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Jesse Whittock
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part one
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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MTV greenlights fantasy drama
Viacom-owned MTV is putting fantasy drama Shannara into production. MTV will coproduce the 10-part series,…
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Ex-ITV Studios Germany boss launches Beta drama prodco
Jan Kromschröder, who recently stepped down as managing director of ITV Studios Germany, has launched…
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Mind Candy’s Acton Smith exiting CEO role
Michael Acton Smith, the energetic founder of Moshi Monsters company Mind Candy, his stepping down…
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truTV mixes ITV Studios bar format into slate
US cable channel truTV has ordered a competition format from ITV Studios in which bar…
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Zodiak Nederland lands Eyeworks development chief
Zodiak Nederland has hired former Eyeworks Nederland producer Jan Hendrik Smeenge has head of development….
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BBC quotas to be scrapped after TV mega-mergers
The BBC will scrap the mechanism by which it divides up in-house and independent production…
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Netflix bags Patterson’s Zoo
Novelist James Patterson’s first network TV series, Zoo, has been sold to Netflix, while another…
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Development chief Juergens exiting ABC Family
Kate Juergens, who is credited with leading ABC Family’s programming expansion of recent years, is…
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BBC Drama restructures with Harwood successors
UK pubcaster the BBC has created three England-based head of drama roles, as part of…
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Doc vendor Silverkite appoints Canuck, German sales reps
New UK-based doc distributor Silverkite Media has appointed a Canadian sales chief and handed responsibility…
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Job losses expected at Eyeworks International Distribution
The futures of around 20 staff at Eyeworks International Distribution (EID) are unclear following Warner…
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Carrington swaps Hit for Zodiak
Michael Carrington is leaving his position of VP of global content at Hit Entertainment to…
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Boom/Twofour hives off digital arm, names CEO
Twofour Broadcast’s managing director Melanie Leach will lead the merged Twofour Broadcast-Boom Pictures group, which…
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Bassetti’s Banijay: ‘We won’t pay insane prices for prodcos’
Marco Bassetti, who became CEO of Paris-based production group Banijay in April 2013, tells Jesse…
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Rightster buys Base79 in £50m deal, YouTube co-founder joins
UK-based multichannel operator Rightster has acquired rival network Base79 in a deal that could be…
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ITV Studios sales VP to exit
ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s north-western Europe sales boss David Wilcox is leaving the distributor, TBI…
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A&E set for Germany, Iberia, Africa launches
A&E is to launch in 10 million homes across Europe and Africa this autumn. The…
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Imira toons arrive on Movistar TV
Tween series Lola & Virginia and splastick short-form comedy Larva are among Imira Entertainment-sold toons…
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Turner names Africa entertainment channels chief
Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Gulliermo Farré to the new role of head of general entertainment…
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Godwin’s BriteSpark lands development chief, ITV docu-soap
Argonon-backed factual producer BriteSpark Films has hired former Dragonfly exec Will Robson as head of…
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Yellow Sun shines for PanaTV in UK, US
A Johannesburg-based online TV service has acquired UK and US streaming rights to the Nollywood…
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News brief: 3net toon Dream Defenders finds Thai home
Dream Defenders, an animated series that debuted on US 3D channel 3net, has found a…
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FremantleMedia plans Balkan drama sales push
FremantleMedia International has closed a deal with Dubai-based Now Consulting Group that will see the…
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Spanish net bags mob drama Gomorrah
Spanish broadcaster laSexta will broadcast Italian mafia drama Gomorrah. LaSexta’s parent Atresmedia struck a deal…
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Ex-Fox Kids exec to lead Zodiak UK
Rod Henwood, whose has held senior roles at Channel 4 and Fox Kids Europe, is…
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Fox hands emerging writer duo development deal
US broadcast network has given emerging writers Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft scripted development deals…
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What can Chelsea Handler tell us about Netflix’s next steps?
The evolution of Netflix accelerates faster and faster with every announcement, and with its deal…
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CBS lines up James Patterson drama
US broadcaster CBS has gone straight-to-series on an adaptation of James Patterson novel Zoo ahead…
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Starz, FremantleMedia work up American Gods
Starz is working with FremantleMedia North America to adapt Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy novel American…