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A+E to rebrand H2 as Vice
Having ploughed US$250 million into Vice Media last year, A+E Networks is now retooling one…
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YouTube funding Smosh, AwesomenessTV titles
Online video giant YouTube is to fund four original series from popular digital content brands…
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Hell on Wheels joins MENA SVOD platform
AMC’s post-American Civil War drama Hell on Wheels has been picked up by a Middle…
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Exec pair replacing Beers at FremantleMedia
Craig Cegielski and Jennifer Mullin have been named co-CEOs of FremantleMedia North America to replace…
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Fullscreen okays Fox comedy from Stern, Quinn
Multichannel network Fullscreen has greenlit a comedy that has come through US broadcast network Fox’s…
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Ad firms: digital originals to rival TV series
Original digital video will become as important as original TV series within the next five…
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Foxtel nears Ten deal
Australian paycaster Foxtel is closing in on a 14.9% stake in commercial free-to-air rival Network…
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Show of the Week: Trade Up
Trade Up’s unique look and feel – effectively a giant car showroom – was a…
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Comedy Central Africa will Deal With it
Comedy Central Africa has acquired celebrity prank show Deal With it from Israeli distributor Keshet…
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable merger scrapped
Comcast Communications today confirmed it has scrapped the planned merger with US cable rival Time…
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Hulu scores Turner SVOD exclusive deal
US streaming service Hulu has snapped up exclusive subscription on-demand rights to Turner Broadcasting System…
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Comcast set to walk from TWC merger
Comcast Communications is set to pull out of its US$45.2 billion planned merger with rival…
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Olsen sisters make date with Nick
US kids channel Nickelodeon has acquired the library of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, a deal…
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Tellem takes seat at Interlude
Former Xbox Entertainment Studios president Nancy Tellem has resurfaced as executive chairman of LA-based media…
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Leftfield launches OTT-focused prodco
US unscripted group Leftfield Entertainment has launched a production subsidiary that will focus on “smart…
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Asian Netflix rival raises $30m
A new Southeast Asian SVOD service has raised US$30 million as it rolls out across…
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BBC Earth set for Indian launch
The commercial arm of the BBC is gearing up to launch premium international channel brand…
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Netflix, BBC in key Planet Earth streaming deal
Netflix’s push into natural history programming continues after the streaming service secured US rights for…
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RTL MCN buys kids and family channels group
RTL’s multichannel operator BroadbandTV has acquired YoBoHo, a YouTube networks curator and content producer. The…
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Red Arrow’s Cop is first Hulu Japan original
The Japanese SVOD platform Hulu has commissioned its first original series, a crime drama based…
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Family Guy moving to BBC Two pre-ITV
American animated sitcom Family Guy will switch from BBC Three to BBC Two in the…
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Endemol Oz CEO follows Fennessys out the door
The chief executive of Endemol Australia, Janeen Faithfull, is exiting the business as Endemol Shine…
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4K add ex-Viacom sales exec
New York-based distributor 4K Media has hired former Viacom International Media Networks programme sales exec…
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OTT to ‘end broadcast TV as we know it’
The emergence of the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video signals “the end…
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BBC First launching with Sony in Japan
BBC Worldwide’s new channel brand BBC First is launching as a programming block on Sony…
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Feltheimer to join Televisa board
Lionsgate Entertainment CEO Jon Feltheimer has been nominated to joint the board of Mexican broadcast…
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Sky postpones Gibney’s Scientology doc
UK satcaster Sky has pulled its scheduled broadcast of Alex Gibney’s controversial Scientology documentary, Going…
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Netflix global growth ‘dramatic’
US-based streaming service Netflix has seen its international subscriber base “dramatically” grow since debuting outside…
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Ex-Disney chief Cook launches studio
The Walt Disney Company’s former studios chairman Dick Cook has launched a family entertainment-focused studio…
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Clarkson ‘planning car show comeback’
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson (above middle) is plotting a replacement petrolhead series after…