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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…
France, Ireland attract suitors at Cartoon Forum
Projects from France and Ireland made up a big proportion of the most-attended pitches at…
NCIS boss Gary Glasberg dies aged 50
US television is today mourning the passing of NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg. The much-liked executive,…
Nick Fraser exiting BBC for SVOD service
Long-serving BBC factual commissioner Nick Fraser is leaving the UK pubcaster to launch a new…
Time Warner, Viacom circle $400m Telefe
Time Warner and Viacom are the big-name media groups assessing offers to buy Argentinian free…
Canuck rights firm buys Compact Media
Toronto-based publishing and rights management firm Ole has bought UK-based rival Compact Media. Compact manages…
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….
Doomed Canuck SVOD net ‘neared 1m subs’
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has come close to attracting 900,000 subscribers, it has revealed after…
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…
Ex-Pivot exec joins AMC in int’l rejig
Former Pivot exec Chris Loveall has joined AMC Networks as part of a new group…
Nine programming chief exits
Andrew Backwell has resigned from his programming and production role at Australian commercial broadcaster Nine…
Shomi shutters amid ‘challenging’ SVOD market
Canadian subscription video-on-demand player Shomi will close on November 30. Its cableco parents, Rogers Communications and…
NBCU, Tom Hardy work up drama duo
NBCUniversal International Studios and actor Tom Hardy’s prodco are working to adapt a new crime…
Disney ‘prepares Twitter bid’
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly eyeing a deal to buy social media platform Twitter….
In-demand chart: Sweden (September 18-24, 2016)
The big surprise in our Swedish In-demand top ten charts with Parrot Analytics is that…
Show of the Week: The Son
Pierce Brosnan’s return to television comes in the shape of AMC period piece The Son,…
Channel 4 buys NBC drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired NBC’s dramedy This is Us from Twentieth Century Fox…
Sharma, Bates upped in regional Viacom rejig
Paras Sharma and Simon Bates have gained promotions in a restructuring at Viacom International Media…
BBC extends Matt LeBlanc’s Top Gear journey
UK pubcaster the BBC has confirmed Matt LeBlanc will remain as host of motoring series…
Ukraine welcomes ‘historic’ tax rebate law
Ukrainian producers are today celebrating the introduction of state-supported television and film tax rebates aimed…
Alex Graham takes Guardian parent chair
Not long after establishing Two Cities Television, Alex Graham has been named chairman of the…
Russian remake for NZ drama Step Dave
A Russian network is getting a remake New Zealand drama Step Dave. Distributor All3Media International…
Netflix elects Designated Survivor
Netflix has acquired international rights to new season ABC political drama Designated Survivor. The deal…
Netflix reveals how quickly it hooks viewers
Streaming service Netflix claims to know exactly when its customers around the world become ‘hooked’…
Glamorous NY move for Israeli prodco
The co-founder and CEO of Israeli’s Studio Glam has moved to New York City to…
Love Nature hires ex-Viacom, BBCWW exec
Wildlife-focused on-demand service Love Nature has hired Anthony Jewitt as its first director of partnerships….
Warner Bros. ups Canuck sales exec
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has promoted James Andrews to a sales director position in…
Remarkable hires ex-Optomen exec
Endemol Shine UK prodco Remarkable has hired a former Optomen Television development exec and promoted…
Dooley follows Dauman out of Viacom
The interim president and CEO of Viacom, Tom Dooley, will leave the media giant in…
Netflix aims for half-original content line-up
Netflix aims to move to a 50-50 split between licensed and original content, according to…