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A+E ups Barry to key strategic role
Cable group A+E Networks has promoted Christopher Barry to senior VP and head of finance…
ITN rejigs in shift from news to production
UK news producer ITN Productions is restructuring to focus on production, with Mark Browning leading…
Zodiak Rights in $150m scripted pact
Banijay Group’s sales arm, Zodiak Rights, has closed a deal with British writer-director David Raymond…
Soundcloud appoints NBCU’s TV Everywhere boss
Berlin-based music service Soundcloud has appointed digital media veteran and former NBCUniversal and HBO executive…
Vessel drops ads for paying subscribers
Vessel, the online video start-up from former Hulu boss Jason Kilar, has dropped the ads…
Fox’s Cotton picked as Heyday US chief
Nancy Cotton is leaving Fox 21 Television Studios to become US president of new NBCUniversal…
Canal+ ups execs, reining in costs
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has reorganised its executive ranks in an effort, it said, to keep better…
Sony Crime channel, Nine get Real Detective
Sony’s new UK crime net, True Crime, and Australian free-TV broadcaster Nine have both acquired…
Sonar taking The Fifth Beatle to TV
US producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has optioned Vivek J. Tiwary’s The Fifth Beatle: The…
Red Arrow, Nevision team for drama
Red Arrow Entertainment and boutique finance and production group Nevision have inked a drama co-development…