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Jesse Whittock
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Carl Icahn sells Netflix shares for bumper $819m
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sold more than half of his shares in streaming site…
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Simon Andreae lands Darnell’s Fox role, Sony project in doubt
Fox Broadcasting has handed Simon Andreae the coveted role at the top of its alternative…
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HBO promotes pair post-Naegle departure
Premium cable channel HBO has promoted a pair of executives to heightened programming roles following…
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WOWOW, TBS coproduce noir drama
Japanese free TV broadcaster TBS and leading premium pay TV platform WOWOW are coproducing a…
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Sander Schwartz plots new indie
Just days after leaving FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment, LA-based producer Sander Schwartz is plotting…
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Still ‘early days’ for Lovefilm content strategy
Amazon-owned VOD service Lovefilm is looking to up its exclusive content and original show commissions,…
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BBC One goes to the gym, Your Home
BBC One has commissioned a pair of entertainment formats, one that tasks celebrities to become…
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ABC fuels up for Flying Miners
ABC in Australia has commissioned a three-hour factual series from Banijay-owned Screentime. The Flying Miners…
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Seven, Beyond partner for LA venture
Australia’s Seven Network and Beyond International have launched a new production and marketing company in…
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Show of the week: The Moaning of Life
Karl Pilkington’s brand of baffled and bemused commentary brought Sky1 HD one of its biggest…
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FremantleMedia Australia claims I Can Do That!
Six days after Armoza Formats sold I Can Do That! into Brazil, it has closed…
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Sony unearths GEM in Vietnam
Sony Pictures Television Networks is launching a new general entertainment channel in Vietnam as the…
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US networks latest: full seasons for Brooklyn, CBS laffers
New pick-ups Stateside include Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and CBS sitcoms The Crazy Ones, The…
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Power Play: why celebs are becoming execs
As the global media superpowers march into ever more sectors, A-list actors, musicians, fashion gurus…
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BBC Worldwide confirms international channel changes
The BBC’s commercial arm has confirmed its new premium content channel brand will be known…
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SVT preps 90s music period drama
Swedish pubcaster SVT has ordered a new drama miniseries, Viva Hate, which is set in…
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UK, Dutch vendors acquire Beta’s mafia series
Distribution companies in the UK and the Netherlands have acquired local all-rights packages to Gomorrah,…
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News brief: Portuguese net bags banking pre-sales
Portugal’s TVI has acquired 14 titles from French distributor Java Films following MIPCOM last week….
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Danish kids undergoes localised Operation
DR’s children’s channel DR Ultra has ordered a local version of CBBC medical entertainment series…
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German SVOD platform latest to go Under the Dome
Vivendi’s European SVOD service Watchever is the latest buyer of CBS miniseries Under the Dome….
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Channel 5 uncovers Nazi death camp doc
The UK’s Channel 5 is working on a documentary about a Nazi death camp deniers…
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Fifth deal for Keshet’s Rising Star
Buzzy singing competition format Rising Star is set for an Italian remake after a Sony…
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Beta Film takes on the Mafia
Italian crime writer Roberto Saviano, whose mafia exposé Gomorrah lead to death threats, tells Jesse…
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‘Netflix to lead new wave of UK production M&A’
Netflix is among the emerging players set to lead a new wave of consolidation in…
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Alex Graham steps down from Voice UK maker Wall to Wall
Alex Graham is stepping down from his role as CEO of Wall to Wall 26…
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Norwegian drama set for US remake, Fox, Chernin attached
A scripted format from Norwegian pubcaster NRK is heading in to the States, with Peter…
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Mattel takes to production to the Playground
Toyco Mattel has created Playground Productions, a new multiplatform development and production arm. The unit…
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RTL-CBS entertainment channel to launch in Philippines
Philippines-based SKY Cable Corporation is the latest Asian platform to add the new CBS RTL…
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Sander Schwartz out at FremantleMedia Kids
FremantleMedia’s children’s TV chief Sander Schwartz is leaving the RTL-owned company, TBI can reveal. Schwartz…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…