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Show of the Week: The Shannara Chronicles
“This is brand-defining,” says Sonar Entertainment’s senior VP, television Jenna Glazier. The exec, who followed…
Israel’s Glam creates formats development unit
Israel’s Studio Glam has created an international development division, which will create new formats. Studio…
Sky Arts is Occupied with Scandi drama
UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal…
Netflix buys Jane the Virgin, Black Mirror
Netflix has acquired broadcast shows including The CW’s Jane the Virgin days after the streaming…
eOne ties Rookie Blue producer to deal
Entertainment One Television has hooked long-term production partner ICF Films into a new multi-year agreement….
CBC rehires for vacant kids boss position
Canadian pubcaster CBC has rehired a former employee to succeed Kim Wilson at the top…
Lucky Ladies, F***ing Telemarketers on Fox slate
Fox International Channels Content Sales is launching three originally-developed formats at MIPCOM. FICCS’s catalogue will…
MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show
Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…
MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show
Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…
Amazon looks to vigilantes, flappers for pilot season
Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its autumn pilot season line-up, which includes a violent…
CBC, Fullscreen create digital partnership
Canadian pubcaster CBC and digital content company Fullscreen have entered into a multi-year partnership aimed…
Sky Living checks NBC’s Blindspot
UK pay TV channel has acquired new season NBC mystery drama Blindspot from Warner Bros….
US net prebuys South African cooking show
DCD Rights will head into MIPCOM with a presale of its new South African culinary…
NHK, Canal+ buy Escape From ISIS doc
NHK in Japan and France’s Canal+ are among buyers of Escape From ISIS. ZDF (Germany),…
CuriosityStream debuts on Roku
Factual subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream has launched a channel on Roku apps and TVs. CuriosityStream…
South African SVOD service buys BBCWW shows
South African subscription on-demand platform MTN FrontRow has acquired BBC Worldwide shows Sherlock and Planet…
Video app streaming booms in US, China
Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new…
eOne confirms Canadian investor stake
Entertainment One has confirmed the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquire an approximate 17.9% stake…
Beta to debut Germany pay TV drama, kids division
Beta Film heads to Cannes with new shows including the much-hyped German psycho-thriller drama Weinberg…
Ex-Endemol Beyond USA chief joins start-up
Former Endemol Beyond USA president Will Keenan has joined live streaming platform Streamup as president…
NBCU’s Uva steps aside for Conde
NBCUniversal has promoted Cesar Conde to the new role overseeing the company’s Spanish-language business, with…
DRG gets Supersized, Bought the House
Nice Entertainment-owned distributor DRG is heading to MIPCOM with a pair of new factual entertainment…
Bennett upped, Hoogstra exits History
Dirk Hoogstra’s time with History is over, with Jana Bennett taking over the general manager…
Nordic pubcasters urges UK gov’t to back BBC
Director generals from the Nordic region’s pubcasters have warned the British government not to weaken…
Eyre rejoins Stehmeier with Factory job
Georgie Eyre has reunited with former Off the Fence colleague Bo Stehmeier at lifestyle sports…
Action star Statham says Viva la Madness
Hollywood action star Jason Statham is to star in a television action thriller titled Viva…
BBC Studios will ditch programming quota system
Around 80% of the BBC’s overall slate will be open to tender under plans for…
FremantleMedia buys Dutch indie
FremantleMedia has acquire a majority stake in Dutch producer No Pictures Please, a controversial factual…
Turner poaches Studio 100 exec for CEE
Turner Broadcasting System has poached a Studio 100 Media executive to become its programming director…
BBC to launch Netflix-style US platform
The BBC will next year launch an OTT subscription service akin to streaming giants Netflix…