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Ignatiew, Pabst succeed Richter at Red Arrow International
Irina Ignatiew and Henrik Pabst have been named co-managing directors of distributor Red Arrow International…
Channel 5 searches for Great British Castles
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has signed a deal with British journalist Dan Jones, who will…
NATPE Hot Pick: Through the Keyhole
Through the Keyhole is a solid option for buyers with mainstream audiences – the series…
Servus, Globosat investigate Planet Ice
Austria’s Servus TV and Brazil’s Globosat have prebought Planet Ice from Zodiak Rights. The doc…
Canal+ captures Israel’s Hostages
French premium paycaster Canal+ has acquired Israeli thriller drama Hostages. In France, the show is…
Rising Star blossoms in Turkey
Israeli singing format Rising Star has been picked up the prodco behind Turkish remakes of…
ITV recruits celebrities for full Release the Hounds series
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a full series of horror gameshow Release the Hounds….
Ellen is first US talker in China
Online video service Sohu Video has become the first Chinese platform to pick up a…
Antenna makes it Raine with strategic deal
Greece-based broadcaster Antenna Group has entered into a wide-ranging strategic partnership with media-focused merchant bank…
E4 tries out ALT drama
UK youth-skewed channel E4 has commissioned a psychological drama-comedy in which “the worst case scenario…
Intel sells online pay TV assets to Verizon
Intel has sold Intel Media, the division that homes the assets of its planned online…
BBC Worldwide poaches ex-UTV exec
BBC Worldwide’s Indian arm has appointed Akhauri Sinha as its COO of content and production….
Italy, Egypt ask Who’s Got the Money?
Who’s Got the Money?, a paper gameshow from indie French TV, is to be made…
Globosat learns Cumming’s Urban Secrets
Brazilian satellite channels operator Globosat has bought Urban Secrets, a UK-produced series in which actor…
German Disney Channel claims best ever free TV launch
Disney Channel’s debut on German free TV has produced strong results for the Mouse House….
Walking Dead heads for PS3 in Russia
Zombie drama The Walking Dead is among the shows Russian on-demand platform Tvigle will offer…
Sony Entertainment Television launches on UK’s TalkTalk
Sony Pictures Television Networks has launched its general entertainment channel, Sony Entertainment Television, through UK…
Disney Channel launches on German free TV
Germany’s latest competitor in the children’s free-to-air channels market has arrived. Disney Channel launched on…
Pablo Escobar sets up on Afghan TV
Colombian crime drama Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord has launched on Afghanistan’s Lemur TV. The…
NBCUniversal buys into Canuck prodco
NBCUniversal International Television Production has acquired a stake in Canadian producer Lark Productions. The move…
Investment firms confirm ProSiebenSat.1 exit
Private equity firms KKR and Permira are offloading their remaining shares in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1….
NickMom plans to Push It with Hurwitz, Sykes
Nick Jr.’s night-time comedy block NickMom has signed a development deal with writer-producers Wanda Sykes…
Who gets grounded by Fox’s pilots dismissal?
Will Kevin Reilly’s decision to pull broadcast network Fox out of the pilots development business…
Zodiak poaches Endemol Italia exec in Magnolia reshuffle
Zodiak Media has appointed Endemol Italia’s Leonardo Pasquinelli (below right) as managing director of its…
Fox International Channels poaches pay TV exec for Europe
Fox International Channels Southern Europe and Africa has appointed Vera Pinto Pereira to become its…
Scripps promotes Franklin to digital chief role
Knoxville-based Scripps Networks Interactive has promoted Tamara Franklin to become its executive VP, digital. Franklin…
Xbox TV buyers resigns from Microsoft
Former Universal Television chairman Blair Westlake has resigned from the entertainment arm of computer software…
Bell chimes with Opposite Worlds, Haggis drama
Canadian broadcaster Bell Media has unveiled a wide ranging slate of new shows, including a…
JB Perrette to lead Discovery’s international business
JB Perrette has been named as Mark Hollinger’s successor as president of Discovery Networks International….
Discovery, Foxtel chart Rise of the Nazi Party
Discovery Networks Western Europe and Australian pay platform Foxtel are among buyers of a new…