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Jesse Whittock
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Ex-WME television chief joins TV4
Former William Morris Endeavor television co-chief Mark Itkin has joined emerging digital content business TV4 Entertainment as…
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Ex-Gaumont sales exec joins Hat Trick
Former Gaumont International sales VP Hana Zidek has joined Hat Trick International, TBI has learned….
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DRG launches Atrium with Howard Stringer
Distributor DRG yesterday launched TV’s latest high-end drama house, Atrium TV, with former Sony chief…
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Paramount poaches Disney exec for TV sales role
Paramount Pictures has hired the long-serving Walt Disney Company exec Dan Cohen. He will be…
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Traditional US networks top Europe demand
Demand for programming from broadcasters is outweighing cable and SVOD players in Europe, exclusive new…
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Fremantle buys into Bend It TV
FremantleMedia has bought a 25% stake in scripted prodco Bend It Television. This is the…
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Keshet buys German prodco Tresor
Keshet International has made its first company acquisition, buying German producer Tresor TV Produktions. The…
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CBS calls for Ambulance
Broadcaster CBS has commissioned a US remake of Dragonfly’s UK format Ambulance. The one-hour alternative…
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Italian mafia drama goes to M-Net, Tata
Beta Film-sold Italian mafia drama Gomorrah has been shopped into South Africa and India. South…
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Disney, ABC will Find Me in Paris
Two European Disney channels and the ABC in Australia are among the buyers of teen…
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CBS alternative chief to exit
CBS’s executive VP of alternative programming, Chris Castallo, is leaving the Eye Network after ten…
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Star forced to back down in FRAPA format row
International formats body FRAPA has moved to distance itself from claims from Star China over ownership…
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Show of the Week: Thank You
Turkey’s Global Agency will be in Cannes this week with Thank You, a new feel-good…
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Kudos nabs BBC drama exec for development
Endemol Shine Group-owned drama house Kudos has hired a new head of development from UK…
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Haddad exits as Endemol Shine rejigs Mid-East
Endemol Shine Middle East (ESME) managing director Lara Haddad is leaving after the production unit…
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BBC Four enters Sweden’s Black Lake
UK network BBC Four has acquired Swedish thriller series Black Lake. The 8x45mins mystery drama…
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Sky buys All Time 10s channels group
UK-based paycaster Sky has acquired Diagonal View, the digital channels company behind the All Time…
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Real World prodco pacts with Korea’s Signal
Bunim/Murray Productions has signed a joint development deal with South Korea’s Signal Entertainment Group. This…
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Lip Sync Battle on first Paramount Network slate
Paramount Network’s first slate includes programming from the network it replaces, Spike, and TV Land….
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Ex-Canal+, HBO exec joins Discovery Sweden as GM
Discovery Networks Sweden has hired a former Canal+ and HBO Nordic exec as its general…
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Endemol Shine, BBCWW, Sony execs join Fox
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has hired six executives, who are joining from the likes…
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BET programming chiefs exiting
Stephen Hill and Zola Mashariki are stepping down as programming chiefs at Viacom’s BET Networks….
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A+E takes Jeremy Renner, Dominic Minghella to MIPTV
Hollywood action star Jeremy Renner and producer Dominic Minghella will attend MIPTV to promote A+E…
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Ofcom to set UK originals quotas for BBC
The BBC’s new regulator, Ofcom, will demand the UK’s pubcaster produces a minimum number of…
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Animal Planet adapts Plimsoll’s rescue dog format
Discovery Communications-owned Animal Planet counts an adaptation of British-created format Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs…
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M6 to Redesign Norwegian format
French broadcaster M6 is to localise Norwegian makeover format Redesign. The show originally aired on…
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Dot. travels to Piwi+, Panda, SVT
Several European broadcasters have bought Randi Zuckerberg-created kids series Dot. Canal+-owned Piwi+ in France, Dreamia-owned…
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Looking Glass buys Factory library, hires VP
Australian distributor Looking Glass International has acquired Factory Media’s 55-hour library and hired its sales…
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Jetpack fires up Yoko sales
London-based distributor Jetpack has sold 52x12mins animated kids series Yoko into new territories. Canada’s BBC…
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A+E to sell Viceland shows worldwide
A+E Networks has extended its relationship with Vice Media by taking on international distribution of…