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Scandi nets travel to Deutschland 83
Five north European channels have prebought buzzy German Cold War drama Deutschland 83. SVT in…
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French channel RMC Decouverte has acquired titles including Timber Kings and Dynamo: Magician Impossible from…
BBC plays down Family Guy ITV link
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Turton secures All3Media CEO post
Jane Turton has been confirmed as the permanent CEO of UK-based production giant All3Media. She…
Vice ‘independence drove A+E, Fox investments’
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MTV targets mobile-mad millennials with OTT app
Millennial-skewed network MTV is launching an international OTT programming app for mobile phones. MTV Play…
Ergen to retake the reins at Dish
Charlie Ergen, chairman of US DTH pay TV provider Dish Network, is to once again…
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German net joins BBC’s Hunt
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Schwartz upped as Wisnia exits CBS-Lionsgate net
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Sky, Scandi nets join Attenborough’s Conquest
Sky’s Italian business and a pair of Scandinavian pubcasters have acquired David Attenborough’s Conquest of…
FremantleMedia hires Shine exec Brown
Endemol Shine Group’s Georgia Brown is headed to FremantleMedia, where she has been hired as…
Global Agency says It’s Showtime
Turkey’ Global Agency s launching its latest format, It’s Showtime, at the Discop Istanbul market…
YouTube to launch kids-focused app
YouTube is set to launch a child-friendly version of its service for smartphones and tablets,…
Viacom retools channels under Zarghami, Herzog
Viacom has promoted Cyma Zarghami and Doug Herzog to run its channel operations, which will…
Mad Dogs, High Castle go to series on Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video has sent a pair of dramas, an unscripted series and two…
TV Land president exits Viacom
Viacom’s US cable channel TV Land is saying goodbye to its long-serving president, Larry Jones,…
BBC kids nets joint-order Arabian Nights series
Preschool channel CBeebies and older-skewed BBC sister CBBC have jointly-commissioned a contemporary re-imaginging of the…
Nat Geo People returns to Voyage’s Babies
Nat Geo People has acquired a second season of Pernel Media-coproduced ob doc series 4…
RTL5 channel chief exiting for new role
Netherlands-based RTL5 will get a new channel chief this year, with incumbent Paul Cormont moving…
eOne poaches Nerd Corps’ Reinseth
Transatlantic studio Entertainment One has poached Nerd Corps Entertainment’s Jillianne Reinseth. The executive joins eOne…
Seven parent posts A$1bn loss
Seven Network’s parent company has posted massive losses of nearly A$1 billion (US$760 million) after…
Jetpack bags Oz, Kiwi kids shows
Jetpack Distribution has acquired rights to a pair of Australasian-produced children’s shows. From New Zealand’s…
ProSieben MAXX bags BBCWW Beckham doc
Male-skewed German free-to-air channel ProSieben MAXX has bagged 420 hours of BBC Worldwide programming, including…
Electric Ray poaches Endemol’s Parry
Sony-backed UK prodco Electric Ray has brought Endemol entertainment executive Shaun Parry into its fold….
Banijay in Mid East formats pact
Banijay International has signed an exclusive production pact with Middle Eastern prodco Periscoop, TBI has…
Dutch net reworks Israeli romcom
Dutch channel Net5 is working up a local version of Israeli romantic comedy The Baker…
Netflix pre-buys Jamie Dornan war film
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to Jadotville, a war film set during an African siege…