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Jesse Whittock
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Temple Street makes Industrial investment
Orphan Black studio Temple Street Productions has bought into children’s animation company Industrial Brothers. This…
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Channel 4 births Gogglebox spin-off
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a full-season of Gogglesprogs, the children’s-focused spin-off of Studio…
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Toonz hires exec for new MENA base
India’s Toonz Animation has opened a new office in Turkey as it expands into the…
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Endemol Beyond nets set for Apple TV
Endemol Beyond USA is to launch its Icon and Smasher channels as original apps on…
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Ergen drops Dish president role in rejig
Charlie Ergen is dropping his president title at US satcaster Dish Network, though will remain…
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EC plans ‘threaten production, distribution’
Another independent film and television producers body has attacked the European Commission’s Digital Single Market…
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Shots Fired at Fox
US broadcaster Fox has ordered an event drama that looks into the dangerous aftermath of…
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Southland duo, ITV Studios make TNT dramas
TNT has commissioned a pair of dramas, one of which reunites the US cablenet with…
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FX ties down Fargo creator Hawley
US basic cable channel FX has tied down Fargo creator Noah Hawley to a new…
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Warner Bros. restructures as Fox gets China post
Warner Bros. Entertainment as handed senior exec Reg Harpur an expanded international role as executive…
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France Télévisions confirms plan to axe Newen
France Télévisions has reportedly confirmed it will no longer create new projects with Newen Group…
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Ex-Red Arrow exec joins Fremantle
Caroline Kusser will reunite with her former boss at Red Arrow International, Jens Richter, after…
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CBBC calls on Robot Wars successor Airmaggedon
UK kids TV channel CBBC has commissioned DHX Media to produce two seasons of a…
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‘Significant concern’ over EC copyright reforms
European Commission plans to allow consumers to access content acquired in one territory to access…
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DRG, Outline in major content pact
Distributor DRG has entered into a content partnership agreement with Outline Productions, the UK indie…
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Maker debuts Fat Jew digital toon
The Walt Disney Company’s multichannel network Maker Studios has released an animated series starring internet…
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BBC wars with ITV over pubcaster role
UK pubcaster the BBC has slammed commercial rival ITV, rebuking a number of claims made…
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DreamWorks hires ex-Gaumont Int’l TV CEO
DreamWorks Animation has hired former Gaumont International Television scripted supremo Katie O’Connell Marsh to lead…
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New CEO for Endemol Shine’s Russian prodco
The long-serving CEO of Endemol Shine Group-controlled WeiT Media has left the Russian producer for…
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DreamWorks to supply DHX nets with toons
DreamWorks Animation is supply Canadian kids TV broadcaster DHX Media with 130 episodes of coproduced-animation…
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Deal monitor: week beginning December 7
A round-up of all the key deals in international television this week (beginning December 7,…
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ProSieben MCN hires ex-Buzzfeed exec
ProSiebeSat.1 Group-owned multichannel network Collective Studio 71 has hired the former head of partnerships at…
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PACT demands Scottish indie support
British producers’ body PACT wants local and network TV commissioners to better support Scotland’s production…
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Univision names new distribution chief
Univision Communications has promoted Tonia O’Connor to the newly-created position of chief commercial officer and…
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Viewpoint: MCNs should go beyond YouTube
Miles Weaver, director of product marketing at TV tech firm Piksel, which recently co-launched GetBeyond.US…
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Foxtel, UKTV chart NASA’s Greatest Achievements
Foxtel in Australia and Britain’s UKTV are among prebuyers of upcoming space documentary NASA’s 10…
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Ex-Weinstein, NBCU execs join US digital prodco
Indigenous Media, the digital producer backed by ITV, has hired executive VPs from The Weinstein…
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Perform grabs football rights ahead of OTT launch
Digital sports media company Perform Group has grabbed Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein rights to English…
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ITV goes for wartime drama
UK commercial channel ITV has commissioned an 8x60mins period drama set in high London society…
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Minecraft toon prodco wants more digital IP
The CEO behind YouTube-born cartoon Xephos & Honeydew is scouting for more digital properties, saying…