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Sony orders Filipino Cash Cab
Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia has commissioned a local version of Cash Cab, the profitable…
Time Warner ‘eyes Hulu stake’
Time Warner could become the latest media giant to invest in American on-demand platform Hulu….
Hoogstra resurfaces with Banijay’s Stephen David
Former History programming honcho Dirk Hoogstra has resurfaced as chief creative officer of Banijay Group-owned…
Lionsgate buys stake in Wicked Tuna indie
Lionsgate Entertainment is buying into Wicked Tuna producer Pilgrim Studios. The “strategic investment” means Pilgrim…
Alvin exec buys The Simpsons studio
Historic animation studio Film Roman, which is behind The Simpsons, has sold to Steve Waterman’s…
Sky extends HBO deal across Europe
Sky’s role as the exclusive home of HBO programming will be extended beyond the UK…
Destination America takes slow train
US cable channel Destination America is the latest network to get in on the slow…
Virgin Media study brands retrans fees ‘bad idea’
A study by Virgin Media found that 72% of people thought proposals to introduce pay…
Boomerang lands in South Korea
Turner Broadcasting System’s Boomerang channel launches in South Korea this weekend. The channel is already…
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…
Ex-Shine chief resurfaces at Foundry
Former Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has resurfaced at the head of London-based visual effects…
Defy launching Screen Junkies SVOD platform
US digital group Defy Media is launching an SVOD service with online content creator Screen…
Bennett handed expanded role at Shaftesbury
Jay Bennett has been handed a wider remit at Canadian producer-distributor Shaftesbury. Currently head of…
Walking Dead team pact with Insurrection
The creators of zombie drama The Walking Dead have signed a pod deal with indie…
Showtime ups veteran Levine to programme chief
The long-serving Gary Levine has been upped to president of programming at US premium cable…
Food Network EMEA preps Paul Hollywood series
Food Network’s channels in the UK and EMEA will next year get an original series…
Red Arrows buys US prodco
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired a majority stake in an LA-based producer that has…
Discovery, Liberty to take Lionsgate stakes
Discovery Communications and Liberty Global will both take shareholdings in Lionsgate Entertainment. This comes after…
Canal+ buys Russian athletics doping doc
French pay TV service Canal+ has acquired Doping – Top Secret: the Shadowy World of…
Netflix, Amazon buy original films
Netflix and Amazon Studios have both invested in new movies, the former pacting with Brad…
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…
Call of Duty firm launches studio
The firm behind popular video game Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard, has launched a television…
New CEO for Nine as Gyngell exits
David Gyngell’s run as CEO of Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment Co. is coming to…
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…
Pilgrim D2C platform adds scripted foursome
1620 Media, the new digital platform from US indie Pilgrim Studios, ha added four scripted…
Channel 4 developing Peep Show duo sitcom
Channel 4 may be soon losing its longest-running sitcom, Peep Show, but the UK broadcaster…
Tencent buys Bond catalogue, Paramount’s latest
Chinese on-demand service Tencent has acquired exclusive local rights to the entire James Bond movie…
Time Warner may extend SVOD holdback window
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has indicated his media giant may begin holding back key…
Starz makes first US D2C investment
Premium cable player Starz has made its first US investment in direct-to-consumer distribution by taking…
Lineup bags former Absolutely format
Lineup Industries has acquired rights to evergreen format Long Lost Family, which formerly went out…