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Jesse Whittock
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Mattel CEO resigns as profits plunge
The chairman and CEO of Hit Entertainment’s parent company, Mattel, has resigned after weak sales…
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Raine eyes media investment with Freston hire
Global merchant bank The Raine Group has hired former Viacom CEO Tom Freston as its…
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Adult licence
Licensing and merchandising is intrinsic to children’s TV production, but what market is there for…
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Girls creator in BBC digital experiment
The writer of HBO drama Girls, Lena Dunham, is among names attached to BBC Taster,…
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Discovery Channel create NY production unit
Rich Ross’s latest major move since becoming Discovery Channel president is to set up a…
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DRG grows Hedges role
UK-based distributor DRG has promoted Noel Hedges to a new role of executive VP, content….
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CJ E&M launches $15m animation business
South Korean content giant CJ E&M has created an animated division and launched it with…
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FremantleMedia takes majority stake in MCN
FremantleMedia has upped its stake in European multichannel network Divimove to take majority control of…
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DreamWorks Animation cutting 20% of staff
DreamWorks Animation is cutting 500 jobs, a move expected to cost Jeffrey Katzenberg’s company US$290…
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News brief: Criminal set for Brazil remake
Cisneros Media’s crime novella DeMente Criminal is to be remade in Brazil after a local…
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BBC Trust seeks views on production plans
The BBC Trust has launched an industry consultation on proposals to scrap current production quotas…
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CBC forms Council with NBCU
Canadian public broadcaster CBC is working up an international thriller series with Law and Order…
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Carnival poaches ABC drama exec
Downton Abbey prodco Carnival Films has poached a development executive from US broadcast network ABC….
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Hulu orders comedy from Video Game High School prodco
US streaming service Hulu has ordered an original long-form comedy from the makers of YouTube…
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Discovery to bid for Premier League rights
Discovery Communications will join the auction for lucrative English Premier League rights in the UK,…
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DRG exec takes Beyond acquisitions role
Caitlin Meek-O’Connor is leaving DRG to become head of acquisitions at Beyond Distribution, the sales…
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Turner, Cisneros form Latin alliance
Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and Venezuela’s Cisneros Media have formed a strategic alliance. The…
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Diaz pacts with bullish CMJ
Cesar Diaz and his new content company, 7A Media, is to consult for US-based producer…
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Ex-Rightster, ITV exec joins Factory Media
Former Rightster and ITV executive Jonathan Bates has joined action sports media company Factory Media…
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PBS, BBC in ‘ambitious’ factual partnership
Pubcasters from both sides of the Atlantic Sea have com together to coproduce a slate…
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News brief: Guys in Disguise infiltrate French net
French network NRJ12 has commissioned a local version of Israeli comedy dating format Guys in…
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Amazon to rival Netflix with original movies
Amazon Studios is to begin to produce and acquire original movies for early window distribution…
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Andreae out at Fox, Electus’ Henson in
Simon Andreae’s spell at the top of US broadcast network Fox’s reality arm is over,…
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Eva Longoria, Dolly Parton score NBC deals
Actress Eva Longoria and country singer Dolly Parton have secured new projects at US broadcast…
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Cisneros reveals new sales structure
Cisneros Media Distribution has confirmed its new operating structure under sales chief Marcello Coltro (below),…
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Ex-MundoFox boss joins Latino MCN
Former MundoFox president Emiliano Saccone has joined a new Millennials-focused digital entertainment company. Saccone (pictured)…
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FX hopes for Better Things with Louis C.K.
US cable channel FX has ordered a comedy pilot from Pamela Adlon and Louis star…
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Buyers briefing: Angela Recio Sondon, Discovery
Name: Angela Recio Sondon Title: VP, programming and acquisitions, Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic Ahead…
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Discovery founder preps factual SVOD service
Discovery Communications founder John Hendricks (pictured) has launched a subscription-on-demand service for factual programming named…
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SVT scores ‘biggest’ BBC package deal
SVT has closed what the Swedish pubcaster describes as its “biggest ever package deal” with…