, it’s mentions that HGTV might possibly enter these markets.
Fine Living v Česku a na Slovensku končí

Also, someone said that it’ll be removed from Hungary on the same day. From this shutdown, Fine Living’s closure might also affect the MENA region too, which is broadcasted via beIN; formerly on OSN in 2013 until 2018.

In Hungary Fine Living and Discovery Showcase HD close down on December 31.
Does it happen in other countries?

 

[Moleoman]

Canal+ Domo to launch in Czech Republic on 1st December with Domo+ programs localized into Czech:

Startuje Canal+ Domo, ale nie w Polsce [wideo]

Wyjaśniła się zagadka CANAL+ Domo. Przypomnijmy, że 4 listopada br. KRRiT rozstrzygnęła wniosek CANAL+ Polska w sprawie udzielenia koncesji dla kanału CANAL+ Domo. Do tej pory nie było nic wiadomo o tym projekcie poza tym, że ma to być stacja dokumentalno-rozrywkowa. Fakt starania się o koncesję...

satkurier.pl

 

[Checkerboard]

It's kinda interesting that Canal+ out of all companies. There are too many home improvement channels here. Fine Living HD, Spektrum Home, Canal+ Domo, HobbyTV. Fine Living replaced with HGTV. Prima, Nova and ČT all have home shows. Dunno, seems overkill.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

But why the duopoly has to be broken by a biased and "loud" news channel?

Well, did you even read @RegularCapital's comment on why the duopoly has to be broken regardless of biased views of this channel or not? It doesn't really feel like it, so... Not to mention that people would rather watch a whole new news channel regardless of biased views than the same old stuff.

 

[RegularCapital]

HBO Max will be coming to the Asia-Pacific region in the near future, David Simonsen who will continue to lead the development of HBO GO in APAC will be working with HBO Max's Global team in preparation for the regional launch.

WarnerMedia restructures several Asia business operations and leadership | News | Campaign Asia

Clement Schwebig to lead a new structure that unites WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Warner Bros and consumer products, gaming and location based Entertainment, in this region.

www.campaignasia.com

 

[J10]

HBO Max will be coming to the Asia-Pacific region in the near future, David Simonsen who will continue to lead the development of HBO GO in APAC will be working with HBO Max's Global team in preparation for the regional launch.

WarnerMedia restructures several Asia business operations and leadership | News | Campaign Asia

Clement Schwebig to lead a new structure that unites WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Warner Bros and consumer products, gaming and location based Entertainment, in this region.

www.campaignasia.com

I thought that HBO GO will change its name to HBO Max, but they won’t do it. So, they’ll continue to lead the development of HBO GO, instead of changing the name, as of the article.

I wish if they could change the name of the app and the service.

 

[themidnightlore]

HBO Max will be coming to the Asia-Pacific region in the near future, David Simonsen who will continue to lead the development of HBO GO in APAC will be working with HBO Max's Global team in preparation for the regional launch.

WarnerMedia restructures several Asia business operations and leadership | News | Campaign Asia

Clement Schwebig to lead a new structure that unites WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks, Warner Bros and consumer products, gaming and location based Entertainment, in this region.

www.campaignasia.com

But never ever in Europe. I get that where there is Sky, they did that thing with NOW TV. But where there's no Sky? I think of the CEE region where they have the HBO channels. Or of France, I think Warner TV could get some HBO Max stuff?

 

[RegularCapital]

But never ever in Europe. I get that where there is Sky, they did that thing with NOW TV. But where there's no Sky? I think of the CEE region where they have the HBO channels. Or of France, I think Warner TV could get some HBO Max stuff?

It's coming to Europe, but not the countries where HBO has business deals with third-parties, to an extent NOW TV/Sky will act as an exclusive content distributor for HBO Max originals in the UK, Germany, and Italy, except for Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Television content. HBO Max has several local partners, such as Orange in France or BeTV (French) and Telenet (Dutch) in Belgium.

It's mostly CEE, Spain, Portugal and Nordic where they get HBO content directly from WarnerMedia, these will be the countries where HBO Max will launch.

 

[CNCN2014]

Something a little bit interesting, FUNimation (owned by the same company as Animax) may be planning to launch a linear TV channel in the UK and has no confirmed timescale of when this is intending to launch, this is all according to TVChannelLists.com, so there's technically no source on this or where the site may have gotten this information from.

List of channels on Sky (UK and Ireland) – TVCL – TV Channel Lists

www.tvchannellists.com

 

[themidnightlore]

Something a little bit interesting, FUNimation (owned by the same company as Animax) may be planning to launch a linear TV channel in the UK and has no confirmed timescale of when this is intending to launch, this is all according to TVChannelLists.com, so there's technically no source on this or where the site may have gotten this information from.

List of channels on Sky (UK and Ireland) – TVCL – TV Channel Lists

www.tvchannellists.com

Animax, just way too late.
Just kidding, as Sony retired the Animax name in UK.

 

[Red Arrow]

It's coming to Europe, but not the countries where HBO has business deals with third-parties, to an extent NOW TV/Sky will act as an exclusive content distributor for HBO Max originals in the UK, Germany, and Italy, except for Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Television content. HBO Max has several local partners, such as Orange in France or BeTV (French) and Telenet (Dutch) in Belgium.

It's mostly CEE, Spain, Portugal and Nordic where they get HBO content directly from WarnerMedia, these will be the countries where HBO Max will launch.

HBO is not exclusive to Telenet anymore in Flanders. The HBO programs are available on "Streamz" now together with some Warner Bros and Nickelodeon programs and Flemish series. It costs €12/month.

 

[sorin96]

RTL Spike will closedown in Hungary on January 12th 2021 and on the same date will be launched TeenNick who'll also launch in Romania on the same date.
Also,from December 17th,Paramount Channel will rebrand as Paramount Network only in Hungary

ViacomCBS to Make Changes to Its Hungarian Pay-TV Portfolio – CRT

ViacomCBS is planning three changes for its Hungarian pay-TV portfolio this winter. The company provided us more details.

en.crt-tv.com

 

[RegularCapital]

HBO is not exclusive to Telenet anymore in Flanders. The HBO programs are available on "Streamz" now together with some Warner Bros and Nickelodeon programs and Flemish series. It costs €12/month.

Streamz is jointly owned by Telenet and DPG Media.

 

[Red Arrow]

Streamz is jointly owned by Telenet and DPG Media.

Yes, but you can also watch it on Proximus TV. What I meant was that the content is not exclusive to one TV provider anymore.

 

[RegularCapital]

MTV's streaming service Play To Launch on Amazon Prime Video in the UK: MTV Play launches on Amazon Prime Video

Poland's TVP aims to launch an English language channel with the working title "TVP World" in 2021: TVP preparing English language channel

Discovery Deutschland signs distribution deal with Deutsche Telekom's MagentaTV: Discovery Deutschland signs MagentaTV agreement

Entertainment One (Hasbro) agrees new Sky Cinema deal, films include The Twilight Saga, 1917 and upcoming Transformers movies:

Comcast-Owned Sky Signs Deal With eOne To Secure Access To Hundreds Of Movies

Sky. has signed a "long-term" movie partnership with Entertainment One.

deadline.com

In an effort to offload some of AT&T's debt, WarnerMedia is planning to sell Chilean national broadcaster, Chilevision to ViacomCBS: ViacomCBS edges closer to Chilevision Viacom afina los últimos detalles para comprar Chilevisión

 

[RandomMe]

Poland's TVP aims to launch an English language channel with the working title "TVP World" in 2021: TVP preparing English language channel

The TVP World plan reminds me of some foreign services in English that have a particular bias over a certain region, like TRT World over Arabia and India and CGTN and Al-Jazeera over Africa (mostly the former).

Portugal doesn't have any money for such a channel.

 

[Checkerboard]

RikTV is returning to Slovakia
TV RiK - první dětská slovenská televize se vrací

I'm curious if TeenNick will launch a year later again in Baltics or Czechia.

Taht Paramount rebrand... I can't say much... but you will soon understand how that ties into other CEE plans.