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HBO Now to rival Netflix in Brazil, Argentina
Premium cable network HBO is to launch its over-the-top subscription service in Brazil and Argentina…
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Mediaset VOD net bags Prisoners of War exclusive
Mediaset’s Italian VOD service, Infinity, has bagged exclusive first window rights to Israeli thriller drama…
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TV4 recruits Finnish Nurses for format
Swedish commercial channel TV4 is to remake Finnish drama Nurses following a deal with distributor…
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Disney XD adapts Big Hero 6
Kids channel Disney XD is adapting animated feature film Big Hero 6 for the small…
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AMC okays Terror anthology drama
US basic cable net AMC has given the greenlight to The Terror, an anthology series…
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Crozier: ‘ITV a buyer, not a target’
ITV CEO Adam Crozier has dismissed suggestions the UK broadcaster is a takeover target and…
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Televisa SVOD service bags 800-ep deal
Mexican SVOD platform Blim has scored a content deal with Canada’s 9 Story Media Group…
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Red Arrow promotes Baker to president
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has promoted its UK chief, James Baker, to president of the…
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Throop: TV, Family staying strong for eOne
The CEO of Canada-based Entertainment One, Darren Throop, has lauded the performance of the studio’s…
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Nat Geo orders Oyelowo cop drama
National Geographic Channel’s move into high-end drama has now seen it ordered a cop drama…
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Nick looks to ‘90s shows for telemovie vision
US kids channel Nickelodeon has greenlit an action-adventure telemovie inspired by 1990s game show Legends…
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Soderbergh making Western drama for Netflix
Steven Soderbergh and Scott Frank are working up a serialised period drama for streaming service…
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Mance launches 4K SVOD platform
LA-based distributor Mance Media has launched 4KUniverse, a new subscription online general entertainment channel that…
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Salmon exiting BBC Studios for Endemol Shine
Peter Salmon is leaving BBC Studios to become chief creative officer of Endemol Shine Group….
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MTG to sell Ukrainian assets to 1+1
Modern Times Group has signed an agreement to sell its Ukrainian pay TV operation to…
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NBCU formats director exiting
NBCUniversal International Studios’ director of formats and production is leaving the company after four years,…
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Scripps names ex-AOL exec as Lat Am chief
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired media and technology veteran Eduardo Hauser as its managing director,…
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Harmon, NCIS to remain on CBS
NCIS will remain on CBS for two more seasons after the US broadcast network secured…
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Discovery hires former Miramax CEO
Discovery Networks International has drafted in Michael Lang, the former CEO of US studio Miramax….
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Legendary president exits after Wanda deal
Legendary Entertainment president and chief creative officer Jon Jashni is leaving the US studio to…
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Star India latest to make Keshet’s Prisoners
Star India has commissioned a local version of Israeli thriller drama Prisoners of War. The…
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Amazon ‘eyes Oz SVOD launch’
Amazon could use the launch of its new Top Gear rival motoring show to launch…
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New Oz CEO for StudioCanal as Slaviero exits
The Australasian arm of StudioCanal is getting a new CEO after the exit of incumbent…
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Grade, Hon firm invests in VR ents producer
Chinese entrepreneur Johnny Hon is to invest £1 million (US$1.4 million) to take control of…
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Univision makes JV with ex-Telemundo studio boss
Miami-based Univision Communications has created a production joint venture with La Reina del Sur co-creator…
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Show of the Week: The Legend
The concept behind The Legend will be fully revealed on Sunday, April 3 at 6pm…
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Cisneros pay TV chief exits
Cosme Lopez is leaving his post at the top of Cisneros Media’s pay TV division…
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Sky Vision, Merman sign script deal
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has signed an exclusive three-script development deal with Merman, the transatlantic…
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NBCU hands Stotsky E! president post
NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment has handed Esquire Network president Adam Stotsky control of celebrity-focused channel E!….
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Viki orders Kirkman pre-apocalypse original
International online video platform Viki has exclusively bagged a Robert Kirkman-created original drama set in…