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Jesse Whittock
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French drama Spiral to be remade in the US
LA-based Endemol Studios, the studio behind Hell on Wheels, is to remake French crime drama…
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BBC buys new Swedish drama as SVT unveils int’l unit
The BBC is hoping it has found the latest hot Scandinavian drama with a new…
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Sundance Channel buys French zombie drama for US
Sundance Channel in the US has acquired French supernatural drama The Returned from its new…
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Electus poaches Henson for unscripted role
Ben Silverman’s multimedia studio Electus has hired ABC Entertainment alternative entertainment exec Corie Henson to…
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Bloomberg original Hank to launch on Netflix
Bloomberg Businessweek Films’ debut documentary, Hank: Five Years From the Brink, will premiere on Netflix…
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TNT goes Under the Dome
Latin American pay TV channel TNT has acquired exclusive regional rights to CBS’s Stephen King-penned…
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Disney scores major movie VOD deal with ‘Chinese Netflix’
Disney Media Distribution will provide movies from its major studio stablemates to Chinese online platform…
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Mid East VOD platform launches in North America, UK
The online platform dubbed the Middle East and North Africa’s answer to Netflix, icflix, has…
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Bellon sells American Ninja Warrior, introduces Super Boyz
US-based Bellon Entertainment has licensed NBC entertainment series American Ninja Warrior series to European and…
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News brief: Netflix, Amazon drive Cinedigm revenue growth
LA-based content aggregator Cinedigm has seen revenue from its television programming library grow more than…
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Show of the Week: Date Night
The UK has been good to the dating genre, and broadcaster Channel 4 has been…
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HBO Nordic pre-buys Gomorrah TV remake
HBO Nordic has pre-bought Gomorrah, a new Italian mafia drama based on the much acclaimed…
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Chris Lilley character returns in ABC, HBO, BBC comedy
Comic Chris Lilley has scored a new series for his schoolgirl bully character Ja’mie King…
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UKTV’s Watch moves into original drama with Red Planet series
UKTV-owned pay channel Watch is getting its first original scripted drama, with scriptwriter Tony Jordan’s…
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NBC, ITV follow Prince Harry’s South Pole challenge
The UK’s ITV has commissioned a 2x60mins series in which Prince Harry and wounded servicemen…
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Initial MD promotion sparks reshuffle at Endemol UK
The managing director of Initial has been promoted to commercial director of the Big Brother…
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Scripps veteran to replace retiring Lansing
Scripps Networks Interactive’s operating division president John Lansing is retiring after nine years in the…
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Russia reaches The End with Turkish scripted deal
St. Petersburg-based Russian World Studios has signed a deal to bring Turkish drama format The…
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Japanese scripted hit gets Korean remake
I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper, one of Japan’s largest rating scripted series of past years, is…
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Blair upped in latest Warner Bros. shuffle
Warner Bros. veteran Robert Blair will comprise part of a two-person team leading the company’s…
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DCD targets Scottish drive with Objective exec hire
UK indie DCD Media has hired Location, Location, Location creator Paul Murray from Objective Scotland….
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WGN America goes to Manhattan for second original
US station WGN America has ordered its second original drama, a 13-part about the scientists…
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News brief: Fox pacts with Eyeworks for scripted series
Fox Television Studios has signed a development deal with European production house Eyeworks Group in…
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All3Media America launches German prodco in LA
The latest step in All3Media’s push into the US has seen it hire TwoFour America…
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ITV Studios forms US umbrella group
Paul Buccieri will lead a new ITV Studios US group that will reflect UK broadcaster…
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TLC gets new boss after Winter departure
Discovery Communications’ female-skewed TLC has named Discovery Channel production exec Nancy Daniels as its new…
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Bonnier acquires Scandi prodco
Bonnier Growth Media has acquired 90% of the shares in Tre Vänner, the Swedish producer…
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TVNZ posts profit as revenue dips
New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ has posted an NZ$14.4 million profit despite revenue crashing nearly NZ$20…
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Content acquires 50% stake in Finnish prodco
Transatlantic group Content Media has acquired a 50% stake in Aito Media, the Finnish company…
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CBS, Time Warner end bitter carriage row
The month-long blackout of US broadcast network CBS on Time Warner Cable is over, after…