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MTV launches mobile SVOD MTV Play in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV’s first-ever direct-to-consumer SVOD mobile streaming app MTV…
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Ethical cosmetics brand Lush launches production hub
Lush, the ethical cosmetics company, has launched a new entertainment creation hub, Lush Presents. The…
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Kids round-up: eOne preps Peppa Pig specials; 9 Story launches live-action division
Entertainment One is launching Chinese new year ‘Year of the Pig’ celebrations with all new…
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Attenborough to present new BBC landmark series One Planet: Seven Worlds
BBC America has brought Sir David Attenborough on board to present One Planet: Seven Worlds…
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Studiocanal UK appoints Anna Marsh as MD
Studiocanal UK has appointed Anna Marsh as managing director from Studiocanal’s international distribution division. Marsh,…
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High-end TV production spend in the UK hits £1.2bn
High-end TV (HETV) production spend in the UK reached £1.2bn in 2018, up by 4%…
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Canada’s Mercury Filmworks hires Gaumont alum as content chief
Canada’s Mercury Filmworks has hired Gaumont alum Heath Kenny as chief content officer. As CCO,…
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Ian Katz: C4’s ‘mischievous, innovative’ shows will take on SVODs
Channel 4 director of programmes Ian Katz has launched a slate of programming for 2019,…
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Paramount axes TV, finance and business & legal affairs staff
Paramount Pictures has axed around 20 staffers from its television, finance and business & legal…
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Four key takeaways from AT&T’s Q4 results
AT&T’s fourth-quarter earnings for 2018 saw it miss Wall Street estimates and CEO Randall Stephenson…
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ITV label Silverprint to produce relationship drama Flesh and Blood
ITV Studios label Silverprint Pictures is set to produce a four-part drama from The Long…
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Authentic elevates three programming execs
Endemol Shine’s Authentic Entertainment has elevated three programming execs including Sara Reddy (pictured), who will…
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Endemol Shine’s takes All Together Now to the Netherlands
Endemol Shine Group has taken entertainment format All Together Now to its 12th market, this…
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TV2 Denmark’s CEO Merete Eldrup to step down
TV2 Denmark’s CEO Merete Eldrup is to step down from the business after 11 years…
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AMC’s Sundance Now picks up Red Arrow crime drama Stella Blómkvist
AMC Networks’ Sundance Now has picked up Red Arrow Studios International’s neo-noir crime drama Stella…
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Friends voted TV favourite among UK youngsters, says report
Friends, the hit sitcom that first ran on television between 1994-2004, has been voted as…
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Studio 100 chief Ulli Stoef steps down
Ulli Stoef, CEO of Studio 100 Media AG and m4e Ag, will step down from…
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Icon Films rejigs senior management
UK indie Icon Films has rejigged its senior team with newly defined roles for co-founders…
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Barcroft rebrands and restructures
Barcroft is set for a rebrand as it forms a new operational structure to accommodate…
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Report: Amazon to scale back Channels
Amazon is looking to scale back its à la carte Channels offering as new competitors…
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BBCS exec Damon Pattison heads to Seven Studios UK
BBC Studios’ head of entertainment (North) Damon Pattison is to depart the pubcaster and oversee…
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Beta Film & Deutsche Telekom strike strategic partnership
Beta Film and Deustche Telekom are launching a strategic partnership to boost European series on…
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India’s Essel launches US prodco as it looks for Zee stake sale
India’s Essel Group has formed a new Los Angeles-based production company Z Productions, making it…
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Synchronicity appoints IMG alum Mark Young as chairman
Synchroncity Films has appointed industry veteran Mark Young as its first chairman. Effective immediately, Young,…
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ZDF Enterprises takes majority stake in Nadcon Film
ZDF Enterprises has acquired shares in Peter Nadermann’s Nadcon Film, gaining a majority stake in…
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ZDF, Off The Fence alum Ralf Blasius dies at 51
Ralf Blasius, former commissioning editor at ZDF and producer at Off The Fence, has died…
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Show of the Week: Upgrade
Upgrade is the Israeli game show that sees contestants gamble household items, which can either…
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Kids round-up: Lighthouse Studios names new MD; Guru Studio signs Chinese partner
Lighthouse Studios, the joint venture formed in February 2017 by Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Ireland’s…
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Kew Media takes stake in Two Rivers
Kew Media has purchased a stake in a newly formed Scottish prodco, Two Rivers Media….
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Fremantle elevates Suzanne Lopez to COO in a senior team reshuffle
Fremantle has promoted its legal affairs boss Suzanne Lopez as COO for North America as…