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Jesse Whittock
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Viceland launching in UK, Ireland on Sky
Vice Media’s new linear TV channel is launching in the UK and Ireland on pay…
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Napster creator plots premium VOD movie service
The founder of influential music sharing platform Napster is behind a new on-demand service planning…
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New SVOD service plots two-year wildlife project
New 4K on-demand service Love Nature has partnered with UK factual indie Plimsoll Productions on…
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Netflix buys Berlinger’s latest feature doc
Streaming service Netflix will debut Joe Berlinger documentary Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru…
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Writer Coben, Red launch new prodco
Writer Harlan Coben and Red Production Company have launched a joint venture production company. Coben…
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Sky invests $45m in Asian Netflix rival
Sky investing US$45 million in Iflix as part of a new partnership deal with the…
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RTVE names new TV chief
Spain’s pubcaster, RTVE, has named the head of its Catalonia division has its overall television…
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Amazon creates OTT live daily show
Amazon has launched on-demand television’s first live daily show, a 30-minute programme focusing on fashion…
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BBC Studios names comedy chief
The soon-to-launch BBC Studios has hired a comedy chief, who will effectively replace former comedy…
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Endemol Shine formats buyer exits for new venture
Endemol Shine Group’s head of format acquisitions, Erik de Winter, is leaving the company to…
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Viacom expects Paramount stake sale soon
Viacom chairman and CEO Philippe Dauman expects to have agreed to sell a stake in…
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A+E ups Barry to key strategic role
Cable group A+E Networks has promoted Christopher Barry to senior VP and head of finance…
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ITN rejigs in shift from news to production
UK news producer ITN Productions is restructuring to focus on production, with Mark Browning leading…
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Zodiak Rights in $150m scripted pact
Banijay Group’s sales arm, Zodiak Rights, has closed a deal with British writer-director David Raymond…
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Fox’s Cotton picked as Heyday US chief
Nancy Cotton is leaving Fox 21 Television Studios to become US president of new NBCUniversal…
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Amazon to leave Ripper Street
The fifth season of period crime drama Ripper Street will be its last, Amazon Prime…
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Ramme out as Endemol Beyond changes continue
Georg Ramme is to leave his management position at multichannel network Endemol Beyond, which is…
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ABC creates Quantico VR experience
US broadcast network ABC has launched its first scripted VR experience. This tied in with…
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Netflix ‘causes industry pain, not death’
The notion Netflix is killing traditional linear television is incorrect, though the streaming service clearly…
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Hulu brings Malala to US streaming
US on-demand platform Hulu has acquired exclusive streaming rights to He Named Me Malala, the…
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Serialised killers
A new wave of true crime series that ape the structure of serialised dramas has…
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Verizon, Hearst create mobile video JV
US companies Verizon and Hearst are partnering to create a mobile content-focused joint venture. Verizon…
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Netflix ‘could pit new Top Gear against Amazon’
SVOD service Netflix is reportedly planning to deflate the tyres of Amazon Studios new Jeremy…
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Playground developing refugee crisis drama
Drama producer Playground Entertainment has secured rights to The New Odyssey – The Story of…
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Maker EVP to lead Endemol Beyond USA
Maker Studios programming chief Bonnie Pan has joined Endemol Beyond USA as president. She technically…
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Legendary finds Parent as Rosenblum exits
Legendary Entertainment has brought in producer Mary Parent to run its film and TV operations,…
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Fox locates Last Panthers in Balkans, Bulgaria
Fox Networks Group Bulgaria and Balkans has acquired six-part crime thriller The Last Panthers. The…
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FremantleMedia poaches Warner Bros. sales exec
FremantleMedia International has hired Warner Bros. executive Al de Azpiazu to become its VP, sales…
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CCTV has Eureka Moment with Fremantle format
China’s CCTV-1 has commissioned an 11x90mins version of Dutch format The Eureka Moment, which FremantleMedia…
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beIN Media buys Miramax
The fast-growing Qatar-based beIN Media Group has bought US studio Miramax. The deal, financial details…