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Jesse Whittock
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All3 co-founder joins FremantleMedia UK board
All3Media co-founder David Liddiment has joined FremantleMedia as non-executive chairman of its UK arm. He…
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Fox TV gets Limitless in Sweden
Swedish pay channel Fox TV has acquired Limitless, the CBS series based on the Bradley…
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Scripps hires ex-Discovery Asia chief for UK
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired former Discovery Networks Asia Pacific boss Kevin Dickie as senior…
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Netflix chief claims Top Gear trio ‘not worth it’
Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt has claimed the reported £160 million (US$244.3 million) price…
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Netflix ‘South Korea launch coming’
Netflix’s global roll out will see it launch in South Korea in January 2016, according…
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BBC plans standalone children’s iPlayer
Britain’s pubcaster, the BBC, is to launch a standalone children’s version of popular on-demand service…
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Kabo asks Who’s Who? with format revival
France-based Kabo International has acquired worldwide sales rights to game show Who’s Who?, which comes…
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BBC Two taps 7 Wonder for consumer format
UK pubcaster BBC Two has commissioned a multi-strand, family-friendly consumer-focused series from Seven Network venture…
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Show of the Week: Ready Jet Go!
There is a constant need for preschool programmes with a science-, technology, engineering and mathematics…
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UK producer buys French boutique sales house
UK-based indie Nevision has acquired a majority stake in French television financier and sales house…
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New-look Essential emerges after Canada MBO
Toronto-based 11 Television Canada has rebranded under a new CEO after a management buy-out. The…
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Fox gets into UK free TV
Fox International Channels is getting into UK free TV for the first time with the…
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SundanceTV, ABC board sci-fi drama
SundanceTV in the US and Australia’s ABC are attached to a new big-budget drama epic…
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Fox UK prebuys Aussie procedural
Pay TV channel Fox UK has prebought primetime drama Jack Irish from distributor DCD Rights….
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7A Media, Comercial TV join forces
US-based 7A Media and Spain’s Comercial TV will join forces to distribute their respective catalogues…
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Netflix buys Italian corruption drama
Netflix has acquired US subscription streaming rights to Italian crime and corruption period drama 1992,…
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Ad-free Hulu option added
US streaming service Hulu has begin offering customers an ad-free option. The US$11.99 per month…
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NBCU creates Lat Am channels JV
NBCUniversal International has partnered with Ole Communications to create a joint venture business in Spanish-speaking…
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Disney takes eOne toon global
The Walt Disney Company will launch an animated superhero toon from Entertainment One Family around…
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Turner alumnus joins Viacom North Europe
Former Turner Broadcasting System EMEA senior VP and COO Pete Flamman has joined Viacom International…
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Amazon adds offline viewing
Amazon Prime Instant Video will allow customers to download movies and TV series, making it…
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Magine exec among two Televisa USA hires
Televisa USA has hired an executive from online pay TV firm Magine to runs its…
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Hofmann set as long-term UFA chief
Nico Hofmann has been named co-CEO of FremantleMedia’s German production business, UFA Group, as part…
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CBS ends Under the Dome
US broadcaster CBS will end rating smash Under the Dome at the end of its…
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‘Apple set to challenge Netflix for originals’
Technology giant Apple is set to shake up the content world, with a report from…
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MGM poaches TriStar exec for TV role
Fargo producer MGM has poached Lindsay Sloane from TriStar Productions to become its executive VP,…
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Hulu grabs Epix films as Netflix deal ends
US streaming service Hulu has swooped for exclusive movies from premium pay network Epix after…
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Brainch to lead NBCUI EMEA hub
Satpal Brainch has been named as chief of a new NBCUniversal International distribution and networks…
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Showtime chief: US and UK writing styles merging
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Showtime president David Nevins told delegates here in Edinburgh that elements…
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Rutherford to launch Temple Street sales arm
Jon Rutherford has surfaced at Toronto’s Temple Street Productions to run a new international distribution…