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Publisher takes on Netflix with kids SVOD
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US rubber-stamps Legendary-Wanda deal
US regulatory authorities have approved the deal that will see Legendary Entertainment pass into Dalian…
Amblin Partners boss extends contract
Steven Spielberg’s new US content company, Amblin Partners, has extended CEO Michael Wright’s contract “for…
Joy for Content as UK sales boss arrives
Content Television has hired a former Entertainment One executive as director of UK and SVOD…
Reality veteran creates prodco with Vidiots
US reality TV veteran producer Brian Flanagan has partnered with a pair of branded entertainment…
First Instagram scripted series launches
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Dick Wolf re-ups with NBCU
Crime procedural guru Dick Wolf has signed another contract with NBCUniversal, this time tying him…
Netflix bags Indian comedy feature
A new coming-of-age comedy from India is headed for Netflix after the streaming giant secured…
MTV brings grandparents to Spring Break
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Comcast service buys DreamWorks-backed M-GO
Comcast-owned movie ticket service Fandango has reportedly acquired movie-streaming service M-GO for an undisclosed fee….
Endemol Shine prodcos make dev team changes
Endemol Shine North America-owned True Entertainment and Original Media have added senior VPs to theirs…
US prodco to adapt Israeli crime drama
Canadian prodco Thunderbird is taking an Israeli-created scripted series from Armoza Formats to North America….
Ex-Starz buyer joins expanding distributor
Canada-based distributor 108 Media has hired Starz’s former VP, programme acquisitions, Nancy Silverstone. Her appointment…
Ex-History, MTV execs form indie
Sky Vision and transatlantic indie October Films are backing a new production company from former…
Ex-Endemol Shine execs pact with Fremantle
Former Endemol Shine Group producers Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin have created an unscripted prodco…
TV industry veterans buy UK indie
Three television industry veterans behind a new London-based investment group have bought a UK-based factual…
Ex-Alliance Atlantis boss invests in Norton firm
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Ex-SPT exec named Endemol Shine Studios boss
The changes at Endemol Shine Studios continue, with former Sony Pictures Television and Alcon Television…
Quebec net acquires CBS’s Limitless
TVA owner Quebecor Content has acquired high-concept CBS procedural Limitless. The CBS Television Studios-, K/O…
Stretch Armstrong to Netflix as original
An animated comedy series based on extendable-armed rubber kids toy Stretch Armstrong is headed to…
TV’s Big Questions: has 4K truly broken through?
There was a buzz around ultra-high definition television coming into 2015, but did the medium…
Bedell latest to exit ITV
ITV director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell following Peter Fincham out of the door…
Red Arrow buys Building Alaska prodco
Munich-based Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired Denver’s Orion Entertainment, which is behind various unscripted…
Aussie SVOD service pulls off Showtime coup
Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has scored exclusive streaming rights to programming from premium US…
New development deal for Sky Vision
UK-based distributor Sky Vision has scored an exclusive two-year development deal with Wales-based factual producer…
3 Ball gets new development chief
LA-based prodco 3 Ball Entertainment has promoted a long-serving executive to oversee its development efforts….
Tech crime drama for on-demand net Crackle
An original drama from the newly-established Critical Content is headed to Sony-owned on-demand platform Crackle….
Data: Walking Dead is TV’s ‘most in-demand’ show
The Walking Dead is the most in-demand television show in the world, according to exclusive…
Keshet taps Vertigo for UK drama chief
Keshet UK has appointed Howard Burch as its first head of drama. He comes across…