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M6 picks up The Bridge from Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group has licensed adventure entertainment format The Bridge to M6 France. Originally created…
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AMC ups Connolly for Sundance programming role
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has named Patrick Connolly as SVP of programming for AMC/SundanceTV Global….
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Spotify appoints ex-CW exec as chief content officer
Spotify has appointed Condé Nast’s president of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, as its chief content officer,…
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Bryncoed to adapt County Guides to Murder for TV
Scripted content company Bryncoed Productions has secured the TV rights to Ian Samson’s series of murder…
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ITV finance director & COO to step down after 10 years
ITV’s chief operating officer and group finance director, Ian Griffiths, has announced he will retire…
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African SVOD to hit 10 million in 2023
Subscription video-on-demand users in sub-Saharan Africa will number 10 million by 2023, according to Digital…
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YouView chief Halton to leave at end of year
YouView chief executive Richard Halton is to stand down at the end of this year…
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Denmark’s DR1 picks up BBC Studios’ Meet The Humans
BBC Studios has licensed the format for Meet The Humans to Danish public service channel DR1. The…
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Warner Bros. Int’l TV reshuffles Netherlands management team
Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP NL) has unveiled a new management line up…
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Media I.M.’s Sunny Bunnies lands in Canada, Brazil
Media I.M. has licensed hit Belarus pre-school animation series Sunny Bunnies to broadcasters in Canada…
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Australia’s ABC takes indigenous drama to France TV
ABC Commercial, the commercial arm of Australian public broadcaster ABC, has sold indigenous Australian drama Redfern…
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Discovery & ProSiebenSat.1 integrate OTT offering to take on Netflix
Discovery and German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 have teamed up to launch a new integrated streaming platform…
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Show of the week: Ray Winstone’s World: Sicily
Banijay’s latest doc sees well-known actor Winstone bring his passion for Sicily to audiences as…
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Amazon, Atresmedia team on Spanish comedy series
Amazon and Atresmedia Studios, Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia’s arm aimed to produce content for third-party operators,…
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BBC must ‘change faster’ to compete with global players, says Purnell
The BBC needs to “change faster” in order to reach more young people and compete…
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Over 85% of US millennials subscribe to OTT, says Parks
More than 85% of millennials in US broadband houses subscribe to at least one over-the-top…
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Spain’s Portocabo joins for European remake of Japan’s Miracle Tunes
Alfonso Blanco’s (pictured) Portocabo, the Galicia-based company behind Movistar+/Arte/Atlantique TV series Hierro, has taken a co-production…
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Instagram launches video service IGTV
Instagram has formally launched its rumoured, long-form, vertical video service, IGTV. The Facebook-owned photo sharing…
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Disney’s odds look promising as it ups Fox bid to $71.3bn
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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Hulu chief discusses keeping up with Netflix
Hulu is unlikely to try and keep up with Netflix’s huge commitment to original content,…
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BBC Comedy commissions place emphasis on new voices and diversity
Shane Allen, controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, has unveiled a broad slate of new comedy…
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HBO Nordic partners Turner on OTT kids service Toonix
Premium streaming service HBO Nordic, home of series such as Game of Thrones, Westworld and…
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Netflix seals overall series deal with German creators of Dark
Netflix has sealed an exclusive multi-year overall series deal with the creative minds behind Dark,…
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Studio 100 and m4e secure global digital rights to Turkish kids brand
German media companies Studio 100 Media and m4e have signed a distribution contract with Turkish…
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Altice abandons acquisition of Portuguese broadcaster Media Capital
Atlice has abandoned its attempt to acquire the leading Portuguese broadcaster and production group Media…
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Show of the week: Code to Love
Denmark is one of the most prolific creators of dating formats with a twist, and…
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Sky independent committee welcomes EC Comcast approval
Sky’s independent committee has welcomed the European Commission’s decision at the end of last week…
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Netflix original series director exits
Netflix director of original programming Tara Duncan has departed the company, according to reports. The…
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French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…
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Vodafone Spain boosts TV offering with AXN Now and new packages
Vodafone Spain has boosted its on-demand TV offering by integrating AXN Now, the Sony Pictures…