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Most technology, media and entertainment (TME) companies expect the current boom in cross-industry mergers and…
YouTube takes on Twitch with gaming site
YouTube is launching a new app and website dedicated to video game-related content, in a…
Nevins to succeed Blank at Showtime
One of the longest serving CEOs in American television is about to hand over the…
Dead Rising sequel piped through Legendary
The sequel to Crackle’s online film Dead Rising: Watchtower will go out through producer Legendary….
Legendary status
Former Sony TV sales boss Michael Grindon tells Jesse Whittock how Legendary Television’s emerging international…
Rupert Murdoch preps Fox exit
Rupert Murdoch is soon to step down as CEO of US-based media giant 21st Century…
MTG’s free TV, VOD arms join for drama
Modern Times Group’s free-to-air channel TV3 and online streaming service Viaplay are to coproduce a…
Syfy, Bradley Cooper to adapt best-seller
Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper and US cable channel Syfy to adapt Dan Simmons’ best-selling novel…
Channel 4 launches on-demand service with Thorp
Channel 4 and Jason Thorp are due to launch a new on-demand service dedicated to…
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Days after MTV Canada and TeenNick declared class was over for high school drama Degrassi,…
Scripps Networks Lat Am ups pair
Scripps Networks Latin America has promoted a pair of executives as it continues to roll…
UK’s truTV lands America’s Got Talent
The British version of truTV has landed the latest season of US reality competition series…
Industry unites behind BBC Three
Actors, writers, producers, managers and agents have united to call on the UK pubcaster the…
New Ben 10 for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is looking to an old favourite to join attract a new generation of…
Networks Escape to the Wild with McCloud
Six overseas channels have acquired Channel 4 factual series Kevin McCloud: Escape to the Wild….
Endemol Shine’s Storie booked in for Muse
Tut producer Muse Entertainment has hired Lydia Storie to become VP, development at its LA…
TF1 to adapt NBCU format for France
French commercial broadcast leader TF1 has commissioned a local version of The People’s Quiz, news…
Geography, play-along for CBeebies
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a show based on world geography and a play-along…
Warner Bros. films set for TVOD service
South African transactional video-on-demand service Altech Node has scored a wide-ranging feature film deal with…
Gordon replaces Medina at BBC Worldwide
Anna Gordon has stepped up to the executive VP post at BBC Worldwide Latin America…
TeenNick ends Degrassi after 14 seasons
Long-running teen series Degrassi is coming to an end after US broadcaster TeenNick decided to…
Reilly promotes Bradley at Turner
Kevin Reilly has promoted Deborah Bradley to an executive VP post at Turner Broadcasting System….
South Korean formats travel in Asia
South Korean broadcast and content group CJ E&M has sold entertainment formats to broadcasters in…
News brief: Teletubbies to play on Family Jr.
DHX Media is using its ownership of Teletubbies to place the new television reboot (pictured)…
Showtime confirms OTT service
CBS-owned US broadcaster Showtime is set to launch a stand-alone streaming service in an effort…
FremantleMedia names Busoli replacement
São Paulo-based FremantleMedia Brazil has hired former TV Bandeirantes exec Paula Cavalcanti to replace Daniela…
Four original kids series for Netflix
Streaming service Netflix has lined up another four original kids series. The shows are Cirque…
Lamarra opens Bookhouse with Zodiak
Alaska TV co-founder Ian Lamarra is launching an unscripted programming and formats company with Zodiak…
Nordic World rejigs after ‘challenging period’
Nordic World has promoted Ann Christin Siljan and Paulina Eklund in a restructure that follows…