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Shine poaches Warner Bros’ Danser
Shine has poached former Warner Bros and BBC Worldwide exec Claudia Danser to head up…
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Sony launches gameshows in Middle East
Sony Pictures Television Arabia is to launch Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! across the Middle…
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MTV closes live action deals
Viacom International Media Networks has closed a number of international free-to-air deals for its live…
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YouTube launches more than 100 channels
YouTube is launching more than 100 digital channels from a raft of international producers and…
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CBS developing Reshet’s Life Isn’t Everything
US network is developing a sitcom based on Israeli comedy Life Isn’t Everything after striking…
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Fox launches new Asian movie channel
Fox International Channels is launching a new movie channel across Asia and an online pay…
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Copycats Look Out – Big Brother is watching
Jonathan Coad, partner, media, brands & technology, Lewis Silkin LLP While the TV industry gets…
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Disney launching FTA net in Russia
Disney is to launch a free-to-air channel in Russia next year in partnership with local…
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FX orders Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management
US cable network FX has ordered Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom Anger Management. The deal could…
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Starz, BBCWW develop Da Vinci’s Demons
US cable network Starz Entertainment has commissioned Da Vinci’s Demons from Flash Forward creator David…
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Band TV to launch Brazilian version of The Nanny
Brazilian broadcaster Band TV is to produce a local version of US comedy The Nanny…
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Jane Tranter, BBC Worldwide
Jane Tranter relocated to the West Coast of the US almost three years ago to…
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Mattel acquires Hit Entertainment
US toy manufacturer Mattel is to acquire kids producer and distributor Hit Entertainment for US$680…
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Netflix confirms UK launch
Netflix has confirmed that it will launch its online streaming service in the UK and…
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Pan Am takes off across Asia
Sony Pictures Television’s period drama Pan Am has been sold to a raft of international…
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Marie Jacobson, EVP, Sony Pictures TV
Marie Jacobson, executive VP, programming and production, networks, SPT Marie Jacobson acquires and develops content…
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Televisa, Univision to launch Lopez, Fuller talent show
Mexico’s Televisa and US Spanish language broadcaster Univision will launch Jennifer Lopez’s reality talent series…
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ABC developing ITV’s White Van Man
US network ABC is developing a series based on ITV Studios’ British comedy format White…
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MTV eyes international scripted push
MTV is looking to ramp up the production of scripted drama across its international channels….
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John Shiban, Hell on Wheels
John Shiban, executive producer, Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels is one of the most…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes Disney digital deal
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has struck a deal with Disney that will see over 500…
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Vince Gilligan, creator, Breaking Bad
The 1980s Texas oil soap Dallas is an unlikely source of inspiration for critically acclaimed…
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Exclusive: Lifetime developing Johnny Depp TV project
US cable network Lifetime is developing a period drama series from Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil…
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Netflix, AMC strike streaming deal
US cable network group AMC Networks has struck a deal with online video streaming service…
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Exclusive: The Killing producer developing new crime drama
Danmarks Radio is developing a new white collar crime series from the producer of hit…
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Netflix picks up Being Human
US online streaming service Netflix is to air both the British and US versions of…
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BBC announces cuts
The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson is today unveiling how the UK public broadcaster will cut…
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Numbers up at MIPCOM as market ends
There were over 12,500 participants at this year’s MIPCOM event in Cannes, an increase on…
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Netflix acquires SevenOne’s Lilyhammer
US video-on-demand service Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to air SevenOne International’s Nordic mob drama…
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Foxtel launches new line-up with US acquisitions
Australian pay TV broadcaster Foxtel has acquired a raft of US programming as it announces…