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Jesse Whittock
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FremantleMedia hires cable veteran as Buzzr channel chief
FremantleMedia North America’s upcoming game show network Buzzr TV has a general manager. Ron Garfield…
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Endemol Beyond hires ex-Participant exec as COO
Adrian Sexton has joined Endemol Beyond USA as chief operating officer. The former Participant Media…
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TV3 names Jeff Ford replacement
Ireland’s TV3 has named Lynda McQuaid as its director of content to replace the Fox…
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Sky Atlantic has Affair with award-winner
UK and Ireland pay channel Sky Atlantic has acquired The Affair, the Golden Globe-winning drama…
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Content costs up as Youku Tudou preps originals
Programming costs at Chinese on-demand platform Youku Tudou have risen 11% as the firm gears…
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Shine’s Callaghan exits for Screentime
Shine Australia’s executive director, Rory Callaghan, is joining Banijay Group’s Screentime as CEO. He will…
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CuriosityStream goes live in US
CuriosityStream, the new subscription video-on-demand service from Discovery Channel founder John Hendricks has gone live…
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ORF’s Austrian SVOD JV to fight Netflix, Amazon
Austrian pubcaster ORF has entered into a joint venture with local SVOD portal Flimmit in…
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New programming chiefs at A&E, History
Elaine Frontain Bryant and Paul Cabana have been promoted to programming chiefs for A&E and…
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MTV hands Dolgen reality role amid restructure
Viacom network MTV is merging its east and west coast development teams under veteran reality…
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Lionsgate, Hunan in major financing pact
Hollywood studio Lionsgate will explore the international potential of Chinese TV series from broadcaster Hunan…
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Pat Younge resurfaces with Sugar Films
Ex-BBC programming boss Pat Younge has launched his own media company alongside former Channel 4…
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Maigret exits in latest Endemol Shine rejig
Endemol Studios chief executive Philippe Maigret is leaving the Endemol Shine Group as the shape…
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Runner to cross Britain for Discovery
An endurance runner with traverse the length of Britain in a 1x60mins doc for Discovery…
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News brief: Genius hands Kaleidoscope sales role
Andy Heyward’s Genius Brands International is continuing to develop its distribution matrix by appointing sales…
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Franchise building
The current batch of home renovation formats mirror the pared-down approach to home ownership in…
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UK commercial PSBs attacked over kids investment
UK indies trade body Pact and Teletubbies creator Anne Wood have come together to slam…
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Netflix UK buys ABC fantasy drama
Netflix has acquired rights for ABC fantasy drama One Upon a Time for the UK…
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NBCU alumnus joins Pulse as president
Former NBCUniversal global TV chief Patrick Vien has joined Pineapple Dance Studios indie Pulse Films…
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Canuck quotas ditched in global programming play
Canadian media watchdog the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has relaxed programming quotas in an…
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Geater slams BBC, Channel 4 over indie stance
UK indie trade body Pact has slammed pubcasters the BBC and Channel 4 over the…
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Hulu plays Home and Away
US streaming service Hulu has acquired on-demand rights to Australian soap Home and Away. Now…
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Endemol Shine outlines Iberia organisation
Endemol Shine Group has outlined how it will structure its business in Spain and Portugal,…
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Pernel to remake BBC One drama
France’s Pernel Media has acquired remake rights to Key Mellor’s BBC One drama series In…
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ITV Encore buys Swedish drama
ITV Encore has acquired Swedish drama Jordskott for UK screens. The 10-part drama from Palladium…
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Caution urged over Ten future speculation
For sale Australian broadcaster Network Ten has urged caution after reports that a key shareholder…
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Lat Am content sales platform launches
Cesar Diaz’s new indie, 7A Media, is working on a digital content delivery platform in…
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Hoho taps sales vet to replace Davies
UK children’s indie Hoho Entertainment has tapped a former Target Entertainment, Souther Star Entertainment and…
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ITV buys de Mol’s Talpa for £355m
UK broadcaster ITV has completed its US355 million (US$531 million) acquisition of The Voice creator…
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‘Course deviation’ caused Dropped air crash
The helicopter crash has killed ten people filming TF1 series Dropped happened when one aircraft…