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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…
Endemol ploughs €30m into digital production venture
Production giant Endemol has unveiled a new global venture to create a network of connected…
Liam Keelan to lead scripted content at BBC Worldwide
Liam Keelan has been appointed BBC Worldwide’s director for scripted – the second new role…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ex-SPT Asia boss Ricky Ow resurfaces at Turner
Asian television veteran Ricky Ow is joining Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific as president just…
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…
African firms to combat content crisis
African distributor Côte Ouest is working to restore more than 3,000 audiovisual programmes as it…
HBO, Discovery, SBS deals for eOne dramas
Indie studio Entertainment One has sold a batch of scripted series including Discovery drama Klondike…
Global deals for Cineflix’s JFK doc
The Day Kennedy Died, a doc from Finestripe Productions, has sold to more than 20…
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,…
News brief: Zuku poaches Turner exec
African triple-play pay TV operator Zuku has poached a Turner Broadcasting System exec to become…
A+E, ZDFE renew content pact
A+E Networks and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises have renewed an eight year-old acquisition and distribution pact….
Pete Smith leaving Cineflix
Cineflix Media’s studios boss Pete Smith is exiting the company in the latest round of…
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…
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…
Netflix seals ‘unprecedented’ Marvel deal
Netflix has ordered an “unprecedented” slate of original live-action Marvel series from The Walt Disney…
Wentworth getting German remake
German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local-language remake of Australian women’s prison drama Wentworth. The…
Time Warner eyes ‘long-term opportunity’ at besieged CME
The CEO of Time Warner has confirmed he may hand the embattled broadcaster Central European…
HBO orders Nesbo novel adaptation
HBO is developing an hour-long drama based on Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbø’s crime story and…
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…
New kids SVOD app secures eOne content
A new kids-focused on-demand app is launching in the UK later this month and has…
Channel 4 orders more Drugs
The UK’s Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of its controversial factual show Drugs…
FremantleMedia takes stake in Danish drama firm
Global producer-distributor FremantleMedia has acquired 51% of Danish drama producer Miso Film. The deal, for…
21st Century Fox: Hulu can compete with Netflix
US on-demand service Hulu can be a viable alternative to OTT market leader Netflix, the…
Screentime poaches ABC ents boss, promotes Steel
Banijay-owned Australian producer Screentime has poached ABC Television’s head of entertainment to become its new…
Keith Chapman: Bob creator starts building
Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman is back on the kids TV scene with new…