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Jesse Whittock

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Sony orders Filipino Cash Cab

Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has commissioned a local version of Cash Cab, the profitable…

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Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’

Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….

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Hoogstra resurfaces with Banijay’s Stephen David

Former History programming honcho Dirk Hoogstra has resurfaced as chief creative officer of Banijay Group-owned…

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Lionsgate buys stake in Wicked Tuna indie

Lionsgate Entertainment is buying into Wicked Tuna producer Pilgrim Studios. The “strategic investment” means Pilgrim…

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Alvin exec buys The Simpsons studio

Historic animation studio Film Roman, which is behind The Simpsons, has sold to Steve Waterman’s…

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Sky extends HBO deal across Europe

Sky’s role as the exclusive home of HBO programming will be extended beyond the UK…

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Destination America takes slow train

US cable channel Destination America is the latest network to get in on the slow…

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Virgin Media study brands retrans fees ‘bad idea’

A study by Virgin Media found that 72% of people thought proposals to introduce pay…

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Boomerang lands in South Korea

Turner Broadcasting System’s Boomerang channel launches in South Korea this weekend. The channel is already…

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MTG pays $28.2m for Scandi e-sports firm

The Modern Times Group has moved further into the burgeoning e-sports space by acquiring leading Scandinavian…

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Ex-Shine chief resurfaces at Foundry

Former Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has resurfaced at the head of London-based visual effects…

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Defy launching Screen Junkies SVOD platform

US digital group Defy Media is launching an SVOD service with online content creator Screen…

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Bennett handed expanded role at Shaftesbury

Jay Bennett has been handed a wider remit at Canadian producer-distributor Shaftesbury. Currently head of…

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Walking Dead team pact with Insurrection

The creators of zombie drama The Walking Dead have signed a pod deal with indie…

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Showtime ups veteran Levine to programme chief

The long-serving Gary Levine has been upped to president of programming at US premium cable…

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Food Network EMEA preps Paul Hollywood series

Food Network’s channels in the UK and EMEA will next year get an original series…

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Red Arrows buys US prodco

Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired a majority stake in an LA-based producer that has…

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Discovery, Liberty to take Lionsgate stakes

Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will both take shareholdings in Lionsgate Entertainment. This comes after…

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Canal+ buys Russian athletics doping doc

French pay TV service Canal+ has acquired Doping – Top Secret: the Shadowy World of…

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Netflix, Amazon buy original films

Netflix and Amazon Studios have both invested in new movies, the former pacting with Brad…

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Alibaba to pay $3.7bn for ‘China’s YouTube’

Alibaba Group has entered into an agreement to buy ‘China’s YouTube’, Youku Tudou, for around…

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Call of Duty firm launches studio

The firm behind popular video game Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, has launched a television…

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New CEO for Nine as Gyngell exits

David Gyngell’s run as CEO of Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment Co. is coming to…

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Banijay Finland gets interim bosses after CEO exit

Banijay Finland has made its CFO, COO and CCO interim bosses of the production company after FremantleMedia…

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Pilgrim D2C platform adds scripted foursome

1620 Media, the new digital platform from US indie Pilgrim Studios, ha added four scripted…

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Channel 4 developing Peep Show duo sitcom

Channel 4 may be soon losing its longest-running sitcom, Peep Show, but the UK broadcaster…

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Tencent buys Bond catalogue, Paramount’s latest

Chinese on-demand service Tencent has acquired exclusive local rights to the entire James Bond movie…

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Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…

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Starz makes first US D2C investment

Premium cable player Starz has made its first US investment in direct-to-consumer distribution by taking…

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Lineup bags former Absolutely format

Lineup Industries has acquired rights to evergreen format Long Lost Family, which formerly went out…