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Stewart Clarke
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Breakthrough moves into movies
Breakthrough Entertainment has launched a dedicated feature film unit. Marina Cordoni will head the new…
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US network ABC sets up Times Square Studios
ABC has set up a new programming unit, Times Square Studios. It will oversee the…
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Google gives YouTube a TV-like makeover
Google has launched a new design for YouTube, offering viewers access to a range of…
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ITV Studios backs start-up UK indie producer Noho
ITV Studios is backing a new UK drama production company, Noho Film and TV. The…
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Chris Pye sets up formats company Blue Touch
Ex-Sony and BBC executive Chris Pye has set up a formats company, Blue Touch TV,…
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BBC launches iPlayer in Canada
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of British public broadcaster the BBC, has launched its online…
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FremantleMedia cuts format deal with Japanese broadcaster Asahi
FremantleMedia has inked a development deal with Asahi and will develop and distribute the Japanese…
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FremantleMedia shopping Bindi Irwin gameshow internationally
FremantleMedia Enterprises is selling a new gameshow fronted by the late Steve Irwin’s daughter Bindi….
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Lionsgate and Summit in merger talks
Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment have started talks about a potential merger. The independent Hollywood studios…
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A+E cuts Polish deal for History and C&I
Polish pay TV provider Cyfrowy Polsat is adding channels from A+E Networks UK to its…
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Mediaset makes move for Endemol
Mediaset and Clessidra have submitted a joint bid for Endemol. Pier Silvio Berlusconi, vice chairman…
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Paul Robinson exiting KidsCo
TBIvision understands that Paul Robinson, managing director of the KidsCo kids channel is in the…
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Notional making adventure cooking series for BBC America
IAC-backed production company Notional is making a series for BBC America, No Kitchen Required, a…
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Ice-TV inks deal for Asia’s Next Top Model
Ice-TV has inked a deal for an Asia-wide version of CBS Studio’s format Top Model….
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Netflix and Fox revive Arrested Development
Video streaming and delivery service Netflix is teaming with Fox to bring back comedy series…
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Shine picks up rights to new Scandi drama Real Humans
News Corp-owned Shine Group has taken international rights to Real Humans, the latest dark drama…
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Vivendi committed to Canal+; talks up Bolloré, TVN deals
French conglomerate Vivendi has said that it is committed to retaining premium channel operator and…
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Lovefilm opens new pay TV window with Warner
Lovefilm is to open an exclusive second pay TV window with Warner Bros in the…
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MGM channels boss Bruce Tuchman takes over at AMC and Sundance
Longstanding MGM channels chief Bruce Tuchman has left the studio to head up the international…
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ABC and Warner Bros. deal rewrites digital distribution rules
ABC and Warner Bros. have inked a new digital distribution deal that allows the network…
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Titanic and Prime Suspect sales give ITV a boost
ITV will outperform the wider TV advertising market in 2011, but remains cautious on its…
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Focus on Spain: US listing for Pocoyo producer Zinkia
Zinkia, the Spanish producer of hit animated series Pocoyo, is listing on the New York…
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Exclusive: Al Jazeera dismisses JCC kid’s channel chief and senior staff
The general manager and a swathe of senior staff at the Al Jazeera Children’s channel…
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Exclusive: DreamWorks remaking Spanish cancer drama for ABC
US network ABC is adapting Spanish cancer drama The Red Band Society after striking a…
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Steve Grieder leaves Nickelodeon
Steve Grieder has left Nickelodeon and his position will not be filled, TBIvision understands. Grieder…
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BBC relaxes iPlayer provisions in VOD syndication rules
The BBC has today proposed new rules governing how its content can be used by…
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Focus on Spain: Imagina sailing The Boat into the US
Spanish producer and distributor Imagina is in talks to adapt its hit series The Boat…
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Exclusive: Cuatro readies local version of All3Media’s The Cube
Telecinco-owned Cuatro is to air a local version of All3Media gameshow The Cube, TBIvision has…
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The CW buys Israeli time-travel comedy Danny Hollywood
US broadcast network The CW has acquired Danny Hollywood, a time-travel comedy series based on…
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Zodiak shopping doc and interview with Michael Jackson’s doctor
Distributor Zodiak Rights is selling a one-off documentary about Michael Jackson’s doctor and an accompanying…