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Jesse Whittock
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Fincham’s Expectation builds comedy team
Expectation, the prodco Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks run, has hired a creative director for…
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Protests planned as Endemol Shine Turkey dispute expands
Turkish producers, directors and talent are planning to lead protests at Endemol Shine Group’s headquarters…
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Viacom out of running for Scripps
Viacom’s plan to buy US cable channels group Scripps Networks Interactive appears to be over….
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Discovery backing Will Packer prodco
Discovery Communications and Universal Pictures are backing the production entity of prolific exec producer Will…
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Nat Geo preps Leonardo DiCaprio drama
US cable channel National Geographic is adapting a best-selling Tom Wolfe novel with Leonardo DiCaprio’s…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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Sony names trio of TV chiefs
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has set a new management team following the departures of Jamie…
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Korean networks launch US on-demand service
South Korean three largest networks – KBS, MBC and SBS – have jointly launched a…
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The Generation Game returning to BBC
UK pubcaster the BBC is bringing back The Generation Game, a family game show that’s…
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Wiggles arrive at Universal Kids & Treehouse
The US’s Universal Kids and Treehouse in Canada have bought rights to the latest series…
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Amazon touts local originals as Inside Edge scores
Amazon’s first original Indian drama, Inside Edge, has quickly become the most watched title on…
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FremantleMedia names Mexico MD
FremantleMedia has a new managing director for its Mexican production business. Coty Cagliolo has been…
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Ex-MTV exec joins A+E as Sharenow rises
Former MTV development chief Eli Lehrer has joined A+E Networks, as A&E channel chief Rob…
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Key CBS drama exec stepping down
The head of drama development at US broadcaster CBS, Christina Davis, has stepped down. The…
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Amazon orders Julia Roberts drama Homecoming
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has handed a two-season order to Homecoming, a drama…
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Discovery hires Twitter TV chief
Discovery Communications has hired the global head of TV at social media service Twitter, Fred…
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Banijay UK scripted prodco launches with Symonds
Banijay Group has launched a second scripted production company in the UK with British producer…
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Discovery, Scripps ‘in merger talks’ – again
Shares in Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive have spiked on a report claiming they…
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NBC hires ex-Endemol Shine unscripted exec
US broadcaster NBC has hired former Endemol Shine North America unscripted production chief Linda Giambrone….
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MGM buys Real Housewives prodco Evolution
Mark Burnett’s MGM Television and Digital Group has acquired the creator of the Real Housewives…
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Game of Thrones smashes HBO ratings record
Ratings for Game of Thrones’s season seven opener on US premium pay channel HBO proved…
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Ex-Gaumont chief to lead Liberty-backed producer
Former Gaumont Television CEO Katie O’Connell Marsh is to lead to lead a production and…
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Bunim-Murray backs ex-Zodiak USA chief’s prodco
Former Zodiak USA boss Joel Karsberg has secured backing from Bunim-Murray Productions (BMP) for his…
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EasyJet boss McCall named ITV CEO
The CEO of low-cost carrier EasyJet, Carolyn McCall, is to become chief executive of leading…
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Michael Jackson’s Halloween coming to TV
LA-based IM Global Television (IMGTV) has picked up rights to animated special Michael Jackson’s Halloween….
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Sony builds out sales team with Econet hire
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has hired Econet Media’s Kunle Falodun (pictured) as VP of distribution…
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Japandemonium coming to ITV
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a funny clips show based on footage from iconic Japanese…
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Cinemax exec to lead Makeready TV unit
Cinemax’s Scott Nemes is leaving the premium cable channel to become head of television at…
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BBC Studios restructures entertainment arm
BBC Studios is splitting its entertainment, music and events arm into two, with current divisional…
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Netflix & Canal+ co-order Safe drama
Streaming service Netflix and French paycaster Canal+ have co-commissioned an eight-part drama, Safe, which was…