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Jesse Whittock
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ITV pulls out of eOne acquisition plan
UK broadcaster ITV has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Canadian producer-distributor Entertainment One. ITV had…
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Channel 4 sale talk ‘destabilising’
The chief creative officer at UK broadcaster Channel 4 has said ongoing uncertainly about whether…
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Vice CEO: ‘chaos’ headed for global media
Vice Media chief executive Shane Smith used his MacTaggart lecture last night in Edinburgh to…
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Nine ends Warner Bros. deal as it posts profit
Australia’s Nine Entertainment has reported full-year profit of A$324.8 million, and has reached an agreement…
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BBC lines up young adult sci-fi adaptation
BBC One is lining up an adaptation of young adult novel book series Noughts and…
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ITV2 orders time-travel comedy
UK digital terrestrial channel ITV2 has ordered a 6x30mins comedy in which south London jazz…
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Cohn to lead TV animation at NBCU’s DreamWorks
Marjorie Cohn will lead the integrated DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures television animation businesses. She…
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US, UK writers join C4, Sony anthology drama
British broadcaster Channel 4 and US studio Sony Pictures Television have pooled together top writing…
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Buyers believe Dogs Might Fly
A batch of broadcasters have bought Sky 1 factual entertainment series Dogs Might Fly, as…
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Amazon adapts The Departed for TV
Amazon Studios is adapting Oscar-winning crime movie The Departed into a television series, according to…
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Nine, Prime buy CBS JonBenét Ramsey series
Nine Network in Australia and New Zealand channel Prime have bought CBS’s upcoming true crime…
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Lat Am pay TV subs to grow by 11m
Pay TV subscriptions in Latin America will grow from 72.02 million at the end of…
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Roughcut TV names comedy chief
UK indie Roughcut TV has promoted Alex Smith to head of comedy. Smith has produced…
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BBC One adds seven Agatha Christie dramas
UK broadcaster BBC One has kicked off the Edinburgh International Television Festival with an agreement…
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Netflix int’l subs ‘to outnumber US by 2018’
Netflix will have more subscribers outside of the US by 2018, according to new research….
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Elba indie co-founder pacts with Bob & Co. prodcos
One of the founders of Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures is to consult for Bob…
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Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
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Netflix orders Nick Stoller sitcom
US-based streaming service Netflix has ordered a comedy from husband and wife team Nick Stoller…
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Boat Rocker kids prodco buys Arc assets
In the same month it was acquired by Boat Rocker Media, Canadian toon studio Jam…
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Netflix, CBC adapting Anne of Green Gables
Streaming service Netflix and Canadian pubcaster CBC are hooking up on their second scripted coproduction,…
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Viacom to set strategy ‘swiftly’ after Dauman exit
Viacom’s main shareholder, Sumner Redstone, has called for the media giant to “embark swiftly” on…
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UKTV buys RTÉ comedy in ‘breakthrough’ deal
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired Irish comedy Bridget & Eamon for its Gold network….
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Dauman set to exit as Viacom war ends
Philippe Dauman is set to leave his role as CEO of Viacom in exchange for…
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Ex-Disney pair launches kids prodco
A pair of former Walt Disney Company execs have teamed up to create an LA-based…
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Ex-BBC, ITV factual chief joins Banijay prodco
Richard Klein has resurfaced at Banijay Group-owned unscripted producer IWC Media. The former BBC Four…
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Netflix boards BBC America drama
Streaming service Netflix has boarded BBC America comedy thriller series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency….
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ABC retools ABC3 under new guise
Australian pubcaster the ABC has renamed its kids-focused network ABC3 to create “a complete digital…
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Channel 4 axes Deal or No Deal
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has axed long-running studio gameshow format Deal or No Deal. C4…
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Swain becomes latest BBC exit
Long-serving BBC executive Emma Swain is the latest high-profile programming executive to exit the UK…
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Discovery goes on global Huntwatch
Discovery Channel has acquired US and international rights to theatrical documentary Huntwatch. The movie will…