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Jesse Whittock
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Former Zodiak bosses, Sky exec launch SVOD quiz service
Former Zodiak Media chiefs Rod Henwood and Marc Antoine d’Halluin and former Sky and Lovefilm exec…
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Endemol Shine International boss Cathy Payne in profile
Cathy Payne was the first winner of the Content Innovation Awards’ Content Leader of the…
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Netflix strikes Sky deal across Europe
Netflix will be bundled into a new Sky pay TV subscription pack in Europe. Customers…
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Disney shutters Movies Anywhere service
The Walt Disney Company is closing its Disney Movies Anywhere services, though customers can transfer…
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ITV CEO focused on ‘strategic refresh’ as profits fall
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall is “very focused” on the UK broadcaster’s “strategic refresh”, as full-year…
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Hub: À la carte tastier than bundled pay TV
Existing pay TV bundles are getting less and less attractive to consumers and à la…
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Ex-Flame, Films of Records execs join Sundog
Former Flame Television managing director Claire Featherstone and Films of Record executive producer Katie Buchanan…
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NBCU hires Fifty Fathoms production chief
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS) has hired the head of production at UK prodco Fifty Fathoms,…
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Canal+ originals chief to lead new Studiocanal prodco
Canal+’s head of originals, , will lead a new French television production company at the…
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Kids industry veteran joins Cake
UK-based kids distributor Cake has appointed industry veteran Rob Doherty as its VP of production….
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Netflix kids films to Chinese SVOD net through Air Bud deal
Four kids films recently produced for Netflix are headed for China through a deal on-demand…
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Turner poaches Fremantle exec for UK & Euro sales
Turner has secured the services of FremantleMedia International (FMI)’s Joss Duffield. She will become regional…
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Top CAA television agent switches to eOne
Mark Gordon’s first major hire since becoming president of Entertainment One (eOne) is that of…
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Liz Gateley exits Lifetime as pair rise
Lifetime’s head of programming, Liz Gateley, is leaving the A+E Networks-owned US channel to focus…
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Ex-Dyson CEO to fill ProSiebenSat.1 power vacuum
Former Dyson chief executive Max Conze will take up the same role at German broadcast…
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First ever Bell/CTV format deal secured through Sony in UK
A deal that will see Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shopping Canadian format The Launch internationally…
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Viacom streaming app Nick Jr. Play goes int’l
Nickelodeon has launched its preschool streaming app, Nick Jr. Play, on the international market. As…
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Beyond rejigs with Hemperek hired from eOne
Beyond Distribution has hired Entertainment One’s Justina Hemperek as head of acquisitions, with Sarah McCormack…
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Epix picks Heyday’s Cotton to replace ex-originals chief Diaz
Nancy Cotton is leaving Heyday Television to become executive VP of original programming at US…
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Worldwide ambitions open the Showcase – BBC content event
BBC Worldwide’s annual four-day programming sales event in Liverpool, England, is a regular trip for…
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Weinstein COO axed over ‘cause’
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has voted to terminate its president and COO, David Glasser, citing…
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Game of Thrones producer creates prodco with Beta & ZDF
Germany’s Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) have joined forces with Game of Thrones producer…
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NBC pair to replace Amazon-bound Salke
US broadcaster NBC has promoted a pair of in-house execs to replace president of entertainment…
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Reef founder steps down after 14 years, exits Zinc
Reef Television founder Richard Farmbrough has resigned from his post as CEO of the UK…
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COBA: £1bn annual British TV investment under threat from Brexit
Losing access to EU markets through Brexit could cost the UK’s television market £1 billion…
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EntertainTV gobbles up Fremantle’s Picnic in exclusive content push
EntertainTV, the Deutsche Telekom pay TV service, has taken exclusive rights to Australian drama Picnic…
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Aalderink and Lubbers band with MGM in Euro formats push
US studio MGM has set up a Dutch-based formats development operations with European programming execs…
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Endemol Shine producer joins A Smith & Co.
Endemol Shine North America unscripted producer Duncan McIntosh has joined Tinopolis-owned prodco A. Smith &…
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Passion acquisitions chief moves to TCB
Passion Distribution’s head of acquisitions, Jimmy Humphreys, is moving to rival UK distributor TCB Media…
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AT&T digital chief to lead Chernin’s Otter as CEO
US-based digital media investments firm Otter Media has appointed a new CEO, who will transfer…