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Nick to Go Viral with Ryan Seacrest

US kids channel Nickelodeon has greenlit a 40-episode studio game show from presenter Ryan Seacrest’s…

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Endemol ploughs €30m into digital production venture

Production giant Endemol has unveiled a new global venture to create a network of connected…

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Liam Keelan to lead scripted content at BBC Worldwide

Liam Keelan has been appointed BBC Worldwide’s director for scripted – the second new role…

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NPO preps premium Dutch VOD service with US movies

Dutch public broadcasting organisation NPO is set to launch a subscription video-on-demand service early next…

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Off the Fence unveils Freaks of Nature to Weather Channel

Producer and distributor Off the Fence has made a new extreme weather series for US…

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News brief: Red Arrow cuts TV movie deal with Canada’s V

French-language Canadian broadcaster V has inked a deal with distributor Red Arrow International for a…

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New Kids on the Block to party with TV Guide

American boy band New Kids on the Block have landed their own reality series on…

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Liberty Global ‘in talks to buy Intel’s online pay TV service’

Liberty Global is in talks with Intel to acquire its online pay TV service, according…

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Ex-SPT Asia boss Ricky Ow resurfaces at Turner

Asian television veteran Ricky Ow is joining Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific as president just…

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Michael Grade identifies Stars of the Musical Theatre

UK channel BBC Four has commissioned Glasgow-based Finestripe Productions to create Michael Grade’s Stars of…

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African firms to combat content crisis

African distributor Côte Ouest is working to restore more than 3,000 audiovisual programmes as it…

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HBO, Discovery, SBS deals for eOne dramas

Indie studio Entertainment One has sold a batch of scripted series including Discovery drama Klondike…

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Global deals for Cineflix’s JFK doc

The Day Kennedy Died, a doc from Finestripe Productions, has sold to more than 20…

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News brief: Warner Bros. renews Irish indie formats deal

Warner Bros. International Television Production has renewed its distribution agreement with Ireland’s Vision Independent Productions,…

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News brief: Zuku poaches Turner exec

African triple-play pay TV operator Zuku has poached a Turner Broadcasting System exec to become…

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A+E, ZDFE renew content pact

A+E Networks and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises have renewed an eight year-old acquisition and distribution pact….

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Pete Smith leaving Cineflix

Cineflix Media’s studios boss Pete Smith is exiting the company in the latest round of…

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Disney boss: Netflix ‘great fit’ for new Marvel shows

Disney’s chairman and CEO Bob Iger has said placing five Marvel Universe shows exclusively with…

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Hong Kong’s PCCW launches $38m production fund

Hong Kong-based telco PCCW has created a production fund worth HK$300 million (US$38 million) as…

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Netflix seals ‘unprecedented’ Marvel deal

Netflix has ordered an “unprecedented” slate of original live-action Marvel series from The Walt Disney…

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Wentworth getting German remake

German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local-language remake of Australian women’s prison drama Wentworth. The…

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Time Warner eyes ‘long-term opportunity’ at besieged CME

The CEO of Time Warner has confirmed he may hand the embattled broadcaster Central European…

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HBO orders Nesbo novel adaptation

HBO is developing an hour-long drama based on Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø’s crime story and…

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Miramax grabs sales rights to From Dusk Till Dawn adaptation

US studio Miramax has acquired international sales rights to the serialised TV remake of director…

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New kids SVOD app secures eOne content

A new kids-focused on-demand app is launching in the UK later this month and has…

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Channel 4 orders more Drugs

The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of its controversial factual show Drugs…

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FremantleMedia takes stake in Danish drama firm

Global producer-distributor FremantleMedia has acquired 51% of Danish drama producer Miso Film. The deal, for…

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21st Century Fox: Hulu can compete with Netflix

US on-demand service Hulu can be a viable alternative to OTT market leader Netflix, the…

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Screentime poaches ABC ents boss, promotes Steel

Banijay-owned Australian producer Screentime has poached ABC Television’s head of entertainment to become its new…

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Keith Chapman: Bob creator starts building

Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman is back on the kids TV scene with new…