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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…
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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21st Century Fox-owned pay TV service Star India has become the latest local ‘home of…
Dead Rising, Halo 4 find Asian homes
Broadcasters in Asia have acquired scripted programming such as Dead Rising: Watchtower and Halo 4:…
Amazon orders David E. Kelley court drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video has ordered a court drama from Ally McBeal creator David E….
Norwegian format given life at Channel 4
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a local version of Norwegian format Born On following…
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…
Sky1 weds with Bride after BBC divorce
Satellite channel Sky1 has acquired UK rights to wedding format Don’t Tell the Bride, after…
New Nick show shot in Dutch and English
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BBC Worldwide to sell Amazon UK original
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Fullscreen hires former Hulu CEO
Former Hulu interim CEO Andy Forssell is joining MCN Fullscreen as COO. After leaving Hulu…
Amazon, BBCWW coproduce fashion drama
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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…
Veteran named All3 Germany, MME CEO
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New stats suggest Netflix is now is around 1.2 million Dutch homes – around one…
Deal Monitor: week starting November 30
A round-up of all the key deals in international television this week (beginning November 30,…
Raw drama exec joins Wiffen’s prodco
Miriam Brent is joining former FremantleMedia drama chief Donna Wiffen’s prodco, Duchess Street Productions. Brent…
Spotnitz prodco makes French play
Frank Spotnitz’s prodco, Big Light Productions, has hired a former Canal+ commissioner to oversee a…
Altice snatches Premier League rights from Canal+
European telecommunications and pay TV firm Altice has snatched exclusive English Premier League football rights…
Voukaki joins MoMedia from Antenna
Antenna Group programming executive Nelly Voukaki has joined disruptive digital distributor MoMedia as business development…
NonStop, Submarine launch doc distributor
The newly-independent NonStop Entertainment and US film vendor Submarine have partnered to create a documentary…
BBC Trust chair defends pubcaster role
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead has mounted a strong case aimed at promoting the BBC’s…
CBeebies hands 7Wonder debut kids commission
UK-Australian prodco 7 Wonder has landed its first children’s television commission, a 25-part series for…
CuriosityStream launches on Amazon Fire TV
CuriosityStream, the factual video-on-demand service from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks, has launched on Amazon Fire…
BBC celebrates Attenborough at 90
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pair of David Attenborough programmes, as the legendary…
Research: half of Americans use Netflix
Half of all Americans have used Netflix to stream television series and movies, new research…
RAI plots SVOD Netflix rival
Italian public broadcaster RAI is planning to create an online pay TV platform that can…
Endemol Shine Oz drama boss exits
Endemol Shine Australia drama producer John Edwards is leaving the company to build his own…
ABC casting chief gets global programmes role
ABC Entertainment Group’s casting chief, Keli Lee, has been named managing director, international content and…
Apollo sells last Nine shares
Private equity group Apollo Global Management has sold its 9.82% shareholding in Australia’s Nine Entertainment…