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Stewart Clarke
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BBC to stream Shakespeare globally
The BBC will live-stream a Bollywood-flavoured version of Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night’s Dream later…
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Altice launches studios division
French free and pay TV operator Altice has unveiled plans to invest further in content…
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NBCU formats boss exits
David Mortimer, the NBCUniversal exec brought into to spearhead international formats growth, is leaving the…
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Sony poaches UK sales exec from Warner Bros.
Sony’s distribution arm has hired Dee Robertson for a UK and Ireland role, with the…
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Congé joins expanding Go-N
Marie Congé has joined French producer and distributor Go-N. The announcement she will join the Paris-based…
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Mythbusters team prep Netflix show
The producer and several of the team from the popular popular science series Mythbusters are…
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More broadcasters anoint The Young Pope
A raft of broadcasters including HBO in central and eastern Europe and Fox in the…
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Veteran producer to run BBC Natural History
The BBC has appointed veteran producer Julian Hector as head of its respected Natural History…
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Love Nature, WWF strike 4K content partnership
4K SVOD service LoveNature has inked a content deal with The World Wide Fund for…
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Australia’s Flame sets up in Wales
Australian producer and distributor Flame has set up Wildflame, a Wales-based factual prodco. The new…
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Kids still gravitate to linear TV
Linear TV is still the most popular way for kids to consume video content, according…
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Boomerang hires for new drama office
Lagardère-backed Spanish producer Grupo Boomerang has opened a new drama unit in Chile, bringing on…
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Planet of the Apps goes to Lightspeed
Venture capital business Lightspeed has come on board Apple original series Planet of the Apps….
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Boat Rocker staffs up distribution
Fast-growing producer and distributor Boat Rocker has staffed up its rights division, adding execs including…
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Netflix subs ‘won’t pay more’ than US$15
A large proportion of North American Netflix subs would not pay more than US$15 for…
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Alix Wiseman joins 9 Story
Long-serving Aardman sales chief Alix Wiseman has taken a new business development and acquisitions role…
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Walking Dead on-demand for Sky Germany
Sky’s German operation has extended its programming deal with the channels arm of Fox, and…
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Former Canal+ streaming boss resurfaces at Fox
Former Canal+ streaming boss Manuel Alduy has joined Fox and will head up the studio’s…
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Sky, C4 buy into Frank brothers’ digital platform
UK-based pay TV company Sky and commercial broadcaster Channel 4 have both bought into Dial…
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Netflix preps Amanda Knox, Werner Herzog docs
Netflix will launch four new docs at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, including…
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Channel 4, Corus Hunting Nazi Treasure
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and Corus Entertainment’s Canadian History channel have ordered Hunting Nazi Treasure,…
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Viacom corporate crisis weighs on confidence
Moody’s has said the outlook for Viacom is now negative, citing weak results and an…
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Welling gets new role at Discovery
Discovery Communications’ central and eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa channels boss, Paul Welling, has…
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Hulu ditches free service, Yahoo steps in
Hulu is canning its ad-supported streaming and catch-up service, with a chunk of its free…
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Show of the week: Ciao Darwin
Arabelle Pouliot-Di Crescenzo, Kabo International’s managing director, says she first saw Ciao Darwin over a…
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Discovery counts cost of Brexit
Discovery Communications has revealed that the Brexit vote has slowed down its international business, but…
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Bell restructures TV as Vivolo exits
Canadian telco Bell has restructured the exec team at TV operations in the wake of…
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WildBear hires Erson from Essential
Australian factual producer and distributor WildBear Entertainment has recruited veteran exec Alan Erson as its…
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Discovery buys into Chinese MCN
Discovery has acquired a stake in VS Media, a Chinese multichannel network business. The MCN…
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Show of the week: Borderline
With immigration policy in the headlines, Borderline takes a humorous look a the day-to-day lives…