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Stewart Clarke
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MTV playing it for laughs in the Middle East
MTV is opening a production hub in Abu Dhabi to produce comedy content for the…
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Fremantle gets cooking with Kiwi chef Annabel Langbein
FremantleMedia Enterprises is producing a new cookery show for New Zealand public broadcaster TVNZ and…
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RDF launches commercial digital arm Contact
UK indie producer and distributor RDF has launched a new digital and commercial division, Contact….
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Shine forced to rename Just Dance after spat with Ubisoft
Shine has been forced to rename its primetime dance show Just Dance after a legal…
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Warner Bros to launch entertainment channel in Asia
Warner Bros is launching general entertainment channel WarnerTV across Asia. The network will launch at…
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Big budget fiction on the menu for Canal Plus
When French pay TV broadcaster Canal+ launched on November 4, 1984, it was designed to…
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Studio 100 will follow Maya with Heidi and Vicky remakes
Kids producer and distributor Studio 100 is on the remake trail and will produce CGI…
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E! going local in Asia
Comcast International Media Group, which operates channels including E! Entertainment and Style, is embarking on…
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FremantleMedia and TV1 start Killing Time
FremantleMedia Australia is producing Australian drama series Killing Time for pay TV channel TV1. The…
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Epix launches with free offer but limited distribution
Epix launches in the US today with limited distribution but a three-day free viewing pass…
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Stargate Universe
The show: Stargate Universe The producer: MGM Studios The distributor: MGM Worldwide Television Concept: Latest…
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Stolper and Reveille form Wikkid partnership
Stella Stolper and Reveille have formed a new production outfit, Wikkid Entertainment. Stolper is the…
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Silverman’s Electus to be a cornerstone of Diller’s move into production
Barry Diller’s programming joint venture with Ben Silverman will be a cornerstone of a push…
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HandMade launches kids division, looking for content
British film company HandMade Films has launched a joint venture with National Geographic Kids Entertainment…
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Canadaâs Rogers buys into Eisnerâs Vuguru
Canadian media company Rogersis buying into Michael Eisner’s digital production arm Vuguru. Last month Eisner…
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Disney’s Baby Einstein refunds sparks war of words
Disney-owned Baby Einstein is offering refunds to parents who have bought its DVDs in the…
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Nickelodeon buys US$60m Turtles
4Kids Entertainment and The Mirage Group have sold the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Viacom-owned…
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Zinkia launch Pocoyo-branded virtual world
Spanish producer Zinkia has launched Pocoyo World, an online virtual world for kids based on…
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Gedeon sells UNICEF series around the world
France-based factual producer and distributor Gedeon Programmes has sold documentary series Portraits-Self Portraits to a…
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Fox creates new digital content arm
Hollywood studio Fox has created a new digital arm, Fox Digital Studios (FDS), and appointed…
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Boomerang buys Welsh indie Indus
UK independent producer Boomerang Plus has acquired Indus Films, the Wales-based indie producer of high-end…
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Shane Brennan on NCIS Los Angeles
Shane Brennan is the executive producer of NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles, the spin-off from…
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TV ad revenues to rebound in 2010
Issuing its latest forecasts for the global advertising industry, analysts at ZenithOptimedia noted that 2009…
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DCD seals deals for Last Chance to See and other factual shows
Several broadcasters have picked up Stephen Fry fronted factual series Last Chance to See. UK-based…
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AETN weighs Lifetime launches
Having taken full control of the US cable channel, A&E is preparing to launch Lifetime…
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Off the Fence opening up shop in Germany
Off the Fence is opening a German office, COO Darrell James has told TBIvision. The…
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ITV orders series and pilot from Studio Lambert
UK broadcaster ITV has greenlit a factual-entertainment three-parter and a pilot from Stephen Lambert’s production…
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CBS fleshes out UK channel plans
US studio CBS will launch its branded UK channels in November and will also rebrand…
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David Goyer Flashes Forward
David S. Goyer is producing Flash Forward for ABC in the US. The show generated…
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France’s Banijay buys Nordisk
French producer and distributor Banijay Entertainment has bought Nordisk Film TV, the Nordic super-indie. Banijay…