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Daily Show’s Trevor Noah to feature in OZY series for PBS
PBS and OZY Media have announced plans for Breaking Big, a 12-episode documentary series that…
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Nat Geo secures Royal Wedding specials from Spun Gold
National Geographic is the latest broadcaster to unveil its plans for the upcoming marriage of…
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eOne snaps up global rights to Nevins-directed Barbie doc
Entertainment One (eOne) and streaming platform Hulu have announced a deal for the Andrea Nevins-directed…
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Apple plans Amazon-style distribution strategy
Apple is planning to sell subscriptions to some video services direct via its TV app…
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Vodafone offers €18.4bn for Liberty Global assets in Europe
Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and…
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Comcast preps Fox offensive with new bid
Comcast isreportedly preparing a new bid for 21st Century Fox. Separately, the US cable and programming…
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Naked Entertainment expands leadership team
Factual producer Naked Entertainment has responded to rapid growth by hiring former Undercover Boss showrunner…
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Smithsonian Channel debuts on DirecTV in Lat Am
Smithsonian Channel has continued its international rollout by unveiling a new Latin American channel. Following…
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YouTube commissions Priyanka Chopra series from Sundog
Independent producer Sundog Pictures has secured a series commission from digital platform YouTube. Entitled If…
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Show of the week: Sir Mouse
Aimed at 6-9s, Sir Mouse is based on stories from Dirk Neilandt, and follows a…
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France Télévisions, Rai, ZDF drama pact takes on Netflix
European public broadcasters France Télévisions, Rai and ZDF have unveiled the first projects to be…
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Pioneer Productions names Peter Collins as head of factual
Pioneer Productions has unveiled Peter Collins as its head of factual. In this newly created…
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Hulu inks deal with Dreamworks and passes 20m subs
US OTT TV service Hulu has unveiled ambitious plans to expand its offering as its…
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Portfolio taps new VP production Marianne Culbert
Portfolio Entertainment has named Marianne Culbert as its new VP of production. Culbert, an award-winning…
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Fox Networks Groups restructures African team
Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe and Africa has unveiled a new executive team structure for…
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ABC Studios Int’l & M6 France team up on Poppy Montgomery series
ABC Studios International and French broadcaster M6 are developing a “sexy, action-packed, one-hour blue-sky crime show” starring Poppy Montgomery (Without A…
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Arte picks up rights to BBC drama Trust Me
Producer/distributor Studiocanal has licensed four-part limited series Trust Me to European cultural channel Arte. The…
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Noah Media to make football doc for ITV
ITV has commissioned Noah Media Group to make Out Of Their Skin, a 2 x…
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Thunderbird options Canadian novel The Marrow Thieves
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment has optioned Cherie Dimaline’s novel, The Marrow Thieves. The book, which won…
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Federation secures distribution rights to Italian thriller
Federation Entertainment has acquired the global rights to distribute Don’t Leave Me (Non Mi Lasciare),…
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France Télévisions forges programming pact with ZDF
France Télévisions and Rai are to forge an alliance with ZDF that will encompass co-production,…
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EU bodies agree 30% quota on SVOD services
The European Parliament, European Council and the European Commission have struck a preliminary deal on…
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ABC Australia picks up Fremantle’s Recording Studio
Australian public broadcaster ABC has announced plans to create a local version of FremantleMedia’s new…
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BritBox platform unveils Royal Wedding plans
BritBox, the BBC Studios/ITV SVOD platform that targets North America, has announced plans to showcase…
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Amazon to up video spend throughout 2018
Amazon said it plans to increase its spend on video throughout 2018, after the company…
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Vice Indonesia and GO-JEK form original content pact
Vice Indonesia has announced its first foray into local feature film by greenlighting When We…
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CBS Studios Int’l clinches German sales for Instinct
CBS Studios International has secured licensing agreements with ProSiebenSat.1 and Turner Broadcasting System in Germany…
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YouTube Red greenlights Lou Pearlman documentary
YouTube has ordered a documentary from Pilgrim Media Group about Lou Pearlman, the maverick music…
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Keshet launches ‘alternate reality’ drama at Series Mania
Israeli-backed producer/distributor Keshet International is partnering with Israeli cable company HOT and United Studios of…
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Comcast makes rival £22bn cash bid for Sky
Comcast has made a firm cash offer for Sky that values the pay TV operator…