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Stewart Clarke
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UK’s creative industry ‘can lead post-Brexit growth’
The UK’s creative businesses can lead economic growth in a post-Brexit Britain, according to the…
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New Objective prodco builds team
Panda Television, the new UK prodco that is part of All3Media’s Objective Media Group, has…
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Baywatch to Pop onto US cable
US cable net Pop has done a deal for classic lifeguard drama Baywatch. Pop, which…
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Lethal Weapon puts US TV back in ITV primetime
ITV has bought the film-to-TV series adaptation of Lethal Weapon, a major deal that marks…
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Steve Macallister leaves All3Media
All3Media’s International CEO Steve Macallister has left the company, TBI has learned. Macallister is a…
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TV business needs ‘total overhaul’ to combat Netflix
Traditional content creators and channels need to totally overhaul their businesses if they want to…
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Lionsgate buys $4.4bn Starz
Lionsgate has acquired premium cable net Starz for US$4.4 billion. The deal had long been…
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RTL’s Nitro buys new Top Gear
RTL has acquired the Top Gear reboot for its digital channel RTL Nitro. The deal…
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CBeebies, Zodiak execs launch kids prodco
Jon Hancock and David Hallam have created a new Manchester- based kids indie, Three Arrows…
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UK soap Corrie adds extra weekly ep
Coronation Street, the UK’’s longest running soap, will run for six days a week from…
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Sky buys James Corden’s US talkshow
Sky has snagged UK rights to The Late Late Show with James Corden. The late…
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Federation scoops rights to cybercrime drama
Federation Entertainment, the producer and distributor behind Netflix’s Marseille, has scooped the rights to Unit…
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SABC boss resigns, slams ‘corrosive’ b’caster
The acting head of the SABC, Jimi Matthews, has resigned, saying there is a “corrosive…
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Eastern Europe ‘wakes up’ to OTT
A leading media analyst has said that eastern Europe has ‘woken up’ to OTT and…
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NATPE: RTL commits to drama, dismisses Netflix
Hungary’s largest commercial broadcaster plans to ramp up its local drama efforts in the wake…
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Fox scoops UK Wolf Creek as Outcast goes big
Fox UK has bought Wolf Creek, the Australian series based on the eponymous horror movie…
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Brexit: what does it mean for kids TV?
The kids TV business is starting to weigh the impact of Britain’s pending European Union…
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NATPE: better in Budapest
The NATPE Budapest 2016 Market & Content Summit, which launches today, is J.P. Bommel’s first…
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Discovery hedges against Brexit impact
US-listed Discovery Communications has said its programme of currency hedging will insulate it from the…
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UK-licensed channels weigh Brexit impact
UK-licensed European channels face a period of uncertainty after last night’s Brexit vote, according to…
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YouTube orders first SVOD drama original
YouTube has ordered a series adaptation of the Step Up movie for its Red service,…
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1+1, Kvartal prep Ukrainian JV network
Ukrainian production outfit Kvartal 95 has teamed up with commercial broadcaster 1+1 Media to launch…
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Worldwide exec gets top BBC entertainment role
Kate Phillips has been named as Mark Linsey’s replacement as controller, entertainment commissioning, at UK…
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Viacom makes 100-country direct-to-consumer BET
Viacom is launching BET as a direct-to-consumer streaming service in 100 countries. BET Play is…
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Former BBC Natural History exec forms prodco
Former BBC Natural History Unit boss Wendy Darke has launched True to Nature, a new…
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BBC racks up sales for new ITV Maigret
BBC Worldwide has sold the new TV adaptations of the Maigret detective stories to a…
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New kids block launching on Irish TV
The 3e free TV channel will launch a new kids block and has acquired series…
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Amazon, Netflix set for Gridiron competition
Amazon is preparing to launch All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals, a…
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Starz ups Hirsch and Weil
Starz has appointed Jeffrey Hirsch COO, handing him some of the responsibilities that sat with…
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Netflix US ‘overtakes’ YouTube
Netflix is now the most watched on-demand video service in the US, beating YouTube into…