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Stewart Clarke
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Simon Andreae’s Naked ambition
Ahead of MIPCOM, former Optomen, Fox and Discovery exec Simon Andreae tells Stewart Clarke about…
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Evil Killers let loose on Sky channel
Pick, the UK free-to-air channel run by pay TV specialist Sky, has greenlit two true…
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Vivendi’s Guess My Age heads to Germany
Vivendi’s formats division, Vivendi Entertainment, has shopped its Guess My Age format to ARD in…
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Reed takes MIP into China
The organisers of MIPCOM are launching MIP China Hangzhou, a new programming market that will…
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Night Manager wins Emmy, prodco hires Wolkoff
The Night Manager scooped a second Emmy last night (Sunday), with Susanne Bier getting the…
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MacLellan upped in NBCU restructure
NBCUniversal has given Kevin MacLellan has taken on an expanded role at is international business…
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Show of the Week: The Fashion Hero
The world of TV is well-stocked with fashion series and formats, but where The Fashion…
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MTG moves into kids TV
The Modern Times Group has commissioned The Big Experiment, its first original kids series. The…
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ITV renews deals for Got Talent, The X Factor
ITV has renewed its deals for talent series The X Factor and Got Talent for…
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A+E, YouTube added to MIPCOM Masterminds
Execs from A+E and YouTube have been added to the roster of Media Mastermind speakers…
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Sonar makes raft of distribution hires
Sonar Entertainment has expanded its distribution team, adding new execs from Sky Vision, Televisa and…
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TV companies join Sky in Drone Racing
A raft of international TV and media players have invested in the Drone Racing League….
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Layer3 taking on US pay TV giants
A new player is entering the US pay TV market and attempting to rival the…
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Netflix calls for probe on data caps
Netflix has called on the US FederalCommunications Commission (FCC) to investigate whether data caps imposed…
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Drive moves into distribution, strikes Netflix deal
TV funding specialist Drive has moved into distribution, launching a new division and striking a…
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Takis Candilis resurfaces at Banijay
Takis Candilis has resurfaced at Banijay a week after exiting Lagardère. The seasoned French TV…
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ITV hires French boss
ITV has recruited two execs from French prodco Adventure Line Productions to run ITV Studios…
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Sky buys into Drone Racing League
Sky has invested in the Drone Racing League and will televise its events on the…
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Showtime cable net cuts landmark Spanish deal
Movistar will be the exclusive Spanish home of Showtime series after the pay TV platform…
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Amazon serves up Novak Djokovic original
Amazon has ordered Novak, an original one-off doc about tennis champion Novak Djokovic. The Serb…
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IBC: NBCU plots Hayu expansion
NBCUniversal plans to launch its reality TV SVOD service Hayu in more international territories and…
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IBC: VR ‘two cycles’ away from mass market
The former CEO of Shine Group has told IBC delegates that VR is still several…
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Lagardère confirms replacement for Candilis
Lagardère has confirmed the exit of its TV chief, Takis Candilis, and the appointment of…
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BBCWW hires for Germany, France
BBC Worldwide has recruited a new sales exec to cover French and German speaking territories….
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History unearths 9/11 flag, plans special
US cable net History has helped recover an iconic missing flag that was seen as…
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BBC Films boss exits for Coogan’s Baby Cow
Christine Langan has been confirmed as the new boss of Baby Cow, the UK indie…
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Gibbons lands new role at Discovery
Discovery has appointed James Gibbons to a new role overseeing its commercial and creative efforts…
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Breakthrough takes rights to Silly Seasons
Canada-based producer and distributor Breakthrough has snagged North American rights to animated series Silly Seasons….
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Takis Candilis out at Lagardère
Longstanding Lagardère executive Takis Candilis has left the media giant, according to numerous reports out…
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French export revenues hit new high
International sales of French-originated content generated €164.2 million (US$183.4 million) last year, a new record….