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Jesse Whittock
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Ex-ITV exec exits SBS in restructure
Former ITV director of factual and daytime Alison Sharman is returning to the UK after…
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Turner EMEA exec upped in MENA region
Turner Broadcasting Europe, Middle East and Africa has upped Tarek Mounir from his general manager…
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Sony buys Turkish channels group
Sony Pictures Television has taken a majority stake in Turkey-based channels group Planet TV. Pending…
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Verizon buys Awesomeness stake, preps TVOD net
US telco Verizon has bought a quarter of AwesomenessTV in a deal valuing the multichannel…
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Burnett, Harvey in business for ABC
Unscripted industry figures Mark Burnett and Steve Harvey are coming together to create a seed…
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Trace to launch international SVOD service in June
Youth-oriented media group Trace will is due to launch Trace Play, a new international subscription…
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Comedy Central hires UK development head
Comedy Central UK has hired Matt Tiller as its head of development. He will report…
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Starz goes OTT in US with SVOD platform
Premium cable channel Starz has created an over-the-top streaming service in the US, offering shows…
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Red Arrow invests in Skogland’s Mad Rabbit
Red Arrow Entertainment’s latest strategic play is investing in a new production company led by…
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Fraud drama revealed after Panama papers
A thriller drama about high stakes money laundering is the first fruit of Zodiak Rights’…
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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Acorn buys presale of BBC’s Secret Agent
The US’s Acorn has prebought BBC drama The Secret Agent from UK-based distributor Content Television….
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Disney CEO heir apparent to leave
Thomas Staggs is leaving The Walt Disney Company, throwing out the media giant’s apparent plan…
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Superheroic acts
Ahead of another season of fresh US studio dramas, Jesse Whittock investigates the role superhero…
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Thorp exits eOne for Lionsgate post
Charlotte Thorp has left Entertainment One to become senior VP and head of television sales,…
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Studio Lambert poaches Electric Ray exec
All3Media-owned Studio Lambert has hired Natalie McArdle from Sony-backed Electric Ray to become deputy head…
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Walter Presents adds Keshet scripted pair
The UK’s only foreign-language-focused VOD platform, Walter Presents, has bought two scripted series from Keshet…
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Chinese VOD net takes 1,000 BBCWW hours
Chinese on-demand service Tencent has acquired more than 1,000 hours of documentary programming from BBC…
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France Televisions, Newen resolve TF1 spat
France Télévisions has resolved its spat with local producer Newen following an agreement over daily…
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Ovation takes exclusive US rights to Versailles
US arts network Ovation TV has acquired exclusive local rights to French period drama Versailles….
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Reel One, UP create ‘landmark’ family drama deal
Reel One Entertainment and US channel UP TV have joined forces to create family drama…
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ITV, Mediaset take Warner’s Little Big Shots
ITV in the UK and Mediaset in Spain have ordered local versions of breakout US…
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Ex-Atlantique exec creates Dramacorp with Beta
Former Atlantique Productions and Nice Entertainment drama boss Patrick Nebout has launched his own prodco,…
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Factual SVOD net, Arte create Living Universe
Subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream and European cultural broadcaster Arte have co-commissioned a science-themed doc series…
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Endemol Shine creates Israeli scripted hub
Endemol Shine Group has created a production hub in Israel dedicated to scripted programming. Endemol…
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BattleBots to challenge Robot Wars in Cannes
A five-foot humanoid combat robot named ‘The Obwalden Overlord’ will touch down in Cannes next…
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Discovery gets new Iberia chief after Jerez exit
Discovery Networks has handed Latin American distribution chief Vera Buzanello control of the Iberian region….
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ITV drama chief latest to exit
The director of drama at ITV is leaving after 16 years at the UK broadcaster….
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The Walking Dead, Daredevil in demand in UK
A new fortnightly feature from TBIVision and LA’s Parrot Analytics, in which we reveal the most…
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Netflix wires up first Spanish original
Netflix is to work up an original drama from Spain with Madrid’s Bambú Productions. The…