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Stewart Clarke
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Bazalgette becomes non-exec chairman at Sony in the UK
Peter Bazalgette has become non-executive chairman of Sony Pictures Television’s UK production business. Bazalgette, ex-chief…
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Fremantle buys into another indie
FremantleMedia Enterprises has bought a minority stake in Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the UK indie producer set…
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Shine cuts raft of pre-MIP deals
ShineReveille International, the worldwide sales arm of the recently merged UK/US indie, has sold a…
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BBC shops kids series to CCTV
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public broadcaster the BBC, has sold its hit…
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NZ$15m content fund up for grabs after TVNZ Charter scrapped
The charter that governs the operation of Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ will be scrapped this…
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RDF USA sets up AFP arm with Omnicom
RDF USA is setting up an ad-funded content division with US brand management firm Omnicom….
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Generation Kill director Susanna White talks to TBI about the HBO Iraq war miniseries…
How did you get involved with Generation Kill? Company Pictures actually approached my agent to…
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Sony launching Strictly Vocal
Sony Pictures Television International is launching a new talent show format at MIP TV, Strictly…
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RTL cuts Warners output deal
Germany’s RTL has inked a multiyear output deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The deal…
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Cartoon Network and RTP buy Matt’s Monsters
Turner’s Cartoon Network Asia has picked up Alphanim’s animated 52x13mins series Matt’s Monsters. The Alphanim-Rai-Lanterna…
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MJTV branches out into L&M
French indie producer Moi j’aime la television (MJTV) is launching an in-house licensing and merchandizing…
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Warners shops Eleventh Hour to Living
UK pay TV channel Living has picked up Warners’ drama series Eleventh Hour. It has…
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NBC orders Road Trip from the BBC
NBC has ordered new BBC Worldwide format Great American Road Trip. The US network’s version,…
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Murdoch shakes up Fox ahead of Chernin departure
News Corp has restructured its Fox film and TV businesses ahead of the departure of…
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Nat Geo goes Inside Guantanamo
National Geographic Film and Television is bring a new, one-off film about the Guantanamo Bay…
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Channel 4 picks up Studio Lambert’s Ultimate Traveller
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a new show, Ultimate Traveller, from Stephen Lambert’s Studio…
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Axe hangs over ITV’s Kandola
Jay Kandola, director of acquisitions at ITV, has become the latest high profile executive at…
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BBC channels stock up on Worldwide-distributed series
BBC Worldwide’s channels division has acquired a raft of content distributed by its program sales…
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Taffy and MYP become Moonscoop ahead of US push
Kids companies Taffy and Mike Young Productions will be rebranded and come under the Moonscoop…
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Canal+ greenlights English-language drama
French broadcaster Canal+ has ordered its first ever one-hour English-language drama series, The Borgias. Canal+…
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Revolution options Red Riding follow-up 1984
Revolution Films, the independent film and television production company set up by Michael Winterbottom, has…
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Dori ups earnings, trimming costs
Dori Media’s revenues surged 70% in 2008 and the London-listed telenovela producer and distributor has…
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Fremantle buys Beers’ Original
RTL-backed production and distribution group FremantleMedia has acquired a 75% stake in Thom Beers’ production…
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Muprhy in as Sky’s program boss
BSkyB has appointed former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy as director of programmes for its pay…
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ITV in talks to put content on Hulu
ITV Global Content is in talks with Hulu and wants to put its programming on…
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David Smyth leaves Sky One, joins Fox
Sky One head of acquisitions David Smyth has left the pay broadcaster and has been…
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Disney flips Jetix France to Disney XD; others expected to follow
Disney is rebranding its boy-skewed Jetix channel in France as Disney XD. The name change…
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Germany’s Helping Hearts travels around Europe
German-originated format Helping Hearts has been picked up several European territories with distributor All3Media International…
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Jeff Collins sets up ContentFilm-backed indie
Ex-September Films exec and Bridezilla‘s showrunner Jeff Collins has set up his own indie, with…
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Hardie replaces Taylor as Jetix boss
John Hardie will fill the Jetix Europe CEO role vacated by Paul Taylor, who has…