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Jesse Whittock
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Participant shuts down Pivot in restructure
Participant Media has shut down its millennials-focused US cable channel Pivot after three years after…
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Hulu orders Marvel pilot
US streaming service has ordered a Marvel Television pilot based on a comic book series…
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Australia’s Seven buys UK drama prodco
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired a stake in British production company Slim Film…
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Warner Bros. names first China chief
Warner Bros. Entertainment has named veteran Chinese technology and entertainment industry executive Gillian Zhao as…
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Amazon Germany may bag Deutschland 86
Amazon Prime Video Germany looks set to pick up first-run rights to the second instalment…
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Keshet to make shows for Interscope Geffen A&M
The iconic LA music label behind stars such as Eminem and Lady Gaga is getting…
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CBC names interim kids chief after Markle exit
Canadian pubcaster CBC has named Marie McCann interim senior director of Kids CBC following the…
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Asian Pac pay TV subs set for 100m growth
Asia Pacific pay TV providers from the market top 65 companies will collectively see subscriptions…
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Amazon brings drama with Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Amazon Prime Video has given the greenlight to a TV adaptation of the Tom Clancy-created…
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Boat Rocker buys Peace Point Rights
Toronto’s Boat Rocker Media continues to buy up compatriot companies, this time acquiring Peace Point…
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Virgin orders comedy shorts, buys Magic City
UK pay TV provider Virgin Media is pushing further into original programming, commissioning Avalon Television…
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Warner Bros. nabs Endemol Shine exec for Oz
Warner Bros. International Television Production’s Austrlian arm has a new managing director. Michael Brooks will…
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Comedy Central multiplatform chief exits for Getty
Comedy Central is saying goodbye to its senior VP of multiplatform programming and strategy, Steve…
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eOne poaches Amazon Studios scripted exec
Entertainment One Television has bolstered its scripted ranks by drafting in Carolyn Newman from Amazon…
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C More anoints Young Pope
Scandinavian pay TV operator and SVOD provider C More has acquired local rights to big…
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In-demand charts: UK (August 7-13, 2016)
With the Edinburgh International Television Festival coming up this month, TBI and Parrot Analytics have…
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SVT drama chief joins Pinewood TV
Swedish pubcaster SVT’s drama chief is joining the fledgling London-based outfit Pinewood Television to oversee…
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Scripps poaches A+E distribution exec
Scripps Networks Interactive has poached A+E Networks UK’s Kasia Jablonska to become VP, affiliate sales…
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Nelonen to open Finnish Office
Finnish broadcasters Nelonen and Elisa Entertainment has ordered a local version of Ricky Gervais’ fly-on-the-wall…
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Turner leads $45m Refinery29 investment
Turner has led a US$45 million funding round in female-focused lifestyle site Refinery29, with additional…
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Nick to update Rocko’s Modern Life
Nickelodeon is reviving another classic animated property to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nickelodeon Animation….
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Fox hires ex-CNBC chief in Africa rejig
Fox Networks Group has hired a former senior CNBC executive to become general manager of…
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3 Ball expands ranks with veteran showrunner
US reality TV producer 3 Ball Entertainment has hired unscripted showrunner Jeff Altrock as senior…
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TBS to Drop the Mic with James Corden
Turner-owned cable network TBS has greenlit a comedy-music series from CBS talk show star James…
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BBC Worldwide invests in Glover, Raphael indie
BBC Worldwide has taken a stake in the new UK-based indie founded by former Channel…
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BBC Two brings comedy trio to new strand
UK terrestrial network BBC Two has commissioned three more sitcoms for its soon-to-start ‘New on…
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ZDFE bags BBC copro doc rights
Mainz-based ZDF Enterprises has taken international distribution rights for The Celts: Blood, Iron & Sacrifice,…
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Strong first-look for Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine International has secured a first-look deal with Broadchurch and 11/22/63 director James Strong….
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eOne turns down £1bn ITV offer
Entertainment One has rejected UK broadcaster ITV’s £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) takeover bid. The offer…
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FX chief slams ‘assembly line’ Netflix
FX Networks president John Landgraf has criticised the algorithm-based commissioning system of SVOD service Netflix,…