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Dreamworks Animation to launch international kids channel
Dreamworks Animation is looking to launch a number of branded kids channels internationally and will…
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Netflix expands international streaming deal with CBS
Online video streaming service Netflix has expanded its international programming deal with CBS. The deal…
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BBC renews Luther for third season
British public broadcaster the BBC has renewed dark crime series Luther for a third season….
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iConcerts strikes Pitchfork music streaming deal
International music broadcaster and video-on-demand platform iConcerts is airing the Pitchfork Media Festival in Paris…
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James Murdoch reinstated to BSkyb board of directors
James Murdoch has been re-instated as a director of BSkyB having received the support of…
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Netflix shares soar as Carl Icahn acquires stake
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has acquired 10% of Netflix, sending shares in the online video…
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BBC Worldwide closes channels in India
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster, is shutting down two of…
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Channel 4 to remake Armoza’s Common Denominator
British broadcaster Channel 4 is to remake Israeli gameshow The Common Denominator after striking a…
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Sky Italia picks up Passion programming
Italian pay TV broadcaster Sky has acquired over 100 hours of lifestyle programming from Passion…
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Keshet’s Fair & Square heads to Scandinavia
Israeli factual entertainment series Fair & Square is to be remade across Scandinavia after Keshet…
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FX renews Wilfred for third season
US cable network FX has renewed stoner comedy Wilfred for a third season. The Elijah…
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USA Network cancels Common Law
US cable network USA Network has cancelled cop drama Common Law. The series, which starred…
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Former Disney boss Rich Ross joins Shine America
Former Disney Studios boss Rich Ross has been appointed chief executive of Shine America, the…
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Disney to ramp up Stars Wars TV series following Lucasfilm acquisition
Disney is to produce a number of new Star Wars television series following its US$4…
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Disney Channels orders French kids series Groove High
Disney Channels has commissioned Groove High, a kids comedy from French producer Planet Nemo, and…
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CBS developing Armoza’s Israeli series The Ran Quadruplets
US network CBS is developing Israeli drama The Ran Quadruplets again after striking a deal…
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Ukraine’s 1+1 cooks up local version of The Taste
Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1 is to produce a local version of Nigella Lawson and Anthony Bourdain’s…
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Dominoes wants slice of online movie market
Pizza takeaway chain Domino’s Pizza is launching an online movie service in the UK after…
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FX strikes multiscreeen deal with Sky
Fox International Channels’ general entertainment channel FX is to launch shows including The Walking Dead…
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ABC developing Israeli comedy Your Family or Mine
ABC is remaking Israeli comedy Your Family Or Mine, marking the latest series from the…
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NBC reformatting Up All Night from single-cam to multi-camera
US network NBC is reformatting Christina Applegate-fronted single camera comedy series Up All Night to…
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E! orders reality series following The Saturdays
US cable network E! has ordered a reality series following British pop group The Saturdays….
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eOne closes raft of post-MIPCOM deals
International producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has closed a raft of global programming deals…
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Microsoft to acquire Netflix: report
Technology company Microsoft is considering the acquisition of online video service Netflix, according to a…
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Mark Cuban to headline Natpe
Mark Cuban is to lead the A-list names at international television market Natpe as the…
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Malaysia’s online service Maxman acquires international series
Malaysian online video service Maxman has struck a raft of programming deals with international distributors…
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Ukraine’s talent format Go Dance! to be remade in China
Ukrainian talent format Go Dance! is to be remade in China after Star Media inked…
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ITV launches rentals on Player
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has relaunched its online video service ITV Player, which now allows…
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ABC gives full season orders to The Neighbors, Scandal
US network ABC has given full season orders to comedy The Neighbors and freshman political…
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Horror Channel picks up scary foreign titles
CBS Chello Zone UK has acquired a raft of international horror series and movies as…