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Jesse Whittock
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Israeli religious drama scores first intn’l deals
Yet another Israeli drama had made inroads on overseas channels’ schedules, with Dori Media selling…
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Lifetime gambles on The Lottery
US cable net Lifetime has commissioned a conspiracy thriller titled The Lottery – the A+E…
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Warner Bros. toons for Lovefilm Germany
Lovefilm’s German SVOD service had added classic cartoon such as Tom and Jerry and The…
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News brief: Newen plays Polo with Euro broadcasters
France’s Newen Distribution has launched an animated children’s series that has France’s PIWI+, Sweden’s SVT…
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Warner Bros. completes Eyeworks deal, Oerlemans exits
Warner Bros. International Television Production has paid a reported €200 million (US$273.3 million) to acquire…
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A&E poaches VH1’s Tatro for key programming role
Duck Dynasty broadcaster A&E has poached Shelly Tatro from music net VH1 to become its…
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Hulu extends CBS pact
US streaming service Hulu has expanded its deal with broadcaster CBS and landed thousands of…
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Ex-ABC Kids boss lands at Studio 100
Former ABC Kids boss Tim Brooke-Hunt has joined Europe’s Studio 100 as a board advisor…
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Viacom hands Spain exec expanded Europe, Africa role
Viacom International Media Networks has named MTV Spain’s programming chief to become its VP, youth…
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Show of the Week: Extant
When CBS made a 13-episode order for Mickey Fisher’s debut script last year, the Eye…
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NBCUniversal hires for factual development team
NBCUniversal International Television Production has finalised the shape of the factual development unit that former…
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Creator buys Koala Brothers rights
The creator of The Koala Brothers has formed a new company to buy the UK…
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News brief: Orphan Black finds German home
BBC America drama Orphan Black has sold to German digital channel ZDFNeo. The net has…
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Major international lift-off for Fox’s Cosmos
Fox plans to give a day-and-date launch to its upcoming factual series Cosmos: A Spacetime…
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BBCWW completes Miami sales team with TVF hire
Jessica Bennetts has left her role as head of sales for UK-based distributor TVF International…
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Richard Rowe exits Turner for DHX
Richard Rowe has exited Turner Broadcasting System EMEA’s original children’s TV commissioning team to join…
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CBeebies prebuys Circle Square
UK preschool channel CBeebies has prebought Circle Square, an upcoming animated series from production house…
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MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
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RTL readies its own Big Class Reunion
German broadcaster RTL has struck a deal for a local version of Mastiff Denmark’s classic…
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A+E greenlights first fully-owned scripted series
A+E Networks has commissioned its first fully-financed, produced and controlled scripted series. Un-Real, a “dark…
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Jay Leno alumnus joins Novovision
Following the taping of the final episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno yesterday,…
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David Michel exits Zodiak’s Marathon
David Michel has followed Vincent Chalvin-Demersay out the door at Zodiak-owned Marathon Media, the company…
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Israeli drama gets CBS pilot order
Israeli scripted drama The Ran Quadruplets is being refitted for US audiences through a pilot…
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Eyeworks’ Blondes invade China
Eyeworks, the Dutch prodco that Warner Bros. is set to take over, will have its…
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Greenbird spreads wings with Riverdog investment
Emerging UK production group Greenbird has made its fifth investment, this time in Come Dine…
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News brief: ABC calls on Sexters
The ABC in Australia has acquired Sexters, a documentary investigating the rise in sexually charged…
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FremantleMedia hires MGM’s Hummel for Canada base
FremantleMedia is opening up shop in Canada and has poached MGM executive Susan Hummel to…
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Really serves up Turner’s Cold Justice
Thematic UK pay TV channel Really has acquired two seasons of the Dick Wolf-produced Cold…
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France 5 prebuys Jason Donovan-voiced toon Boj
France 5 has become the latest broadcaster to prebuy Boj, an upcoming UK toon that…
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SBS6 to remake prison drama Wentworth
SBS6 in Holland is set to become the second international broadcaster to remake Australian women’s…