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Jesse Whittock
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Cineflix’s Dave Clarke joins Shine’s formats team
Cineflix’s format acquisitions chief Dave Clarke has joined rival UK producer-distributor Shine Group in a…
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BBC One orders Compulsive Shoppers
UK terrestrial BBC One has commissioned a 1x60mins documentary looking at people with shopping addictions….
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Imira hires Bones for sales role
Spanish animation producer and distributor Imira Entertainment has hired former Nickelodeon exec Giles Bones to…
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MarVista taps Disney, HBO execs to build out team
LA-based producer and distributor MarVista Entertainment has poached executives from Disney Television Animation, HBO and…
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Record 111.5 million tune in for US Super Bowl
The Fox broadcast of the Sunday’s Super Bowl American football game drew in a record…
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Studio Ghibli producing first ever TV show
Legendary Japanese animated movie producer Studio Ghibli is onboard its first ever project for TV,…
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AMC Networks completes $1bn Chellomedia purchase
AMC Networks has closed its €750 million (US$1 billion) acquisition of global channels operator and…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Seymour Hoffman’s Showtime series in doubt after death
The Showtime series actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was working on before his death yesterday looks…
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Show of the Week: Utopia
Coming from Big Brother and The Voice creator John de Mol and his Talpa Media…
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Multi-studio deal brings back Blinkbox programme trial
Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on…
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NRK goes back in time with reality format
Norwegian pubcaster NRK has commissioned a series in which contestants will experience city life as…
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Moore to the story
Sci-fi guru Ronald D. Moore is launching his first major new cable dramas since Battlestar…
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First international broadcast deal for Stan Lee’s Mighty 7
ABC in Australia has become the first international buyer of comic book-inspired toon movie trilogy…
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France’s Superprod collars Space Dog game for TV
French kids production house Superprod has partnered with a local social games producer to bring…
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Sky, HBO target coproduction as content deal renews
The UK’s BSkyB and pay TV counterpart HBO are to up their partnership by co-developing…
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MTG on-demand services bag Viacom shows
Viacom International Media Networks will supply Modern Times Group with programming for the latter’s numerous…
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Gail Berman exits BermanBraun
Gail Berman is departing LA-based multiplatform producer BermanBraun, the company she co-founded with Lloyd Braun…
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Sky reports ‘explosive’ connected TV growth
UK satellite TV operator Sky reported “explosive growth” in its connected TV subscriber base, adding…
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Report: Tinopolis closes in on Magical Elves
UK-based Tinopolis Group is moving close to a deal thought to be worth more than…
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Spanish sci-fi is BBC Worldwide’s debut Euro copro
BBC Worldwide is working on an English-language science fiction drama with Atresmedia, marking the first…
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NBCU takes full ownership of Matchbox
NBCUniversal International Television Production has taken full ownership of Australian producer Matchbox Pictures. NBCUITP acquired…
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51 Minds co-founder exits as Endemol prodco reshuffles
Christian Sarabia has been promoted to president of Endemol’s 51 Minds as the US reality…
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NBCU revenues up but Comcast ‘underweight’ internationally
NBCUniversal saw fourth quarter revenues rise 7.5% to reach US$6.5 billion but parent company Comcast…
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North American kids web channel bags Arabic shows
Original Arabic programming is heading to new North American online children’s channel Oznoz. The net,…
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Univision to launch in Canada
US Hispanic channel Univision is to begin broadcasting in Canada. Univision Communications has secured a…
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Foxtel, TVA like Keshet’s British Girlfri3nds
Australian paycaster Foxtel and Canada’s TVA have acquired the UK version of Keshet International dating…
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NATPE Hot Pick: Velvet
Period drama is the most in-vogue form of scripted programming in the world right now,…
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Release the Hounds races to first format deal
ITV horror gameshow Release the Hounds has scored its first international format deal, with German…
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Chamberlain lands top CBS Studios Intn’l role
Barry Chamberlain has been promoted to the new role of president, sales at CBS Studios…