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Jesse Whittock
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UK Screenings: ITV’s Formats Festival
ITV Studios began showcasing its latest wares to international buyers in London in 2011. With…
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Berlin issues
If you’ve heard it once in the past year, you’ve heard it dozens of times:…
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Sam Bain comedy set for iPlayer & BBC Two
An upcoming three-part comedy from Peep Show writer Sam Bain will debut on the BBC…
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Sam Bain comedy set for iPlayer & BBC Two
An upcoming three-part comedy from Peep Show writer Sam Bain will debut on the BBC…
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Sony buys Turner’s UK truTV
Sony’s acquisitive channels division has Turner’s truTV in the UK. Turner rolled out the general…
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BBCWW buys into debuting Hincks, Fincham prodco
Expectation, the indie Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks created last year, has secured financial backing…
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Cumberbatch to produce, star in new BBC drama
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to produce and star in a BBC One adaptation of…
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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Time Warner shareholders welcome AT&T deal
Time Warner’s shareholders have overwhelmingly approved US telco AT&T’s US$85.4 billion takeover of the company….
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Jason Simms joining Sky Vision from Fox
Jason Simms is swapping his role as senior VP of global acquisitions at Fox Networks…
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CBeebies boards new Andrew Davenport show
UK children’s channel CBeebies has commissioned the debut series from the partnership of Andrew Davenport’s…
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A+E sends C+I titles to Hulu Japan
A+E Networks and Hulu Japan are expanding their existing relationship through a deal that will…
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Amazon hires FMI’s Brown as Euro originals chief
Amazon Studios has hired FremantleMedia International’s Georgia Brown as its first director of original television…
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Turner names Urdaneta replacement in Lat Am
Turner Latin America has named Joel Whitten ‘Whit’ Richardson III as its president, in effect…
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Berlinale: HBO Europe ups originals trio in rejig
HBO Europe has given more responsibility to a trio of executives as part of a…
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BBC’s German drama SS-GB sells as Berlinale begins
Upcoming BBC conspiracy drama SS-GB has found European homes ahead of its world premiere here…
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Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang
Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the…
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Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang
Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the…
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Scherba upped in DHX rejig
DHX Media has promoted Josh Scherba and Anne Loi as part of a restructuring that…
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Sovereign drama
Top drama producers tell Jesse Whittock about the small screen’s enduring fascination with royalty. The…
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Sprout touts robot toon, trio in development
US kids channel Sprout has greenlit a 26-episode toon about a girl and her robot…
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Iger ‘open’ to extending Disney CEO run
The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger is “open” to postponing his retirement…
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ICM partner joins Lipstone at All3 America
All3Media American CEO Greg Lipstone has hired a partner and COO of his former agency,…
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Cartoon Saloon creates JV studio with Canuck firm
Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon and Canada’s Mercury Filmworks have launched a full service joint venture studio…
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Stan named Cartoon Network Oz streaming home
Australian subscription VOD service Stan has become the exclusive streaming home of Cartoon Network programming…
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Buyers queue up for Grizzy and the Lemmings
The first free TV sales of French CGI toon Grizzy and the Lemmings have been…
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Virgin squares Full Circle with exclusive deal
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has acquired three seasons of US drama Full Circle….
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Discovery Kids brings Nils to India
Discovery Communications has acquired animated series Nils Holgersson for its kids net in India. Discovery…
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Walter Presents adds Belgian drama double
Hot on the heels of its first international expansion, UK-created VOD service Walter Presents has…
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Foxtel exec fills vacant unscripted role at ABC
A senior Foxtel executive has taken over non-scripted production at the ABC in Australia. Josie…