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Jesse Whittock
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Netflix orders Scholastic kids original
Streaming service Netflix has commissioned family-focused producer Scholastic Media to create an animated series based…
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Russian net buys Indian drama pre-NATPE Europe
Russian local channel NTK9 has acquired a drama series from India, which is fast becoming…
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Global-aiming Yellow poaches MTV3 formats boss
Finnish producer Yellow Film & TV has poached local broadcaster MTV3’s head of formats to…
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Spodsberg to swap Banijay Int’l for Nordisk return
Banijay International’s managing director Karoline Spodsberg is to move up to COO of Banijay Group’s…
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ITV Player launches on Roku
British terrestrial broadcaster ITV has launched its ITV Player catch-up service on Roku streaming boxes…
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Croatian pay platform partners with Toumazis’ TVbeat
A Croatian pay TV operator has become the first broadcaster to partner with UK-based audience…
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News brief: Cartoon Network takes Shaun the Sheep to Asia
Cartoon Network in southeast Asia has acquired exclusive local rights to the latest season of…
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State House opens doors to African drama
Having moved into original entertainment programming, East African pay TV operator Zuku is starting to…
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Hastings to retain CEO and chairman roles at Netflix
Netflix CEO and chairman Reed Hastings has kept hold of both roles after shareholders at…
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M6 extends CBS output deal
French broadcaster M6 has extended its multi-year output deal with CBS Studios International. This comes…
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SundanceTV puts gears in motion for Drive deal
UK production and financing consultancy Drive is to identify international scripted drama projects for US…
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Viacom takes stake in web content firm Defy
Entertainment conglomerate Viacom has taken a minority stake in web content and channels giant Defy…
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BBC America, HBO Canada fill Iron Belly with scripted deal
US cable channel BBC America and HBO Canada have jointly acquired the script for Iron…
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Splash Media co-founder launches creative prodco
Claire Nicholls, who co-founded UK indie Splash Media, launching a new UK production venture with…
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WOWOW, Canal+ in tune with Foo Fighters doc
Pay TV operators in Japan and Spain have pre-bought an eight-part documentary about rock group…
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Nippon launches digital arm to create Hulu shows
Japanese commercial broadcaster Nippon TV is launching a digital division that will create programming for…
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North, Wills upped, Hornsey out in UKTV restructure
Multichannel operator UKTV has restructured its top-level team in a move that sees the departures…
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ITV Studios’ EVP to lead Zodiak Kids
Jean Philippe Randisi has been named as Zodiak Kids’ first CEO. He joins from ITV…
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Buyers descend on Scandinavian Screenings
More than 80 international buyers have this week travelled to Denmark to check out the…
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Seven, Ten legal spat rumbles on
Australia’s Network Ten has vowed it would not be “bullied” by Network Seven after a…
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Ex-FremantleMedia Kids sales exec lands at Genius
Former FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment distribution VP Andrew Berman has found a new role…
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Fox, ex-Mandalay president in first-look deal
Fox Television Studios has signed former Mandalay Television president Elizabeth Gables Stephen to a first-look…
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Canadian channel seeks format Utopia
Canada has become the sixth territory to get a local version of Talpa Media’s buzzy…
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CEE pay TV broadcaster nabs ex-HBO Europe exec
Poland’s SPI International has appointed a former HBO Europe country manager to take on the…
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Wiernik to lead restructured TV4 formats division
Cathrine Wiernik has been named at the head of a restructured formats and acquisitions division…
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Andrew Jackson exits Discovery
Discovery Communications’ specials and landmark series chief Andrew Jackson is exiting the global pay TV…
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YouTube net Barcroft, Rightster to ‘supercharge’ partnership
Barcroft TV, the high-performing UK-based YouTube channel, has signed an extended strategic partnership with multichannel…
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SBS pay channel captivated by Hostages
Australian pay TV channel STUDIO has acquired Israeli drama Hostages. The 10x60mins drama will launch…
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New UK factual group buys 360Production, plans acquisitions
A new British production group whose top executives include former Red Arrow UK and RHI…
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TCB grows with Global Agency hire
Paul Heaney’s growing indie distributor TCB Media Rights has added another sales agent to its…