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Stewart Clarke
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CraveTV orders Indian Detective original
Canadian SVOD service CraveTV has ordered Russell Peters is the Indian Detective, its second original…
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Sony backs Dragonslayer indie
Sony is backing Blueprint Television, the new foray into TV by film production company Blueprint…
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CBS, TF1, Global, eOne team for Spotnitz drama
A host of international broadcasters are joining forces on Ransom, a new drama series about…
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Zodiak, Endemol Shine join Armoza’s Famiglia
Zodiak Fiction has optioned comedy series La Famiglia for France, and Endemol Shine has taken…
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8, 9, 10, Telemundo
Luis Silberwasser took charge of Telemundo in late 2014 and has set about revolutionising its…
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NBCU launches reality SVOD on Foxtel
NBCUniversal has launched its reality TV SVOD service Hayu in Australia. Hayu has rolled out…
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Universal Television names president
Pearlena Igbokwe has taken the reins at Universal Television, NBC’s cable and broadcast production arm….
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Lynton takes charge in Sony TV restructure
Sony has confirmed the departure of its TV chief Steve Mosko and unveiled a new…
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Discovery preps Everest search and rescue
Discovery has ordered a series looking at the work of the search and rescue team…
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UK and Kiwi producers join forces
Producers in the UK and New Zealand will work together more closely after Pact and…
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Steve Mosko leaving Sony
Sony Pictures Television boss Steve Mosko is leaving after more than two decades at the…
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Channel 4 buys into Barcroft
Channel 4 has bought a stake in multiplatform content company Barcroft. The UK broadcaster has…
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Fremantle buys into Top Gear alum’s new prodco
FremantleMedia has made another indie investment, this time backing Wild Blue Media, a start up…
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Shari Redstone ‘does not want to run Viacom’
The bitter dispute between the Redstones and several directors of Viacom is rumbling on, with…
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Remedy hires Tiffin from NBCU indie
UK prodco Remedy has recruited Matt Tiffin as head of entertainment. The new recruit joins…
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BBC iPlay ‘could boost UK kids sector’
An ‘iPlay’ digital platform, which would see the BBC and outside partners establish an online…
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Shonda Rhimes centre stage at MIPCOM
US super-producer Shonda Rhimes will be the Personality of the Year at this year’s MIPCOM….
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New launch for PCCW’s Asian Netflix rival
Asian OTT service Viu has launched in Indonesia, as its streaming rival Netflix experiences problems…
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Lagardère prodco brings in Gaston
Lagardère has recruited Bruno Gaston to run its prodco Maximal. He has been running Lagardère’s…
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TV4 hires new ENT boss
TV4 has brought in Sanny Ekstrand to run its digital entertainment division ENT. Taking over…
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Telegraaf and Talpa prep OTT channels
Dutch publisher and media group Telegraaf Media Groep and ITV-owned producer and distributor Talpa have…
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HBO Europe’s Umbre heads to Hulu
HBO Europe original series Umbre has been acquired by on-demand service Hulu in the US….
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ITV and Hulu team for brothel drama
UK broadcaster ITV and US streaming service Hulu are joining forces to make Harlots, a…
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MGM ups sales execs
MGM has promoted two of its international distribution team. Deblina Chakrabarty and Guro Viddal have…
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Apple looked at Time Warner, linked to Netflix
Tech giant Apple considered a move for its media counterpart Time Warner, according to the…
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C5 orders bike series Tour De Celeb
Channel 5 has greenlit Tour De Celeb, an entertainment series that will see celebrities training…
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Netflix: ‘quota won’t boost Euro production’
Netflix has said it is already investing in European content, and that the introduction of…
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Google pulls away from Disney as largest media owner
Google remains the biggest media owner in the world and has extended its lead over…
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Peaky Blinders gets two-season BBC deal
The BBC has placed a new two-season order for British gangster series Peaky Blinders. The…
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Redstone appoints Dauman board replacement
Sumner Redstone has appointed two new members to the board of his family trust in…