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Philippe Alessandri’s new Paris-based indie Watch Next Media has scored its first major programming deal….
Discovery, Turner bag Atlantic factual
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Israeli VOD service lands Romanzo Criminale
New Israeli on-demand platform Cellcom TV has acquired Italian gangster drama Romanze Criminale from Germany-based…
CBS’s Zoo opens around the world
James Patterson’s CBS drama Zoo has sold to international broadcasters around the world. Sky 1…
Fox ties down Empire builder
Twentieth Century Fox Television has secured the exclusive services of Empire co-creator Lee Daniels. Daniels…
Virgin gets TV boost with Sky veteran hire
Virgin Media has named former Sky Italia programming chief and JimJam founder David Bouchier as…
Discovery Family buys teen toon drama
US cable channel Discovery Family has bought Dream Defenders, an animated series about two teenage…
Rasulo to remain with Disney on full pay
The Walt Disney Company’s outgoing CFO, Jay Rasulo, will now remain with the media giant…
Foxtel rejigs programming team
Australian pay TV leader Foxtel has restructured its programming and studio negotiations team. One key…
Starz Play to ‘spark Mid East OTT boom’
The launch of the Starz OTT platform in the Middle East will spark a wave…
CBeebies goes to The Farm
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BBC Three factual exec lands new post
BBC Three documentaries executive Sam Bickley has landed a post at Samantha Anstiss’s production division…
AMC restructures production for studio
AMC is restructuring its in-house studio unit under Rick Olshansky and Stefan Reinhardt. The pair…
AMC to remake Danish drama
AMC has gone straight-to-series on Broke (WT), a drama based on Denmark’s Bankerot. AMC Studios,…
ABC Family drama apes Amanda Knox story
Disney-ABC Television Group-owned ABC Family has greenlit pilot production of a drama clearly based on…
Netflix eyes Indian launch
A report in India suggests SVOD platform Netflix will launch in the Asian territory before…
Federation buys into Michel’s Cottonwood
Emerging French indie Federation Entertainment is acquiring a significant shareholding in compatriot Cottonwood Media, a…
France Télévisions feels Impulse of Gedeon doc
France Télévisions has commissioned Paris-based prodco Gedeon Programmes to create a documentary about a man…
Ex-Fox chief scores overall deal with NBC
Former Fox chief Peter Chernin has secured an overall TV production deal with NBCUniversal. Under…
Endemol Shine targets Bullseye
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HBO orders Katims drama pilot
US premium cable channel HBO has ordered a romantic drama pilot from Parenthood creator Jason…
Church to leave Endemol Shine
Lucas Church is the latest big name to leave the merged Endemol Shine Group. The…
ITV confirms £55m TwoFour acquisition
UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed it is buying Plymouth-based production and distribution firm TwoFour Group….
Ex-Fresh One, C4 execs join Pulse
Former Fresh One Productions boss Roy Ackerman and Channel 4 commissioning editor Emma Cooper are…
Beta’s Welbers to join German indie
Eric Welbers’s next post will be at German independent film and TV producer Neue deutsche…
Discovery’s Korn resurfaces at UK producer
Dan Korn has become creative director of Scotland’s STV Productions after recently leaving Discovery Networks…
VOD vendor grabs DreamWorks Classics catalogue
Digital distributor MoMedia has acquired rights to more than 20 series from the DreamWorks Classics…
Hulu to offer discounted Showtime
US streaming service Hulu will offer a discounted version of cable channel Showtime’s online service….
De Mol buys remaining Talpa Germany shares
Talpa Media has acquired the 50.1% of Talpa Germany it didn’t already own from publisher…
Fox veteran Hill exiting to create prodco
21st Century Fox is saying goodbye to senior programming executive David Hill after more than…