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ProSieben and UKTV buy North American version of Primeval
German free-to-air broadcaster ProSieben and UK pay TV channel UKTV have acquired Primeval: New World,…
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Discovery making Lat-Am Dual Survival
Discovery is making a new version of its hit US show Dual Survival for the…
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Channel 5 buys Disney’s Once Upon A Time
British commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired US supernatural fantasy drama Once Upon A Time…
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A+E will roll out Lifetime this year
A+E Networks will launch its female-skewing Lifetime channel in at least two major territories this…
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Fox to roll out Touch internationally
Kiefer Sutherland-fronted drama Touch is to launch simultaneously in more than 100 countries in March…
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NBC weighing KidsCo options
NBC Universal’s international boss Jeff Shell has told TBIvision that the company will not be…
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NATPE News: Electus shops Mob Wives, looks at format deals
Electus has sold the second season of Mob Wives into a hundred territories and president…
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NATPE News: CCTV, Cisneros strike doc deal
Chinese broadcaster CCTV and Venevision International have struck a wide-ranging documentary deal at NATPE. The…
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NATPE News: Sony, Televisa sign first look pact
Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Television has struck a first look coproduction deal with Mexican producer…
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Amar en Tiempos Revueltos
The show: Amar en Tiempos Revueltos (To Love In Difficult Times)The producer: Diagonal TV The…
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Lionsgate hires HBO’s Ibba-Hartog
Lionsgate has hired HBO executive Roberta Ibba-Hartog as head of television across the UK and…
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Pro7 snaps up Warner Bros output deal
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has struck an output deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros, snapping the rights…
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Turner promotes Spain’s Corral to run entertainment
Turner has appointed its current Spanish chief Domingo Corral as head of general entertainment across…
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Netflix to coproduce second season of Lilyhammer
Netflix is to coproduce a second season of international mob drama Lilyhammer, marking another step…
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Australia’s Quail TV hires Jay Kandola
Australian production company Quail Television has hired former ITV acquisition boss Jay Kandola as European…
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People to Meet: Univision’s Luis Fernández
Luis Fernández President of entertainment, Univision As president of entertainment at Univision and its dedicated…
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Studiocanal acquires majority stake in Tandem
Canal+ Group-owned Studiocanal has acquired a stake in German producer and distributor Tandem Communications. Studiocanal…
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FremantleMedia promotes Kinane as Rob Clark returns
International producer and distributor FremantleMedia has appointed Trish Kinane as president, worldwide entertainment and has…
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People to Meet: Emilio Romano, Telemundo
Emilio Romano President, Telemundo Media Emilio Romano has been the boss of NBC-backed US-Hispanic network…
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BBCWW closes Spanish digital deals
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, has struck a raft of…
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Lovefilm strikes deals with BBC, ITV
Online streaming service and DVD rental service Lovefilm has struck two major digital deals with…
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Gossip Girl producer Alloy acquires web studio Generate
Alloy Digital, the digital arm of producer and distributor Alloy Entertainment, has acquired online producer…
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A&E launches flagship channel in Australia
A&E Networks is launching its flagship A&E channel in Australia, marking one of the first…
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Spain’s RTVE could close channels following budget cuts
Spanish public broadcaster RTVE could be forced to close a number of its thematic channels…
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Canal+ to close 3D channel
French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ is to close its 3D channel following poor take-up. The…
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Electric Sky sells Olympic docs
A raft of European broadcasters have acquired documentaries on this year’s Olympic Games after striking…
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France’s Marathon to open Asian office
France’s Marathon Media is launching an Asian office and has hired Stéphane Aldebert to run…
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USA Network hires comedy exec
US cable broadcaster USA Network is further expanding its push into comedy series and has…
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Sky launches new 3D series
UK pay broadcaster Sky is launching a new 3D project with David Attenborough following the…
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Spain’s Antena 3 and La Sexta agree merger
Spanish broadcasters Antena 3 and La Sexta have agreed to merge in a deal that…