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Jesse Whittock

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EuropaCorp sells 28% stake to Chinese firm

Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has sold more than a quarter of its shares to Chinese production…

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France, Ireland attract suitors at Cartoon Forum

Projects from France and Ireland made up a big proportion of the most-attended pitches at…

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NCIS boss Gary Glasberg dies aged 50

US television is today mourning the passing of NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg. The much-liked executive,…

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Nick Fraser exiting BBC for SVOD service

Long-serving BBC factual commissioner Nick Fraser is leaving the UK pubcaster to launch a new…

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Time Warner, Viacom circle $400m Telefe

Time Warner and Viacom are the big-name media groups assessing offers to buy Argentinian free…

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Canuck rights firm buys Compact Media

Toronto-based publishing and rights management firm Ole has bought UK-based rival Compact Media. Compact manages…

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Das Boot fits as Sonar joins Sky drama

LA-based Sonar Entertainment will coproduce Sky’s German television remake of the anti-war film Das Boot….

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Doomed Canuck SVOD net ‘neared 1m subs’

Canadian on-demand service Shomi has come close to attracting 900,000 subscribers, it has revealed after…

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MTG issues $58m bond in new funding plan

Modern Times Group has issued an SEK500 million (US$58.2 million) corporate bond, with the proceeds…

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Ex-Pivot exec joins AMC in int’l rejig

Former Pivot exec Chris Loveall has joined AMC Networks as part of a new group…

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Nine programming chief exits

Andrew Backwell has resigned from his programming and production role at Australian commercial broadcaster Nine…

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Shomi shutters amid ‘challenging’ SVOD market

Canadian subscription video-on-demand player Shomi will close on November 30. Its cableco parents, Rogers Communications and…

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NBCU, Tom Hardy work up drama duo

NBCUniversal International Studios and actor Tom Hardy’s prodco are working to adapt a new crime…

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Disney ‘prepares Twitter bid’

The Walt Disney Company is reportedly eyeing a deal to buy social media platform Twitter….

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In-demand chart: Sweden (September 18-24, 2016)

The big surprise in our Swedish In-demand top ten charts with Parrot Analytics is that…

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Show of the Week: The Son

Pierce Brosnan’s return to television comes in the shape of AMC period piece The Son,…

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Channel 4 buys NBC drama

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired NBC’s dramedy This is Us from Twentieth Century Fox…

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Sharma, Bates upped in regional Viacom rejig

Paras Sharma and Simon Bates have gained promotions in a restructuring at Viacom International Media…

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BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey

UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…

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Ukraine welcomes ‘historic’ tax rebate law

Ukrainian producers are today celebrating the introduction of state-supported television and film tax rebates aimed…

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Alex Graham takes Guardian parent chair

Not long after establishing Two Cities Television, Alex Graham has been named chairman of the…

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Russian remake for NZ drama Step Dave

A Russian network is getting a remake New Zealand drama Step Dave. Distributor All3Media International…

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Netflix elects Designated Survivor

Netflix has acquired international rights to new season ABC political drama Designated Survivor. The deal…

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Netflix reveals how quickly it hooks viewers

Streaming service Netflix claims to know exactly when its customers around the world become ‘hooked’…

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Glamorous NY move for Israeli prodco

The co-founder and CEO of Israeli’s Studio Glam has moved to New York City to…

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Love Nature hires ex-Viacom, BBCWW exec

Wildlife-focused on-demand service Love Nature has hired Anthony Jewitt as its first director of partnerships….

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Warner Bros. ups Canuck sales exec

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted James Andrews to a sales director position in…

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Remarkable hires ex-Optomen exec

Endemol Shine UK prodco Remarkable has hired a former Optomen Television development exec and promoted…

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Dooley follows Dauman out of Viacom

The interim president and CEO of Viacom, Tom Dooley, will leave the media giant in…

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Netflix aims for half-original content line-up

Netflix aims to move to a 50-50 split between licensed and original content, according to…