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Jesse Whittock
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Paul Robinson’s firm launches Sindbad toon
Former KidsCo boss Paul Robinson’s services company, Creative Media Partners, has launched its first series, animated…
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Teletoon boards Cottonwood’s Squish
Canadian kids channel Teletoon has come onboard Squish, the new 52x11mins animated comedy from France’s…
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Ex-E! chief emerges at Discovery
Former E! Entertainment Network president Suzanne Kolb has joined cable giant Discovery Communications to oversee…
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Italian net goes to the Circus
Italian kids channel Rai Yoyo has bought stop-motion animation Toby’s Travelling Circus. The show – which…
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Pinewood in drama JV with CTC founder
British studio Pinewood Group has moved into high-end drama creation and financing through a new…
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Keshet plots crime move with Woodcut deal
Israel’s Keshet International is getting into unscripted crime programming distribution following a deal with UK…
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Veteran joins US unscripted body as policy chief
Veteran cable TV producer Michelle Van Kempen has joined US body the Non-Fiction Producers Association…
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Dish coalition wants cable merger stopped
Dish Networks has joined a coalition that aims to stop Charter Communications’ big-money acquisition of…
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Fox Europe bags Abrams’ Hulu drama
Fox Networks Group Europe has acquired rights to J.J. Abrams thriller drama 11/22/63 from Warner…
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Shomi scores ‘comprehensive’ Nick content deal
Canadian on-demand service Shomi has completed a “comprehensive” deal for more than 700 half-hours of…
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BBC exec to run Objective comedy prodco
All3Media’s prodco Objective has turned to its former head of comedy, Ben Farrell, to lead…
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Temple Street boosts scripted with ex-Bell exec
Canadian producer Temple Street Productions has hired a former Bell Media drama director to become…
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Futuristic drama original for Netflix
Netflix has gone for a ten-part sci-fi drama based on 2002 book Altered Carbon. The…
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Euro kids firms form strategic alliance
German brands firm m4e and Spanish-Italian kids venture Planeta Junior have formed a strategic alliance…
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Row erupts over MCN content takedown
A pair of YouTube content creators have clashed after one removed another’s popular video without…
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Ex-All3 America boss launches indie
Former Studio Lambert USA and All3Media America president Eli Holzman has launched his own production…
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NAPTE: Spanish pay service orders Web Therapy
Spanish digital pay TV Movistar+ has commissioned a local version of Lisa Kudrow improve comedy…
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Exclusive content ‘key for MENA pay TV’
Owning exclusive content is becoming the critical factor in driving pay TV subscriptions in the…
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Abrego, Corwin take on Lat Am at Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine North America’s co-CEO and chairmen Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin have widened their…
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NATPE: Lionsgate, Revenant firm join forces
Lionsgate Television and US studio New Regency have joined forces on a “multi-faceted” distribution and…
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NATPE: RCN to adapt BBCWW format
BBC Worldwide’s format You’re Back in the Room is being formatted for the Latin American…
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Shillinglaw exits in BBC channels rejig
BBC Two and Four controller Kim Shillinglaw (pictured) is to leave the UK pubcaster, as…
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Liz Murdoch ‘investing in Featherstone firm’
Shine Group founder Liz Murdoch is set to reunite with Jane Featherstone by investing in…
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Bauer gets new US StudioCanal role
Tandem Productions CEO Rola Bauer is expanding her role to oversee StudioCanal’s television projects in…
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Televisa gets Loaded with Keshet scripted
Mexican television giant Televisa has landed a multi-year scripted formats rights deal with Israel-based distributor…
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Jane Featherstone creates new prodco
Former Kudos boss Jane Featherstone has unveiled her new production company, which is named Sister…
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Lygo to replace Fincham at ITV
Kevin Lygo is to become UK broadcaster ITV’s director of televison after current incumbent Peter…
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Brown moves up at FremantleMedia
Georgia Brown has risen to an executive VP post at global producer-distributor FremantleMedia. She has…
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Netflix rubbishes NBC ratings data
Streaming giant Netflix has slammed NBC numbers claiming to show ratings for shows such as…
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Media M&A hits eight-year peak
The value of media company mergers and acquisitions in 2015 hit an eight-year high of…