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MIPTV 2014: Courson to keynote
StudioCanal chairman and CEO Olivier Courson and Rola Bauer from Tandem Communications will deliver a…
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MIPTV 2014: DCD warms up Popkorn factual
DCD Rights is heading to Cannes with new factual programming from UK-based indie Popkorn Television….
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Disney buys Maker for initial $500m
The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…
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Layer Cake writer attached to Wilbur Smith TV series
JJ Connolly, the scribe behind Daniel Craig feature film Layer Cake, is penning a FremantleMedia…
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Edgar-Jones replaces Hunt at Sky Arts
Phil Edgar-Jones has replaced James Hunt at UK pay channel Sky Arts. Hunt left his…
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MIPTV 2014: Off the Fence gets Raw with Aim TV series
Europe-based distributor Off the Fence is taking a syndicated adventure travel and lifestyle series to…
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Premium VOD platform AOL On launching in UK
US-based digital company AOL is launching its premium web vide platform AOL On Network in…
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21st Century Fox to delist in Oz
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is delisting shares from the Australia Stock Exchange after regulators…
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Uecker to exit ABC Children’s
Barbara Uecker is leaving Australian public broadcaster the ABC. Uecker, who is head of programming…
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Hoho cheered by taste of Laughing Gravy
Karl Woolley’s indie prodco Laughing Gravy Media has signed a five-year strategic deal with the…
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DRG launches dedicated formats division
UK-based distributor DRG is launching a dedicated formats business that will tap into the resources…
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Discovery founder John Hendricks retiring
Pay TV pioneer John Hendricks is to retire from Discovery Communications almost three decades years…
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AMC reshuffles Chello Latin America post-deal
AMC Networks has placed Eduardo Zulueta (above left) in charge of Chello Latin America, with…
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Discovery signs China deal with WASU
Discovery Communications has signed a content partnership deal with WASU Digital TV Media Group for…
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Egyptian prodco draws up Exit plan
Egyptian producer Film Maker has acquired Japanese format Exit and is lining up a local…
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New UK kids channel for Freeview
UK free-to-air platform Freeview has added a new children’s channel to its line-up for the…
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Marvista poaches for development VP
US-based Marvista Entertainment has appointed a Martin Chase Productions exec to become its VP, development…
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News brief: Sky’s Pick bags Henson’s Farscape
BSkyB-owned channel Pick TV has acquired cult sci-fi series Farscape from The Jim Henson Company….
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Sony commissions first Playstation original drama
Sony’s Playstation Network has moved into original drama with an adaptation of comic book Powers….
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Viewpoint: Rio’s grand
Zig Zag Productions’ CEO Danny Fenton reports back from this month’s Rio Content Market in…
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MIPTV Hot Pick: Game of Chefs
With a whole heap of competition reality series adopting a much lighter, supportive tone than…
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Sony launches Northern Ireland prodco
Sony Pictures Television is launching a production outfit in Northern Ireland. Stellify Media is a…
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De Mol’s Talpa launches branded prodcos in Europe
John De Mol’s Talpa Media is launching branded production bases in the UK, Italy and…
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Nine to Five pair reunite for Netflix comedy
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are to star in Grace and Frankie, Netflix’s first originally-conceived…
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WWE, Mattel grapple with toon
Sports entertainment company WWE and toyco Mattel have tag teamed on a 26-part animated shortform…
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Banijay pushes into finished with Namiech
The ex-managing director of Target Entertainment, Emmanuelle Namiech, is to work with Banijay International to…
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Viacom settles legal case with Google
Media giants Viacom and Google have put to bed their long-running copyright battle, a move…
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David Beckham, BBC team for Brazil doc
Football icon David Beckham has partnered with BBC Worldwide and UK terrestrial channel BBC One…
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Network Ten: Seven has ‘case to answer’ over exec u-turn
Network Ten in Australia has accused rival channel Seven of having “a case to answer”…
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FremantleMedia drama prodco opens Swedish wing
A day after FremantleMedia revived one of its oldest drama prodcos, the superindie has unveiled…