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Stewart Clarke
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Exclusive: Reliance pacts with CAA to fund US network dramas
India’s Reliance, whose investments include DreamWorks and a string of Hollywood development deals including Imagine…
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Shine folds US interests into Shine Americas
Shine USA and Reveille have been folded into a single unit, Shine Americas. The US…
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All3Media picks up rights to Channel 4 property makeover show
All3Media International has picked up the international rights to UK broadcaster Channel 4’s makeover show…
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Paul Robinson resurfaces at Andy Heyward’s A Squared
Former KidsCo boss Paul Robinson has been appointed president of A Squared Elxsi International, the…
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BBC prepping Project Barcelona paid-for download service
The BBC plans to launch a paid for download service, enabling viewers to purchase programmes…
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Walmart and US studios team for disc-to-digital service
US retail chain Walmart and five Hollywood studios are launching a $2 dollar service that…
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Lionsgate and Thunderbird team for TV
Lionsgate and Thunderbird Films are jointly creating a new TV production unit, Sea To Sky…
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Raft of pre-MIPTV program sales for A+E
A+E Networks has inked new deals for series including Beyond Scared Straight, Dance Moms, Monster…
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CBS named the top distributor in Europe
CBS was the most prolific programme seller in European territories last year. The distribution division…
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Hell on Wheels
The show: Hell on Wheels (season two)The producers: Entertainment One (eOne), Endemol USA, Nomadic PicturesThe…
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Sky’s HBO-programmed channel launching in Germany
Sky Deutschland will launch a local version of drama network Sky Atlantic HD in May….
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J:Com expands original production effort with Asmik Ace
Jupiter Telecommunications is expanding into original TV production with the acquisition of producer and distributor…
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UK’s Channel 4 launches catch-up channel
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is launching a new channel programmed with content it has aired…
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FremantleMedia results lift RTL
FremantleMedia’s strong 2011 lifted the results of its parent company RTL. The production and distribution…
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FremantleMedia remaking Prisoner Cell Block H
Prisoner Cell Block H is being remade 25 years after the original hit drama launched….
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Gaumont staffs up international TV division
Gaumont International Television has made a number of senior executive hires. The the LA and…
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The L.A. Complex
The show: The L.A. ComplexThe producers: Epitome Pictures with Bell MediaThe distributor: Echo Bridge Entertainment…
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Sony buys Daisy Goodwin’s prodco Silver River
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has acquired a majority stake in UK indie producer Silver River….
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ITV’s international business increases sales
ITV’s international business has registered increased overall profit and revenue driven by a raft of…
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Target goes into administration
UK-based distributor Target Entertainment has been put into administration by its owners Metrodome. TBIvision broke…
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Viacom airs six-year deal for six channels in Turkey
MTV will relaunch on the Digiturk pay TV service in Turkey in a six-year carriage…
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Germany’s SevenOne sells The Last Cop into France
German distributor SeveonOne International has sold its drama series The Last Cop to Direct 8,…
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#16: 1600 Penn (NBC)
The US networks are deep into development season and have spent the past few weeks…
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UK retailer Currys launching TV and movies streaming service
UK consumer electronics retail chain Currys is launching a streaming video service under the Knowhow…
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Sky orders Channel 4 pilot Chickens to full series
Pay TV channel Sky 1 HD has picked up Chickens, the comedy series previously piloted…
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Netflix inks content deal with the Weinsteins
Netflix has inked a programming deal with the Weinstein Group. The content streaming and delivery…
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Sparks Network creating drama division with Ludo Poppe investment
Ludo Poppe has bought into Sparks Network, which will now create a dedicated scripted division….
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ABC Kids shakes up commissioning team as de Jong departs
ABC TV has hired Chris Rose from Hit Entertainment to run its animation department. The…
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BBC inks programming deal with Hulu
Hulu Japan has struck a volume deal with BBC Worldwide, the international arm of the…
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US Cable upfronts 2012: Syfy launching three new series
US cable network Syfy is launching three new unscripted series. The NBC Universal channel’s spring…