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Romania's music channel ZU TV (a sister to Radio ZU) will be shut down on June 15th. In its place will be the new channel Chefi.ro, which is basically the Romanian Food Network (if you don't count the one channel bearing the Food Network branding already). https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/zu-tv-se-inchide-antena-lanseaza-o-noua-televiziune-22458846

Ireland's RTE Radio 1 has unveiled new jingles created by Wisebuddah and recorded by the RTE Concert Orchestra:

Bosnia's public broadcaster BHRT is currently in crisis mode, as it warns of an imminent shutdown: https://n1info.ba/english/news/bhrt-airs-black-screen-today-instead-of-its-regular-program-warns-of-imminent-shutdown/ Yesterday, BHRT stopped all of its programming except for the news, where in its place was a message from BHRT themselves: Today, BHRT does not broadcast its regular program. Daily account freezes, including a million-euro freeze by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which is due soon, clearly indicate the imminent end of BHRT. Political actors and competent institutions, in the absence of solutions and responsible action, are questioning the survival of the public service of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thereby simultaneously undermining the institutional and identity framework of the state. It is unknown at this point whether the broadcaster will continue further.

More interesting news.... ITV is planning to sell their channels and streaming services to Sky in a deal worth 1.6 billion British pounds (the equivalent of $2 billion USD). https://news.sky.com/story/itv-in-preliminary-talks-over-1-6bn-sale-of-media-and-entertainment-arm-to-sky-13465599

They did just update the YouTube channel pfp yesterday, I think(?) I don't know exactly. Though I do want to point out that the new logo is animated lazily for some reason (as I just looked at one of their stories on their YT channel), so I can see this as a downgrade.

Some very interesting news....ProSiebenSat.1 Media has endorsed a takeover bid made by Mediaset, owner of the Italian group of the same name and MediasetEspana (Telecinco). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/german-broadcaster-backs-berlusconi-takeover-bid-1236338362/

STV News’ very own John MacKay is leaving the presenter’s desk after 31 years to focus on his other ventures. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/john-mackay-to-step-down-as-stv-presenter-after-more-than-30-years

https://npo.nl/pers/persberichten-en-publicaties/npo-schrapt-in-aanbodkanalen-en-organisatie The NPO in the Netherlands will stop broadcasting NPO 2 Extra, BVN, NPO Campus Radio, and NPO Soul & Jazz by 2026 as part of a upcoming budget cut and reorganization of the broadcaster.

In Belgium, AB3 and ABXplore will be rebranded to match the design of its French sister channel AB1 on September 15th. https://www.telepro.be/actu/tv/la-rentree-tele-de-mediawan-ab3-toujours-plus-belge-abxplore-se-reconcentre/ ABXplore will be renamed to ABX.

Plenty of graphics-related news internationally: Today, the TTV channel introduced a new design from Red Bee Creative, the first in 10 years. Rustavi 2 has rebranded again, including their newscast. Nova TV in CZ has rebranded their newscast again: Antena 3 rebranded their newscast division to match the updated branding: vlc-record-2025-09-01-13h14m13s-d38583ff1aab524df7578a12b5359f760b9dddda_hls.m3u8-.mp4 vlc-record-2025-09-01-12h04m16s-dvr.m3u8_start1756706123end1756713323-.mp4

Is Nexstar trying to become a mega-corporation at this point?????? I have a STRONG feeling that this will violate multiple FCC regulations/rules.

No more media market #210 I guess

Network 10 in Australia recieved a brand refresh coinciding with the debut of 10 News+. 10 Bold Drama changed to 10 Drama, 10 Peach Comedy changed to 10 Comedy, and the Network 10 logo no longer has a circle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0R2DEGX2eM&t=105s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okD6JRi5U4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqP2XJIUcI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBGcMTXFrYM

This is interesting....

Some recent news...... SVT's channels got a refresh: The German version of British satellite provider Sky is to be acquired by the RTL Group. https://company.rtl.com/export/sites/rtlunited/en/media/overview/press-releases-and-news/rtl-group-to-acquire-sky-deutschland/

DPG Media from Belgium has been approved by the Authority for Consumers & Markets to take over RTL Nederland, as announced on the Noedoleckin YouTube channel. https://www.acm.nl/nl/publicaties/acm-stelt-strenge-voorwaarden-aan-overname-rtl-nederland-door-dpg-media

France 4 has refreshed its on screen identity.

Spain.

I am interested to see what happens with this station. I pray to God that this station isn't sold to Morgan Murphy and converted into a satellite station. Last time this happened (with WBKB in Alpena) the station's news operation was shut down and replaced with the newscasts from Traverse City, so I'm hoping MM doesn't shut this station's news down and replace it with another station's local news.

Yesterday evening, Veo7 relaunched on DTT, replacing Gol Play.

This evening, Stod 2 and the Icelandic Vodafone have completed a merger, and are now branding themselves as Syn. This rebrand is about to be the worst rebrand of 2025 ever. https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2025/06/12/vodafone_og_stod_2_verda_syn/

This might be the end of PBS and NPR as we know it

Today, a Citytv affiliate in Medicine Hat, Alberta announced it is shuttering all of its operations, effective immediately. The station's owner, Pattison Media, explanied that the cause of the closure was due to financial reasons and that they've "explored every possible avenue to sustain operations". This is the third local Canadian station to shut down after CITL/CKSA in Lloydminster. Their last newscast: The press release announcing the shutdown: https://hatnewstoday.ca/2025/06/03/pattison-media-makes-difficult-decision-to-close-chat-tv-in-medicine-hat/

About time.

Oh boy...