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Jesse Whittock
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Armoza’s Hostages to break out at MIPCOM
Israel’s Armoza Formats is launching Hostages, the scripted format behind the upcoming CBS serial, and…
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Dexter shatters Showtime records as it bows out
Showtime’s dark cable drama Dexter yesterday bowed out with the highest ever single episode ratings…
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Cisneros names Blum at top of restructured media division
Venezuela’s Cisneros Group has promoted Jonathan Blum to president of Cisneros Media, a newly formed…
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Shaftesbury promotes for sales VP
Canada’s Shaftesbury has promoted Ryan St. Peters to the role of VP, sales and business…
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Star Academy sets up in Egypt, returns to Lebanon
Endemol singing competition format Star Academy is to launch on an Egyptian pan-regional channel and…
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Former Ten boss Mott to run new Nine net
Australia’s Nine Network has hired the former programming chief David Mott of Ten Network to…
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Hat Trick to introduce You, Me & Them to buyers
The sales arm of the UK’s Hat Trick Productions is heading to France to launch…
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Naomi Campbell to show Face in Cannes
Supermodel Naomi Campbell will be in Cannes with Shine International to promote her debuting reality…
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Foxtel conjures up Presto online movie service
Australia’s Foxtel will launch an online subscription movie streaming service. Presto will be priced at…
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Bravo searches for America’s Best Restaurant with Ramsay prodco
NBCUniversal-owned cable net Bravo has acquired America’s Best Restaurant, a new series from Gordon Ramsay’s…
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TNT axes summer procedural despite ratings
US cable channel TNT has cancelled King & Maxwell, its new summer drama procedural, despite…
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Canal+ buys Yule Log, Mirette Investigates
French pay TV platform Canal+ has pre-bought an animated Christmas special and a French toon…
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Zodiak puts Yates at top of restructured LA arm
Production giant Zodiak Media Group has named Tony Yates as CEO of a restructured LA…
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KiKA buys Nordic live-action preschool drama
German children’s channel KiKA has acquired Waffle Heart, a live-action preschool drama sold by Nordic…
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Zodiak Active CEO departs, Drago promoted
Marco Ferrari is departing from Zodiak Media Group’s digital global arm Zodiak Active as part…
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Comedy from ‘The Fonz’ set for CBBC
UK children’s broadcaster CBBC has commissioned Hank Zipzer, a new live-action comedy inspired by a…
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FremantleMedia hires M&A expert from NBCU
FremantleMedia is gearing up for international acquisition activity with the hire of an M&A specialist…
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Electus promotes Farrokh, sells 150 hours
Ben Silverman’s studio Electus has promoted international sales executive Cyrus Farrokh to VP, distribution, and…
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Eurosport to launch in US on Discovery cable channel
Discovery Communications-owned network Eurosport is to launch in the US for the first time through…
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DHX pays US$27.5m for Teletubbies owner Ragdoll Worldwide
Canada’s DHX Media has acquired Teletubbies and In the Night Garden owner Ragdoll Worldwide for…
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Disney Channels hands Levine EMEA role
Disney is moving its VP and general manager, Disney XD Worldwide, David Levine from LA…
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CME appoints co-CEOs to replace Sarbu
Central European Media Enterprises has appointed a pair of co-CEOs to replace the departing Adrian…
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Sky Atlantic reads up on Showtime’s Penny Dreadful
UK satellite channel Sky Atlantic will coproduce the upcoming Sam Mendes-produced Showtime thriller drama Penny…
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Studio Lambert UK format Gogglebox gets US remake
US network Bravo has commissioned a local version of the Studio Lambert’s British unscripted format…
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Sony draws up Blacklist in 66 territories
Hotly-tipped Sony Pictures Television mystery thriller The Blacklist will debut in 66 territories and 11…
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Amazon re-ups Dome as global ratings boom
The Amazon Prime Instant Video platform has renewed the high rating CBS drama Under the…
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TV2, 365 reveal It’s Love, Actually
Broadcasters in Denmark and Iceland have acquired straight-to-series format remakes of Sky Vision-distributed factual entertainment…
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NBCU boss: NBC trails rivals by $1bn but opportunity knocks
The president and CEO of NBCUniversal has taken the unusual step of publicly admitting his…
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AMC confirms Saul Goodman Breaking Bad spin-off
The Breaking Bad spin-off series featuring crooked lawyer Saul Goodman has officially been given the…
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All3 acquires stake in Matt Lucas prodco
All3Media has acquired a minority stake in John Stanley Productions, better known as Little Britain…