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Stewart Clarke
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Reality TV king Thom Beers moving into scripted programming
Reality TV supremo Thom Beers is moving into scripted programming and has lined up projects…
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Cineflix poaches Vlad Wolynetz to run scripted production
The scripted division of producer and distributor Cineflix has recruited Vlad Wolynetz as president of…
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Jana Bennett unveils plans for BBC Earth Channel and Lonely Planet blocks
BBC Worldwide’s Jana Bennett will unveil plans later today to launch a full-fledged natural history…
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People to meet: Patrick Jucaud
Patrick Jucaud founded Discop and the Budapest version of the market has now been running…
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Sky nabs UK rights to Glee under life of series deal with Fox
UK pay TV broadcaster Sky has confirmed that is has wrested UK rights to Fox…
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UK sci-fi series Misfits to debut on Hulu
Online TV platform Hulu has acquired the rights to UK sci-fi drama series Misfits and…
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In response to Wayne Dearing’s Viewpoint
Paul Robinson, CEO of KidsCo counters Wayne Dearings’ recent TBI comment piece ‘The dangers of…
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Sky will increase UK programming spend to £600m
BSkyB last night pledged to increase the amount it spends on UK-originated original programming by…
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Banijay takes rights to new gameshow from Electus
Production and distribution group Banijay International has picked up French and Scandi production rights to…
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Roma Khanna to run TV at MGM
MGM has tapped Roma Khanna to run its TV and digital division. Khanna was running…
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The dangers of drawing on subsidy
Wayne Dearing, founder and managing director, Top Draw Animation says that new subsidies available in…
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Cablevision approves AMC Networks spin-off
Cablevision has approved the spin-off of its US and international cable networks into a separate…
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Microsoft launching Xbox TV this year
Microsoft has confirmed that it will launch a live TV service on the Xbox in…
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Electus shops reality series Mob Wives around the world
Ben Silverman’s production and distribution company Electus has shopped Mob Wives to several international broadcasters….
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Canada’s CTV buys raft of drama for fall schedule
Fresh from last week’s LA Screenings, the reshuffled management team at Canadian free-to-air broadcaster CTV…
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Shine hires BocaBoca’s Macarena Rey to run new Iberian division
News Corp-owned Shine has recruited Macarena Rey from Spanish production company BocaBoca and she will…
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Discovery hires Stuart Pearson to run programming across CEE
Discovery has poached Stuart Pearson from UK IPTV service BT Vision to run its programming…
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Zig Zag cuts deals with Yoshimoto
UK indie Zig Zag has struck an agreement with Japanese entertainment company Yoshimoto Creative Agency,…
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Bunim/Murray scouring Israel for formats
Bunim/Murray has inked a first-look deal with Israel’s The Operating Room and is looking for…
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MTG inks pan-Scandi deal with Fox
Modern Times Group has agreed a four-year programming deal with Fox. The deal gives the…
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Broadcasters get on board The Biggest Gameshow in the World
CCTV, Channel One and others have come on board The Biggest Gameshow in the World….
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Globomedia joins Newen’s formats network
Globomedia, has joined the recently-created formats distribution network created by French media company Newen. Newen,…
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GKTV, Valhalla and FX pact for pirate drama
The creators of The Walking Dead and Camelot are joining forces to produce a series…
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Tom Toumazis’ Endemol exit confirmed
The departure of Endemol chief commercial officer Tom Toumazis was confirmed this morning. Toumazis will…
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NBC Universal strikes Matchbox deal
NBC Universal has taken a majority stake in Australian production company Matchbox Pictures. Matchbox was…
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Entertainment One ups revenues, preps acquisitions
Producer and distributor Entertainment One upped revenue and profit in the year to end-March and…
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Buyer’s Eye View: Sarah Wright
Sarah Wright is controller of acquisitions, entertainment, BSkyB. She buys for Sky1 HD, Sky Living…
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What’s hot this year…
John Peek of the Tape Consultancy runs the rule over this year’s new shows… Once…
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BBC Worldwide shops series to HBO Lat-Am, confirms 2011 Rio Showcase
BBC Worldwide has sold a package of content to HBO Latin America and announced the…
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ITV poaches Eyeworks exec to run Swedish producer Silverback
UK-based producer and distributor ITV Studios has poached Eyeworks’ creative director Hans Engholm to run…