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Jesse Whittock

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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…

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Israel’s Glam creates formats development unit

Israel’s Studio Glam has created an international development division, which will create new formats. Studio…

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Sky Arts is Occupied with Scandi drama

UK pay TV channel Sky Arts has acquired Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. The deal…

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Netflix buys Jane the Virgin, Black Mirror

Netflix has acquired broadcast shows including The CW’s Jane the Virgin days after the streaming…

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eOne ties Rookie Blue producer to deal

Entertainment One Television has hooked long-term production partner ICF Films into a new multi-year agreement….

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CBC rehires for vacant kids boss position

Canadian pubcaster CBC has rehired a former employee to succeed Kim Wilson at the top…

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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…

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MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show

Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…

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MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show

Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…

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Amazon looks to vigilantes, flappers for pilot season

Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its autumn pilot season line-up, which includes a violent…

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CBC, Fullscreen create digital partnership

Canadian pubcaster CBC and digital content company Fullscreen have entered into a multi-year partnership aimed…

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Sky Living checks NBC’s Blindspot

UK pay TV channel has acquired new season NBC mystery drama Blindspot from Warner Bros….

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US net prebuys South African cooking show

DCD Rights will head into MIPCOM with a presale of its new South African culinary…

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NHK, Canal+ buy Escape From ISIS doc

NHK in Japan and France’s Canal+ are among buyers of Escape From ISIS. ZDF (Germany),…

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CuriosityStream debuts on Roku

Factual subscription on-demand service CuriosityStream has launched a channel on Roku apps and TVs. CuriosityStream…

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South African SVOD service buys BBCWW shows

South African subscription on-demand platform MTN FrontRow has acquired BBC Worldwide shows Sherlock and Planet…

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Video app streaming booms in US, China

Video apps are experiencing significant revenue growth in the US and China, according to new…

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eOne confirms Canadian investor stake

Entertainment One has confirmed the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquire an approximate 17.9% stake…

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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…

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Ex-Endemol Beyond USA chief joins start-up

Former Endemol Beyond USA president Will Keenan has joined live streaming platform Streamup as president…

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NBCU’s Uva steps aside for Conde

NBCUniversal has promoted Cesar Conde to the new role overseeing the company’s Spanish-language business, with…

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DRG gets Supersized, Bought the House

Nice Entertainment-owned distributor DRG is heading to MIPCOM with a pair of new factual entertainment…

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Bennett upped, Hoogstra exits History

Dirk Hoogstra’s time with History is over, with Jana Bennett taking over the general manager…

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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…

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Eyre rejoins Stehmeier with Factory job

Georgie Eyre has reunited with former Off the Fence colleague Bo Stehmeier at lifestyle sports…

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Action star Statham says Viva la Madness

Hollywood action star Jason Statham is to star in a television action thriller titled Viva…

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BBC Studios will ditch programming quota system

Around 80% of the BBC’s overall slate will be open to tender under plans for…

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FremantleMedia buys Dutch indie

FremantleMedia has acquire a majority stake in Dutch producer No Pictures Please, a controversial factual…

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Turner poaches Studio 100 exec for CEE

Turner Broadcasting System has poached a Studio 100 Media executive to become its programming director…

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BBC to launch Netflix-style US platform

The BBC will next year launch an OTT subscription service akin to streaming giants Netflix…