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Jesse Whittock
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Lionsgate, Kevin Hart launch VOD platform
Comedian Kevin Hart is getting his own video-on-demand service after going into business with US…
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Turkish drama The End remade for Dutch PSB
Dutch pubcaster KRO-NCRV is remaking Turkish psychological drama The End, with filming on adaptation beginning…
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Novovision launches VR distribution arm
Short clips distributor Novovsion will be in Cannes with a new, virtual reality-focused distribution division,…
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Mexican net, SVOD service co-order Sony format
Mexico’s Canal Sony and Lain American SVOD player Claro Video have co-commissioned the first version…
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First int’l remake of NBCU’s House
House M.D., the US medical procedural about a grumpy but brilliant doctor, is being remade…
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CMC: Sky kids move is ‘step in the right direction’
Sky’s move into original children’s content commissioning has been welcomed by an influential UK kids…
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Fullscreen, Vice lead MIPDigital Fronts line-up
Multichannel network Fullscreen and hipster entertainment firm Vice Media are among the biggest names presenting…
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Castle team coming to Cannes with Studiocanal
Castle creator Andrew W. Marlowe and executive producer Terri Edda Miller (pictured) are heading to…
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Viacom18 creates Netflix rival
Viacom18 has launched a new ad-supported VOD service, VOOT. The platform will be made free…
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Series Mania to showcase 16 projects
Sixteen projects, ranging from historical dramas to procedural thrillers, have been selected for presentation at…
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Sprout goes Kapow with Zodiak Kids Studios
US kids cable channel Sprout has commissioned Kody Kapow, an animated superhero original from Zodiak…
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Amazon, HBO go Into the Badlands
Amazon Prime in Germany and HBO Europe are among buyers of AMC martial drama Into…
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Grace and Frankie studio raises $700m
Skydance Media, the US film and television studio behind series such as Grace and Frankie…
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Sonar makes interim chief’s role permanent
US producer Sonar Entertainment has appointed interim CEO Thomas Lesinski to the chief executive role…
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NBCU to test Spartan at MIPTV
NBCUniversal International Formats is to unleash the Spartans in Cannes at MIPTV. The global formats…
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Vice buys producer Pulse
Vice Media has acquired transatlantic production studio and long-term collaborator Pulse Films. The deal, financial…
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MTV poaches Condé Nast content chief
MTV has hired the programming exec who helped launch Condé Nast Entertainment to become its…
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Comcast accused of violating NBCU deal term
Comcast has been accused of reneging on a key term of its acquisition of NBCUniversal…
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Viacom bringing Car Crash Couples to Cannes
Viacom International Media Networks is launching UK-originated dating format Car Crash Couples at MIPTV. The…
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Eccho reveals Black Heart
Scandinavia-based Eccho Rights’ latest Turkish drama for the international market is Aka Film’s series for…
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Banijay sales staff set for Zodiak exit
Several of the Banijay International sales staff that transferred to Zodiak Rights are set to…
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Corus-Shaw deal gets watchdog okay
The merger of Canadian broadcast and telecoms groups Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications has been…
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Sky marketing chief to become UK, Eire CEO
European satellite broadcaster Sky is set to name Stephen van Rooyen as CEO of its…
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Splash’s Atlan resurfaces at Gaumont
A day after his departure from Splash Entertainment was announced, Nicholas Atlan has resurfaced as…
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eOne buys Naked & Afraid prodco
Entertainment One Television has added to its stable of unscripted prodcos after taking control of…
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eOne buys Naked & Afraid prodco
Entertainment One Television has added to its stable of unscripted prodcos after taking control of…
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Showtime rolls Dice with binge strategy
US premium cable broadcaster Showtime is launching all episodes of six-part comedy Dice all at…
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Sky, ex-DNI boss buy into Sugar Films
European paycaster Sky and former Discovery Networks International CEO and president Mark Hollinger have bought…
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Atlan exits Splash as senior team rejigs
Nicolas Atlan is exiting US-based Splash Entertainment, with CFO and COO Steve Rosen upped to…
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Trio of promotions at Plimsoll
Plimsoll Productions has promoted a trio of executives a week after the UK indie invested…