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Matthew Humberstone
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Remedy Productions appoints CCO
Remedy Productions, whose recent productions include BBC1’s Saturday night, family game show Ready or Not, and a…
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BT CEO Gavin Patterson to step down later this year
BT Group chief executive Gavin Patterson is due to step down later this year with…
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RMC Découverte acquires Endemol Shine’s Hunted
Endemol Shine Group has licensed hit factual format Hunted to French broadcaster RMC Découverte. Under…
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Instagram to launch “video entertainment hub”
Instagram is reportedly planning to allow video uploads of up to an hour and is…
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ProSiebenSat.1’s Christof Wahl set for departure
ProSiebenSat.1 chief operating officer Christof Wahl is to leave the group “by mutual consent” at…
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UK gov’t sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
The UK government has approved 21st Century Fox’s proposed takeover of Sky on the condition that…
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France 4 axed on linear TV despite strong animation numbers
On the heels of the announcement on Monday by French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen…
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Vodafone UK to offer Amazon Prime services
Vodafone UK has teamed up with Amazon to become the first UK mobile company to…
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Factual goals: sports titles on the rise
The sports documentary series has returned to the big leagues, as SVOD services order shows…
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Show of the week: Date or Dump
Date or Dump is not only the latest collaboration between UK indie Youngest Media and…
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Facebook no longer most popular online platform among US teens, says Pew
Facebook is no longer the most popular online platform among US teens, with more now…
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Orange & Altice France/SFR near content merge
Orange and Altice France/SFR are close to a deal to merge their premium series and…
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MTG’s Catrina to become Nordic Entertainment Group CFO
MTG’s chief strategy officer, Gabriel Catrina, is set to become chief financial officer of Nordic…
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Industry stakeholders slam European Council copyright reform draft
Both public broadcaster organisation the EBU and a group representing authors of audiovisual works have…
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Show of the week: Working with Weinstein
Due to Harvey Weinstein’s influence, many of the highest profile stories of his sexual behaviour…
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Filmstruck launches in France and Spain
Turner and Warner Bros are launching their joint-venture subscription film streaming service, Filmstruck, in France…
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Telefonica and Netflix form global partnership
Telefonica and Netflix have announced a global partnership to integrate Netflix’s service into Telefonica’s TV…
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YouTube reveals Royal Wedding streams reached 11.2 million
The live-stream of last weekend’s UK royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was…
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Obamas enter the TV business via partnership with Netflix
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have unveiled plans to make…
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FremantleMedia hooks Hasler to run Original Productions
LA-based unscripted specialist Original Productions (OP) has hired Jeff Hasler to serve as president of…
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Amazon Studios appoints Vernon Sanders as co-head of TV
TV industry veteran Vernon Sanders has been drafted in as co-head of television at Amazon…
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Twentieth Century Fox TV Distribution promotes LatAm exec Rubini
Ricardo Rubini has been named SVP of sales, Latin America & Caribbean, by Evan Scheffel,…
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ITV Studios’ Shiver hires Love Productions’ Hansell as head of development
ITV Studios factual arm Shiver has named Love Productions exec Aidan Hansell as head of…
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Banijay unveils alliance with Bollywood legend Salman Khan
Independent producer/distributor Banijay Group has unveiled a new partnership with SK TV, the production company…
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AMC’s Sundance joins The Name Of The Rose co-production
Germany’s Tele München Group has announced that AMC Networks’ SundanceTV and Sundance Now are coming…
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Turner’s Adult Swim acquires game developer Big Pixel
Turner-owned Adult Swim has acquired UK-based game developer Big Pixel Studios. This deal is part of the network’s…
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Show of the week: James Martin’s American Adventure
British celebrity chef James Martin has seen his international profile significantly expand through James Martin’s…
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FremantleMedia and Hulu unveil Michelangelo scripted series
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has announced a first-look deal with Bob Cooper’s Landscape Entertainment. Under…
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Dynamic joins forces with Hasak on US adaptation of Tempel
Independent producer/distributor Dynamic Television has teamed up with Adi Hasak (right) (Shades of Blue, Eyewitness)…
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Channel 5 series charts Michael Palin visit to North Korea
Channel 5 UK has greenlit a landmark travel series from ITN Productions, which follows comedian-turned-traveller…