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Spike TV launches new tattoo reality series
US cable network Spike TV is launching a new tattoo reality series produced by Endemol-owned…
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MTG Studios hires Zodiak’s Jens Eriksson as COO
MTG Studios, the content arm of pan European broadcaster Modern Times Group, has poached former…
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ABC orders full season of Nashville
Country music drama Nashville is the latest US series to receive an order for a…
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Fred Media looking to expand international sales team
Nascent international distributor Fred Media is to expand its sales team around the world after…
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Channel 7 to produce Thai Dancing with the Stars
Thai broadcaster Channel 7 is to air a local version of BBC Worldwide’s hit reality…
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MTV hires Susanne Daniels as president of programming
Former Lifetime exec Susanne Daniels is to replace David Janollari as president of programming at…
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Sky on the hunt for new Sky 1 director
British pay TV broadcaster Sky is on the hunt for a new director of its…
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Kate Barnes leaving Channel 5
Kate Barnes is to leave British commercial broadcaster Channel 5 after being made redundant. The…
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Banijay to produce French version of Keshet’s Marathon
French production company Banijay is to produce a local version of Israeli format Marathon after…
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Zodiak acquires rights to Sound of Music doc
Zodiak Rights has acquired the international rights to Sound of Music documentary Climbed Every Mountain,…
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BBC Three orders Darlow Smithson drama
British digital broadcaster BBC Three has ordered One Day Like This, a two part drama…
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Foxtel launching The Real Housewives of Australia
Australian pay TV broadcaster Foxtel is to produce a local version of The Real Housewives…
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USA Network renews Burn Notice for season seven
USA Network has renewed spy drama Burn Notice, its longest running original drama, for a…
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Asian Animation Summit launches in December
The first Asian Animation Summit is set to launch in December and will present 36…
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Good Food launches new Valentine Warner series
British digital broadcaster UKTV has commissioned Valentine Warner’s Scandinavian Cookbook, a ten part series following…
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MTV hires new Russian boss
Viacom International Media Networks has hired Elena Balmont as general manager of its Russian channels…
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Fox Int’l Channels to launch Asia’s Next Top Model despite delays
Fox International Channels is to launch a local, pan regional version of the Next Top…
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Channel 5 to announce Jeff Ford’s replacement, promotes Dunthorne
Channel 5 is set to announce a new head of content to look after commissioning…
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Virgin Media rolls out online video service
UK cable operator Virgin Media has today rolled out its new online video service. The…
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CTC Media, Ren TV launch Russian Hulu
Russian broadcasters CTC, Ren TV and Channel 5 have teamed up to launch an online…
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Foxtel launches iPad app
Australian pay TV broadcaster Foxtel is launching a new app that will allow subscribers to…
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RelativityREAL poaches Comedy Central exec for scripted charge
RelativityREAL, the television division of Ryan Kavanaugh’s Hollywood studio, has further cemented its plans to…
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Twofour Rights strikes post-MIPCOM deals
Nascent distributor Twofour Rights has closed a number of volume deals with international broadcasters following…
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Sky inks first pay TV window deal with NBC Universal
British pay TV broadcaster Sky has inked a deal with NBC Universal that gives it…
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Amazon launching first original series
Online retailer Amazon is set to go head to head with rival Netflix as it…
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Turner launching WB channel in Pakistan
Turner is launching general entertainment channel WB in Pakistan. The channel will launch a raft…
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TVF International catches rights to Sky’s Flintoff series
British cricketer Freddie Flintoff is set to travel the world again after distributor TVF International…
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USA Networks cancels Signourney Weaver’s Political Animals
USA Network has decided against turning Greg Berlanti’s Sigourney Weaver-fronted miniseries Political Animals into a…
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Fox heads to Asia Television Forum with Graceland
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution is heading to this year’s Asia Television Forum and will…
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RCN teams with US firm to offer Colombian production incentives
US firm CP Media has teamed with Latin American producer 2&2 to launch an incentive…