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Jesse Whittock

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Wuaki.tv extends kids SVOD call

Video-on-demand company Wuaki.tv is on the hunt for new local kids TV partners with whom…

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Heroes Reborn on Channel 5

The UK’s Channel 5 has acquired broadcast rights to NBC’s Heroes Reborn. The show, which…

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Star becomes ‘India’s home of HBO’

21st Century Fox-owned pay TV service Star India has become the latest local ‘home of…

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Dead Rising, Halo 4 find Asian homes

Broadcasters in Asia have acquired scripted programming such as Dead Rising: Watchtower and Halo 4:…

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Amazon orders David E. Kelley court drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video has ordered a court drama from Ally McBeal creator David E….

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Norwegian format given life at Channel 4

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a local version of Norwegian format Born On following…

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Virgin UK captures Ash Vs Evil Dead exclusive

Virgin Media has acquired first-run rights to comedy-drama Ash Vs Evil Dead, a move that…

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Sky1 weds with Bride after BBC divorce

Satellite channel Sky1 has acquired UK rights to wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride, after…

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New Nick show shot in Dutch and English

Nickelodeon has commissioned a new project that will yield a globally-commissioned English-lanaguage show and a…

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BBC Worldwide to sell Amazon UK original

BBC Worldwide has confirmed it will sell Amazon Prime Instant Video’s first original series, The Collection,…

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Fullscreen hires former Hulu CEO

Former Hulu interim CEO Andy Forssell is joining MCN Fullscreen as COO. After leaving Hulu…

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Amazon, BBCWW coproduce fashion drama

Amazon Prime Instant Video and BBC Worldwide have greenlit an eight-part fashion-themed drama from UK…

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Penguin Random House makes TV play

Publisher Penguin Random House Children’s has promoted one of its executives to a new role…

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Veteran named All3 Germany, MME CEO

Markus Schäfer has been promoted to CEO of both All3Media Germany and its subsidiary prodco,…

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Study: Netflix in one in six Dutch homes

New stats suggest Netflix is now is around 1.2 million Dutch homes – around one…

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Deal Monitor: week starting November 30

A round-up of all the key deals in international television this week (beginning November 30,…

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Raw drama exec joins Wiffen’s prodco

Miriam Brent is joining former FremantleMedia drama chief Donna Wiffen’s prodco, Duchess Street Productions. Brent…

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Spotnitz prodco makes French play

Frank Spotnitz’s prodco, Big Light Productions, has hired a former Canal+ commissioner to oversee a…

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Altice snatches Premier League rights from Canal+

European telecommunications and pay TV firm Altice has snatched exclusive English Premier League football rights…

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Voukaki joins MoMedia from Antenna

Antenna Group programming executive Nelly Voukaki has joined disruptive digital distributor MoMedia as business development…

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NonStop, Submarine launch doc distributor

The newly-independent NonStop Entertainment and US film vendor Submarine have partnered to create a documentary…

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BBC Trust chair defends pubcaster role

BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has mounted a strong case aimed at promoting the BBC’s…

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CBeebies hands 7Wonder debut kids commission

UK-Australian prodco 7 Wonder has landed its first children’s television commission, a 25-part series for…

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CuriosityStream launches on Amazon Fire TV

CuriosityStream, the factual video-on-demand service from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has launched on Amazon Fire…

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BBC celebrates Attenborough at 90

UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pair of David Attenborough programmes, as the legendary…

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Research: half of Americans use Netflix

Half of all Americans have used Netflix to stream television series and movies, new research…

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RAI plots SVOD Netflix rival

Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to create an online pay TV platform that can…

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Endemol Shine Oz drama boss exits

Endemol Shine Australia drama producer John Edwards is leaving the company to build his own…

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ABC casting chief gets global programmes role

ABC Entertainment Group’s casting chief, Keli Lee, has been named managing director, international content and…

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Apollo sells last Nine shares

Private equity group Apollo Global Management has sold its 9.82% shareholding in Australia’s Nine Entertainment…