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Stewart Clarke
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Brogi gets Fox job, restructures distribution
Gina Brogi has taken the top job Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and implemented a…
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ZDF orders Professor T drama remake
German broadcaster ZDF has ordered a German version of Professor T., the Belgian cop drama….
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ITV links with Talpa for another show
UK broadcaster has greenlit quiz format Five Gold Rings, its latest project with Talpa, the Dutch…
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Ex-StudioCanal exec replaces Audio Network boss
Music licensing business Audio Network has hired Robb Smith as CEO, with the former MGM,…
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Fox will transmit The F Word live on air
Fox has ordered Gordon Ramsay format The F Word and will put the US broadcast…
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ITV Studios shakes up entertainment team
ITV Studios has upped Tom McLennan to director of entertainment, North, handing him a new…
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Long Lost Family format finds new home
Finnish free-TV broadcaster Nelonen has ordered a local version of Long Lost Family, the Dutch-originated…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: The rights fight
Getting the right rights at the right price. That’s the challenge for distributors in a…
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Former AMC int’l chief: ‘niche SVOD is the future’
Niche SVOD services will continue to gain ground in a world where launching new linear…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: Brexit and consolidation
Distribution is an international business, so it was not surprising that the execs TBI has…
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Former Sky exec opens VR Factory
Former Sky Arts and Sky 3D boss John Cassy has launched Factory 42, a new…
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Viacom poaches BBC exec for UK kids role
Viacom has hired Sarah Muller to run its kids programming at Channel 5. The new…
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BBCWW ups stake in War and Peace prodco
BBC Worldwide now owns 49% of Lookout Point after buying up more of the War…
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Callender’s Playground ups two
Colin Callender’s drama prodco Playground has upped Scott Huff (left) and Elsye Dolbec (below right),…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: SVOD boom, stacking issues?
Netflix and its streaming counterparts have shaken up the traditional TV market in an unprecedented…
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BBC sells Bake Off format ahead of MIPCOM push
BBC Worldwide has registered new sales for The Great Bake Off ahead of a sales…
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Mondo sets up Tenerife production hub
Kids producer and distributor Mondo TV has set up a new production outpost in Santa…
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Amazon buys more Indian content ahead of launch
Amazon has acquired more local movies ahead launching its streaming service in India later this…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: Market growth?
Having drilled into the kids and scripted businesses in depth in previous surveys, TBI has…
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BBC launches first TV Everywhere service
BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Player, a branded TV Everywhere service in partnership with Singaporean…
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016, part I
TBI has surveyed distributors around the world to tap into the issues impacting their business,…
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Amazon UK picks up BBC kids series
Amazon has acquired the new version of CBeebies kids series Teletubbies for its streaming service….
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BBC in Deep Water with Australian drama deal
BBC Four has prebought Australian crime drama Deep Water. The four-parter launches on SBS as…
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Amazon gets local movies ahead of India launch
Amazon has inked a deal with Indian movie producer and distributor Dharma, giving it a…
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Keshet staffs up London office
Keshet International has hired international TV veteran Anke Stoll and hired Rose Hughes as senior…
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Critical picks up German TNT drama
Critical Content has taken international rights to The Valley, the murder mystery drama that played…
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NBCU closing Tellycopter in unscripted rejig
NBCUniversal is set to close its central development unit Tellycopter as part of a wider…
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BBC plots Mrs Brown’s Boys spin-off
UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned a pilot of All Round to Mrs Browns, an…
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Bodle buys back Power
Justin Bodle has bought Power, handing his new company the production and distribution business he…
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BBC starts putting shows out to tender
The BBC is putting some of its key series out to tender as part of…