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Jesse Whittock
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Mediacorp seeks new CEO as Seow joins parent
Singaporean TV giant Mediacorp is on the hunt for a new CEO with the incumbent,…
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HBO Europe: Root’s cause
HBO Europe is well established as a producer in central and eastern Europe, and has…
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Discovery Lat Am scores BBC Worldwide deal
Discovery Networks Latin America / US Hispanic (DLA / USH) has entered into a first-look…
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Ten faces fight for future after A$232m loss
Australia’s third largest TV channel, Network Ten, has warned its future is in danger after…
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Ex-ITV Studios exec joins DRG drama club
Former ITV Studios, Shine Group and Cineflix exec Dave Clarke has joined UK-based DRG to…
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Netflix takes local route in Thailand
US-based streaming giant Netflix has updated its Thai service to better cater for local subscribers….
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Warner lines up DC digital service
Warner Bros. Television is working on a pair of original series for a soon-to-launch DC-branded…
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AT&T CEO: Time Warner deal ‘moving as expected’
Time Warner’s proposed merger with AT&T is “moving along as expected”. The chairman and CEO…
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Reich to lead new Viacom product unit
Viacom has created a new division that will create multiplatform products that focus on video…
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MTV takes SVOD route with Hulu Japan
Hulu Japan will play host to the first Asian subscription OTT linear version of Viacom’s…
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Globomedia co-founder creates drama unit
A cofounder of Globomedia, Daniel Écija, is creating a ‘fiction factory’ within the Spanish-language production…
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Writers Guild vote authorises strike
The Writers Guild of America members have overwhelmingly voted to authorise a strike that would…
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Red Arrow re-ups Bastin at Fabrik
Henrik Bastin, the CEO of LA-based Fabrik Entertainment, has renewed his contract at the Bosch…
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New Lat Am vendor to shop Gaumont shows
A new Latin America-focused distribution company has landed regional rights to Gaumont’s scripted drama and…
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CBS names Europe copro chief
The international studios arm of US broadcaster CBS has named a new coproductions chief in…
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Viceland plans to Brexit Stage Left
Youth-focused network Viceland has ordered a topical comedy series exploring whether Europeans care if the…
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Sky-Fox inquiry extended until after UK election
UK culture secretary Karen Bradley has extended the investigation deadline for 21st Century Fox’s planned…
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Netflix, E4 prep for The End of the F***ing World
Streaming service Netflix and UK youth-skewed network E4 have co-commissioned a dark comedy-drama about a…
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Turner taps Nick for Boomerang SVOD chief
Turner has poached Sundance Feniger from Nickelodeon to run its new Boomerang subscription VOD service….
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BBC celebrates Gay Britannia
UK pubcaster the BBC is to run a season of programmes celebrating gay culture in…
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Aussie SVOD net orders eOne comedy
Australian subscription VOD service Stan sent a comedy-drama from North America’s Entertainment One Television into…
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Ex-VH1 exec takes CBS alternative spot
Former VH1 reality chief Susan Levison has joined US broadcaster CBS in a senior alternative…
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Endemol Shine France names programming chiefs
Endemol Shine France has revealed the shape of Vincent Panozzo’s programming unit, with content centred…
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Viaplay orders first Icelandic original
Scandinavian SVOD player Viaplay’s latest original is an Icelandic drama. The commission of Stella Blómkvist…
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Hulu adapts horror-fantasy comic for TV
US streaming service Hulu has greenlit a one-hour pilot of comic property Locke and Key….
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Working Title UK hires ex-BBC comedy chief
Working Title Television UK has hired former BBC comedy chief Mark Freeland to run its…
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Segal exiting CEO post at Fremantle prodco
Philip Segal is to leave FremantleMedia North America-owned Original Productions this spring. Segal will exit…
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Viacom buys Brazilian prodco
Viacom International Media Networks has acquired control of a Brazilian short-form comedy producer. The acquisition…
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Sky, HBO in $250m high-end drama deal
Leading pay TV players Sky and HBO are joining forces to create a development slate…
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Taskmaster US set for Comedy Central
A US version of British comedy format Taskmaster toplines cable channel Comedy Central’s latest slate….