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Jesse Whittock
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Turner rejigs Southeast Asian unit under Dembla
Turner Asia Pacific is restructuring to align its Southeast Asia operations under local content sales…
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New indie group buys Content & others for $104m
Content Media Corp. is one of six companies that has been sold to a new…
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New indie group buys Content & others for $104m
Content Media Corp. is one of six companies that has been sold to a new…
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Endemol Shine US prodco ups two after merger
A pair of execs have been promoted at New York-based Truly Original following the merger…
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Fremantle UK restructures as C4 exec enters
Richard Holloway will step down from his duties as interim CEO of FremantleMedia UK but…
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NBCU takes on ID as Oxygen retools as crime net
NBCUniversal is repositioning female-focused US cable channel Oxygen as a crime-themed network, putting it in…
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BBC-backed House continues staff build
Fledgling UK drama prodco House Productions has hired a commercial chief, as the firm continues…
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Viacom moves CMT, TV Land in ents rejig
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has delivered on his promise to move the CMT and TV…
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Waheed Alli firm hires VP for EMEA
UK-based children’s television producer Silvergate Media has hired a VP for the EMEA region. Lisa…
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James Corden takes stake in CBS series prodco
James Corden has formally become a partner in Fulwell 73, the UK-based firm that produces…
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BBC Studios wins first tender commission
BBC Studios has won the first competitive tender for a BBC series. The new-look production…
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Starz COO extends stay
Starz has agreed a new long-term contract with its COO, Jeffrey Hirsch. The deal will…
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Germany’s Tele Munchen buys into US prodco
Germany’s Tele München Group has bought a stake in US rights broker and producer Storied…
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Sony takes $977m charge on Pictures unit
Japan’s Sony Corp. has recorded a ¥112.1 billion (US$977.4 million) goodwill impairment charge due to…
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A+E poaches BBCWW exec for VOD post
A+E Networks UK has poached BBC Worldwide’s Riccardo Donato. Donato will take on a new…
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MTV exec joins Impractical Jokers prodco
MTV development director Dane Reiley has joined New-York based Impractical Jokers producer NorthSouth Productions in…
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Ex-C4 commissioner joins Rare TV prodco
A former commissioner at UK broadcaster Channel 4 has joined UK producer Screenchannel Television as…
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Fox looks to Balian as Tal Yguado joins Amazon
Fox Networks Group has handed control of its global programming initiative to FX Networks executive…
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Katzenberg raises $590m for new venture
Jeffrey Katzenberg has created an LA-based media company, WndrCo, raising US$591.5 million for the venture….
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Lionsgate ‘in talks to sell Epix stake’
Lionsgate Entertainment is reportedly set to offload its stake in US premium cable channel Epix…
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Another top ABC Oz exec resigns
The top-level exits continue at Australian pubcaster the ABC, with its chief operating officer, David…
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High-end TV investment spend hits £478m in UK
Spend on high-end TV production in the UK hit a record £478 million (US$600 million)…
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Endemol Shine poaches MTG exec for Nordics
Endemol Shine Nordics has poached Modern Times Group programming exec Karin Stjärne to become its…
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Ex-Viacom int’l chief Singh buys into app firm
Former Viacom International Media Networks emerging markets chief Bhav Singh has acquired a stake in…
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Studio 100 buys M4E
Europe’s Studio 100 has acquired a majority interest in Germany’s m4E. Belgium-based Studio 100 has…
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Ex-BBC producer becomes S4C factual chief
Welsh pubcaster S4C has hired a former BBC producer to become its content commissioner for…
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Ex-Core exec joins Turner in unscripted post
Turner has hired former Core Media Group exec Jenny Ramirez as VP, unscripted programming, at…
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BBC rejigs factual unit under McDonald
UK pubcaster the BBC has restructured its specialist factual and natural history units team, handing…
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Trump names net neutrality opponent as FCC chief
US President Donald Trump has named an outspoken critic of net neutrality as the chairman…
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Ex-Endemol Shine exec joins DR
Former Endemol Shine Denmark leader Rikke Kristine Nissen has joined DR in Denmark. Nissen will…