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Jesse Whittock

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9 Story poaches Marathon’s McCann

9 Story Media Group has hired Marathon Media creative producer Jennifer McCann to become director…

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Monster Frog attracts Austria’s ORF

Austrian pubcaster ORF will coproduce a pair of wildlife films with factual specialist Earth Touch….

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A+E opens South Africa base

A+E Networks is launching an office in Johannesburg, South Africa. The US-based channel operator has…

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Wolf Creek remake is Stan’s debut original

Australian SVOD platform Stan is getting into the originals game by working up a pair…

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Moonves: CBS doesn’t need merger

Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…

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Kids VOD service gets Musti

A free-to-view VOD platform for kids has acquired has acquired an animated series based on…

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Telefonica SVOD service buys CBS dramas

The new subscription on-demand service of Spanish telco Telefonica has close a multi-year rights agreement…

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Serious Lunch feasts on Art Ninja!

UK children TV producer Serious Lunch has taken international rights to a CBBC Saturday morning…

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Time Warner: $19bn content investment coming

Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes says spend on production and programme marketing at the US…

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Studio Lambert poaches BBC’s Hogg for drama

Gogglebox prodco Studio Lambert as appointed BBC drama producer Susan Hogg to lead its push…

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Discovery-backed studio funds digital scripted

New Form Digital, the Discovery Communications- and Ron Howard-backed production incubator, is backing 10 short…

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Fox’s Star India buys local channel

21st Century Fox’s Star India has acquired Telugu-language channel Maa TV. The deal hands the…

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Syfy poaches Pilgrim’s Garner

US cable channel Syfy has poached Pilgrim Studios development exec Kelly Garner. He will be…

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Discovery Channel plans on Racing Extinction

Discovery Channel has acquired domestic and international rights to Louie Psihoyos’ documentary Racing Extinction. Following…

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Israeli nets agree to unique Saul deal

A trio of Israeli pay TV platforms have acquired Better Call Saul in an “unprecedented”…

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Walking Dead set for Dish OTT service

Dish TV’s disruptive new OTT service Sling TV has bolstered its fledgling programming slate with…

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Viacom promotes Gorke for US distribution

Viacom has promoted Tom Gorke to a wider content distribution role in its domestic networks division….

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Walking Dead exec adapts Swedish drama

Gale Anne Hurd from The Walking Dead and Universal Cable Productions are developing Swedish drama…

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SundanceTV gets first German drama

SundanceTV claims it will be the first US network to broadcast a German-language drama after…

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Netflix ‘working up Zelda series, Ten deal’

Netflix is reportedly developing a series based on the popular Legend of Zelda video games,…

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StudioCanal ups German CEO to deputy chief

France-based StudioCanal has appointed the head of its German division, Rodolphe Buet, as its deputy…

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Moonves eyes CBS buy-out

CBS Corp.’s CEO Les Moonves has been linked with a buy-out of the US broadcaster,…

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TV production booms at Lionsgate

TV production revenues at US studio Lionsgate nearly doubled year-on-year in its latest financial quarter….

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Sky Vision’s What Went Down generates sales

More than 60 territories have taken on user-generated content clip show What Went Down since…

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Staggs in pole for Disney CEO role

Thomas Staggs has been named COO of The Walt Disney Company, positioning him as likely…

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Sony Pictures chief Pascal exiting

Amy Pascal is leaving her post as co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and launching a…

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Netflix Japan launch confirmed

Netflix is to launching in Japan later this year, as the streamer’s global expansion strategy…

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Factual vets launch CuriosityStream OTT rival

Another documentary-focused over-the-top service is hitting the video streaming market. XiveTV promises more than 2,000…

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Barnett recruits Rodrigue for BBC America post

Sarah Barnett has brought SundanceTV colleague Nena Rodrigue to US cable channel BBC America. Rodrigue…

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Cavey launching comedy prodco with Tiger Aspect

Ben Cavey is setting up a comedy-focused prodco within the Endemol Shine Group-owned Tiger Aspect…