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Jesse Whittock
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News brief: Turkey, Mid East nets kick on with Foot Pop
Programming services in Turkey and the Middle East have acquired football-themed funny clips show Foot…
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Viewpoint: How funding schemes are driving UK animation
As the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, UK, kicks off today and calls for a…
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DRG sells current affairs docs for Hardcash
International distributor DRG has completed sales for a number of factual and current affairs programmes…
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Ruff named as new ITVS Germany MD
Christiane Ruff has been named ITV Studios Germany’s new managing director, with incumbent Jan Kromschröder…
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Berman resurfaces with Fox-backed Jackal
Gail Berman has resurfaced six months after leaving her US prodco BermanBraun, and will lead…
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Yahoo saves Community
Web search giant Yahoo has saved the cancelled NBC comedy Community by agreeing to finance…
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ZDFE launches drama JV with Kersken
ZDF Enterprises has formalised a long-running relationship with producer Uwe Kersken by launching joint a…
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Aereo suspends service but is ‘far from done’
Following its damaging legal defeat last week, US cloud TV service Aereo has suspended its…
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Bråkenhielm steps down as Bonnier buys prodco
Anna Bråkenhielm has stepped down from format developer Scandinavian Studios after Nordic-based Bonnier Broadcasting bought…
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Liberty to install Dutch boss as Ziggo CEO
The board of Dutch cable leader Ziggo has recommended a €35.74 (US$48.71) per share offer…
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Show of the week: Eyewitness
Nordic noir has become hot category of programming in the international market and The Killing,…
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CEE Euro nets tread The Road to War
Broadcasters across central and eastern Europe have acquired World War I documentary The Road to…
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Aereo ruling ‘will not end tech threat to broadcasters’
“Disruptive” business models of emerging tech firms still threaten broadcasters, despite the US networks’ legal…
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Burn Notice creator scores overall Fox deal
Scripted cable producer Matt Nix is targeting broadcast networks after signing a new overall deal…
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Show of the week: Xingu
Globo was at NATPE Europe this week with Xingu, a series from City of God…
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Hasselhoff goes Hoff the Record on Dave
Cult icon David Hasselhoff has landed a 6x30mins ‘mockumentary’ comedy series at UK digital channel…
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Sky 1 tends to 8pm slot with garden series
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has given the greenlight to a competition reality series…
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Broadcasters celebrate as Aereo ruled illegal
US broadcasters have come together in celebration after the Supreme Court ruled OTT streaming service…
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The copro landscape: Meet the fixers
A batch of one-stop shop consultancies from the UK aimed at facilitating global coproduction has…
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BBC Worldwide producing Daft Punk doc for Canal+
Canal+ has commissioned BBC Worldwide Productions France to create a 1x60mins documentary about French DJ…
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Globosat, DR among buyers of SVT’s Avicii doc
Globosat in Brazil and Danish pubcaster DR have acquired a doc about Scandinavian superstar DJ…
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AOL On launches on Apple TV
The entire library from AOL’s premium video syndication platform AOL On has been added to…
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BBC ‘plays it too safe’, says acting Trust chair
The BBC’s flagship channel, BBC One, can “sometimes feel too predictable” and “plays it too…
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Lionsgate poaches CBS, ITV Studios sales execs
Lionsgate International has bolstered its ranks by appointing a pair of new sales directors at…
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Soderbergh inspires Starz anthology series
Starz, the UK premium cable channel, has commissioned a 13-part scripted anthology series inspired by…
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Pickle & Peanut appeals to Disney XD
Disney XD has given the greenlight to Pickle & Peanut, an animated comedy for its…
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Turner moves Asia Pac exec to Cartoon Network US
Turner Broadcasting System has named one of its Asia Pacific kids programming bosses as VP,…
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Ramsay has final Kitchen Nightmares
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has brought his restaurant-in-trouble series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares to an end…
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BBC spotlights Lance Armstrong pre-Tour de France
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story ahead of…
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Asian nets buy US Rising Star
Two Asian channels and a Chinese VOD platform have acquired ABC’s US version of Israeli…