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Jesse Whittock
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Report: Apollo set to gain control of Endemol
Endemol shareholder Apollo Global Management has reportedly beaten co-founder John de Mol in the race…
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FremantleMedia poaches Garcia to launch Spain office
X Factor producer FremantleMedia is launching an office in Spain and has poached Nathalie Garcia…
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Amazon rebrands Lovefilm in UK and Germany
Amazon is replicating its SVOD offering in the UK and Germany, rebranding Lovefilm to Prime…
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NCIS: LA for Channel 5 as Desmond steps down
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has acquired season one of CBS procedural NCIS: Los Angeles as…
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Korean formats travel to Europe, Lat Am
Korean media company CJ E&M has sold a batch of formats, including quiz series Crazy…
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European Sky platforms in first coproduction
BSkyB-owned UK channel Sky 1, Germany’s Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia are collaborating to develop…
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First original drama for NBCU cable channel
NBCUniversal’s female-skewed cable network Bravo has commissioned its first original drama. The greenlight of 13-part…
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SVT enters The Tunnel
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired the Anglo-French remake of one of its own dramas, The…
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Raw, Smackdown up for grabs as NBCU window closes
Sports entertainment media group WWE has effectively made flagship weekly shows Raw and Smackdown available…
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Malone outlines share plan for Discovery’s Zaslav, Liberty’s Fries
Media mogul John Malone (right) has given right of first refusal to his holdings in…
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Korea to adapt Prisoners of War
South Korean drama producer Star J Entertainment has acquired local rights to Keshet International’s espionage…
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BBC Two, Smithsonian, Discovery board Jumbo
A trio of broadcasters from the UK, US and Canada have co-commissioned a documentary about…
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CBS working on third CSI spin-off
US broadcast channel CBS is prepping a third CSI spin-off, this time focusing on a…
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Ex-WB Network boss Jordan Levin joins Xbox studio
Former WB Network boss and Generate CEO Jordan Levin has joined Nancy Tellem at Xbox…
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ITV takes majority stake in Teen Wolf producer
UK broadcaster has acquired a majority stake in another US indie producer – this time…
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Data: House of Cards binge viewing rockets
Netflix saw a huge spike in subscribers watching its drama House of Cards as its…
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Channel 5 targets Yorkshire Ripper
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has commissioned a 1x60mins special that includes first-hand accounts from survivors…
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Belgacom expands on-demand service
Belgian telco Belgacom has launched its TV Replay service in Flanders and Brussels, allowing viewers…
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Dark Prophet makes presence felt on Dailymotion
Online video platform Dailymotion is today exclusively launching a indie drama series about a music…
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CBS attaches Lythgoe to Turkish gameshow pilot
US broadcast network CBS has commissioned a pilot of Turkish gameshow format Keep Your Light…
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Time Warner Cable shareholder sue over Comcast deal
A Time Warner Cable shareholder is suing to block Comcast Communications’ US$45.2 billion cable TV…
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Thinkbox: Linear TV dominates UK viewing habits
A massive 98.5% of UK TV viewing was done on a traditional TV set last…
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Scripps profits slip in Travel Channel write-down
Channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive saw profits drop year-on-year in Q4 after writing down the…
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Fox to launch Cosmos on all major US channels
Fox in the US has followed suit from its international channels business by planning to…
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Zaslav: Eurosport will be ‘ESPN of Europe’
Discovery Communications’ president and CEO David Zaslav says Eurosport will be “the ESPN of Europe”…
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CBS posts best ever full-year results
US broadcaster CBS has posted full-year revenue of US$15.28 billion, 6% higher than the 2013…
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Dutch channel buys Sinai Desert kidnap doc
A Dutch public broadcaster has become the latest to acquire The Sound of Torture, a…
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BBC America poaches IWC’s Kelehar
US cable channel BBC America has moved further into original unscripted production with the hire…
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Argonon snaps up UK indie Windfall
Growing UK production group Argonon has acquired factual specialist Windfall Films for an undisclosed amount….
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ITV to launch female-skewed net
UK broadcaster ITV is expanding its group of free-to-air channels with the launch of a…