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Jesse Whittock
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FX chief warns of viewer ‘malaise’
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: FX Networks boss John Landgraf has reaffirmed his view that the…
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STV, GroupM form strategic partnership
Scotland’s STV Productions and WPP-owned GroupM Entertainment have formed a strategic alliance that will see…
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Discovery Channel plots 200+ territory doc launch
Discovery Channel has commissioned a documentary about Mount Everest’s Sherpa community that will rollout in…
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FremantleMedia buys Young Pope prodco
FremantleMedia has paid an undisclosed amount for a 62.5% stake in Italian drama house Wildside….
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Amazon to rival Netflix in Japan
Amazon Prime Instant Video is to launch in Japan, putting it in direct competition with…
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Discovery plans new Elba series
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Discovery Networks International is working on another unscripted series with popular…
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Shakespeare drama for BBC
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies is penning a 90-minute television…
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BBC Three adds shows as closure looms
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: BBC Three has commissioned a batch of new shows as controller…
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Channel 5 buys Penn & Teller Vegas series
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas from DCD…
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Iannucci launches spirited BBC defence
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: Comedy writer Armando Iannucci used his keynote lecture at the Edinburgh…
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Whittingdale: BBC future debate justified
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL: UK Conservative government minister John Whittingdale has admitted “most people” see…
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BBC Earth makes Fishing Impossible
BBC Worldwide has unveiled new commissions for its BBC Earth channel, one of which follows…
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FremantleMedia-backed drama venture created
FremantleMedia is putting its weight behind LocomoTV, a new drama venture from veteran British writing…
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Boomerang poaches Outline’s Baldwin
Wales-based producer Boomerang has hired Outline Productions executive Shona Baldwin as director of development. Reporting…
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Rutherford exits Tricon
Jon Rutherford is to leave Canada-based Tricon Films & Television, triggering a restructure that that…
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Bell confirms new entertainment chief
Canada’s Bell Media has confirmed the appointment of Randy Lennox a day after news broke…
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Channel 4 goes on a Bear Hunt
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned an animated special based on the popular children’s book…
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De Agostini scores major DreamWorks deal
De Agostini Editore, which operates Italian channel DeAKids, has secured an output deal comprising more…
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Sony networks boss named NATPE chairman
Sony Pictures Television’s president, worldwide networks Andy Kaplan (pictured) has been named chairman of events…
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Fear the Walking Dead smashes cable records
The much-anticipated zombie drama Fear the Walking Dead has gone into the record books after…
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Maker Studios content boss leaves
Maker Studios’ chief content officer Erin McPherson has left the US-based multichannel network. A spokesperson…
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ID profiles Las Vegas D.A.
US cable channel Investigation Discovery has green-lit an unscripted series that goes behind the scenes…
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Programming chief exits CTV in rejig
Phil King has left his post as programming boss at Canadian network CTV as part…
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BT, AMC plots free Fear launch in UK
UK pay TV platform BT will make the first episode of Fear the Walking Dead…
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Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy travels the globe
Broadcasters from around the world have bought four-part series Alex Polizzi’s Secret Italy from UK-based…
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History UK catches Freddie Flintoff
Fact-ent-focused History has partnered with British television personality Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff after A+E Networks UK…
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Davina McCall, ITV plan for This Time Next Year
The Million Pound Drop presenter Davina McCall will front a 6x60mins studio-based entertainment series showcasing…
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MTG axes 300 jobs
European broadcaster Modern Times Group is to axe around 300 jobs as it launches a…
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Netflix links with SoftBank, plans originals
Subscriptions to streaming service Netflix will be sold through telecommunications firm SoftBank when it launches…
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The Crown producer targets China drama
UK drama production company Left Bank Pictures is to begin targeting the Chinese market after…