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Murdoch empire makes Sky deal

Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox is buying European pay-TV firm Sky in a deal that unites a media empire across two continents.

16/12/2016

Economy

Samsung set for biggest change in company's history

Samsung fails to address investors' major concerns but announces structural review and a "road map" for the future.

29/11/2016

Cinema

Oscar buzz builds for Rebecca Hall in 'Christine'

When Florida TV anchor Christine Chubbuck shot herself dead on live TV in 1974 little was known about her. Now there are two films out about her life.

28/10/2016

United Kingdom

Hugh Laurie makes it on to Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Hugh Laurie has become the latest actor to be honoured with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

26/10/2016

Cinema

'Good Girls Revolt' a 60s discrimination drama that reverberates today

Amazon’s latest original series is based on the book 'Good Girls Revolt' by Lynn Povich,' about a group of women employed by Newsweek magazine in the 1960's who ended up suing the magazine for discrim

24/10/2016

Business Series

Robots really are trying to take over Hollywood

Making creative decisions using data, algorithms and artificial intelligence; it all sounds terrifying to people who make a living in the TV and film industry.

19/10/2016

Business Series

4K & HDR: the next generation of TV

19/10/2016

Business Series

Still sceptical about virtual reality? You shouldn't be

18/10/2016

Markets

Netflix subscriber boom boosts shares

Shares of Netflix shot up as the video streaming service added nearly 3.6 million subscribers between July and September.

18/10/2016

Business Series

How will Brexit impact the UK’s thriving creative industries?

18/10/2016

Cinema

HBO expands into Eastern European

HBO Europe, the European arm of the Time Warner service‎,‎ is following on the success of its first season with Season Two of Hungarian TV series ‘Aranyelet’ (‘Golden…

11/10/2016

USA

Trump suggests debate was sabotaged with defective microphone

Donald Trump suggested he may have deliberately been given a defective microphone during his presidential election debate with Hillary Clinton.

27/09/2016

USA

US presidential candidates sharpen claws ahead of TV debates

It is just three days until the first of the televised face-to-face showdowns between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday.

23/09/2016

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Georgian parliamentary candidates brawl on TV

A fistfight erupted between candidates for the Georgian Parliament late on Wednesday during a political talk show.

22/09/2016

USA

'Game of Thrones' scores 12 Emmys

Fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” won the top Emmy for a second straight year on Sunday (September 18), fending off challenges from newcomers.

19/09/2016

Cinema

Jude Law stars as an American pope in new HBO series

British actor Jude Law stars as the Pope in HBO's new miniseries 'The Young Pope' by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino.

06/09/2016

Greece

Media shakeup: Greece raises €246m with sale of four TV licences

The winners have been announced in the great Greek TV sell-off, with four companies winning bids for television channels in an unprecedented auction.

02/09/2016

Greece

Greece launches controversial TV licence auction

Greece has launched a multi-million euro auction for four private TV licences despite protests by broadcasters.

31/08/2016

Brazil

Olympic Games, commentators and sexism in the press and TV

18/08/2016

World News

Should the media black out terrorists?

The brutal killing of an octogenarian priest in France this week has opened up a new debate about terrorism and propaganda.

28/07/2016