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Jesse Whittock
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UK gameshow Pointless set for US remake
US gameshow network GSN is aiming to remake Endemol Shine Group’s British quiz format Pointless….
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Netflix to finance & finish lost Orson Welles film
SVOD service Netflix will finance the completion and restoration of Orson Welles’ unfinished, final film,…
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Netflix to finance & finish lost Orson Welles film
SVOD service Netflix will finance the completion and restoration of Orson Welles’ unfinished, final film,…
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Warner Bros. int’l production director exiting
Warner Bros. International Television Production’s director of production, Lesley Davies, is exiting the business, TBI…
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Fox readies high-end miniseries for China
Fox Networks Group’s Asian pay TV business is producing a high-end drama miniseries for Chinese…
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Netflix captures original Godzilla toon film
Streaming giant Netflix has grabbed rights to an original Japanese-animated toon movie based on the…
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Endemol Shine France COO named
The soon-to-launch Endemol Shine France will have Delphine Cazaux as its directrice générale. Cazaux (pictured)…
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Amazon ‘open’ to video deals with cable firms
Amazon is “definitely open” to video partnerships with cable operators and the firm does not…
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Gardner to landscape Paramount Network
TV Land development executive Brad Gardner has landed a promotion, and will work on original…
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Ex-CEO buys Angry Birds TV studio
Angry Birds owner Rovio Entertainment has sold its Vancouver studio to its former CEO, Mikael…
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MGM in talks to buy out Epix partners
US studio MGM Holdings is reportedly in talks to buy Viacom and Lionsgate out of…
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Fremantle ups investment in MCN Divimove
FremantleMedia has upped its investment in European multichannel network Divimove. Thought RTL Group-owned Fremantle’s stake…
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Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs
UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from…
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Argonon launches prodcos with NBCU & All3 execs
UK-based Argonon Group has established a pair of joint venture production entities, with execs from…
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Yankelevich exits Telefe as Viacom sets top team
Tomás Yankelevich is leaving Argentinian broadcaster Telefe, as Viacom stamps its mark on the business…
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Turner sends Boomerang over-the-top
Turner has launched a subscription streaming service for its all-animation Boomerang channel. The platform will…
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Altice to coproduce Sky’s Riviera
Groupe Altice’s push into high-end original drama has seen it become a coproducer of Sky’s…
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Int’l execs rise in Warner sales rejig
Robert Blair and Jim Brehm have both landed expanded senior international distribution posts at Warner…
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Viaplay sets UK-coproduced drama
Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay’s latest original will be coproduced by UK-based production company Nevision. Big-budget…
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Endemol-Shine merger in France given greenlight
Endemol Shine Group’s production companies in France have been given clearance to merge. The Autorité…
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INTV: C4 is keeping up with Facebook – CEO
Channel 4 now has 15 million registered All4 users and can compete with the likes…
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Windfall MD exits as Scotland office opens
Argonon Group-owned factual producer Windfall Films is changing its managing director, with an ITN Productions…
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In-demand chart: Belgium (Feb 26-March 4, 2017)
If you work in television and happen to be in Brussels this week, chances are…
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Netflix orders second Korean drama
Streaming network Netflix has ordered a second drama original from South Korea in three months…
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BBC, HBO order Wainwright drama
The BBC and HBO have co-commissioned an eight-part drama from scribe Sally Wainwright about the…
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German prodco creates Italian JV prodco with Passadore
German prodco Neue Deutche Filmgesellchaft (NDF) has created a joint venture production company with Italian…
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ABC strikes off Doctor Blake
Australian pubcaster the ABC will end its popular medical-detective drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries with…
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Nick preparing for junior Lip Sync Battle
Nickelodeon is taking the kids to the Lip Sync Battle arena with a spin-off of…
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Disney Media Distribution chief exiting
Ben Pyne is leaving The Walt Disney Company after a quarter of a century. For…
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Viacom rebuild continues with new appointments
Bob Bakish’s restructuring of US media giant Viacom has continued with appointment of a music…