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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…
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…
RMC Découverte acquires Endemol Shine’s Hunted
Endemol Shine Group has licensed hit factual format Hunted to French broadcaster RMC Découverte. Under…
Instagram to launch “video entertainment hub”
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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…
UK gov’t sets scene for Sky bidding war between Fox and Comcast
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France 4 axed on linear TV despite strong animation numbers
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Vodafone UK to offer Amazon Prime services
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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…
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…
Industry stakeholders slam European Council copyright reform draft
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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…
Filmstruck launches in France and Spain
Turner and Warner Bros are launching their joint-venture subscription film streaming service, Filmstruck, in France…
Telefonica and Netflix form global partnership
Telefonica and Netflix have announced a global partnership to integrate Netflix’s service into Telefonica’s TV…
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…
Obamas enter the TV business via partnership with Netflix
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have unveiled plans to make…
FremantleMedia hooks Hasler to run Original Productions
LA-based unscripted specialist Original Productions (OP) has hired Jeff Hasler to serve as president of…
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…
Twentieth Century Fox TV Distribution promotes LatAm exec Rubini
Ricardo Rubini has been named SVP of sales, Latin America & Caribbean, by Evan Scheffel,…
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…
Banijay unveils alliance with Bollywood legend Salman Khan
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AMC’s Sundance joins The Name Of The Rose co-production
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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…
Show of the week: James Martin’s American Adventure
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FremantleMedia and Hulu unveil Michelangelo scripted series
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Dynamic joins forces with Hasak on US adaptation of Tempel
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Channel 5 series charts Michael Palin visit to North Korea
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