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Stewart Clarke
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Major restructure at Australia’s ABC
The ABC is implementing a wide-ranging restructure that will see all programming responsibility come under…
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DQ Entertainment taken off AIM
Producer and distributor DQ Entertainment has ceased trading on the AIM exchange. A regulatory announcement…
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Tricon bringing Satan to Cannes
Tricon Films & Television will launch a trio of new docs at MIPTV including Satan…
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Alcuni shopping Mini Pet Pals in Cannes
The sequel to the popular kids series Pet Pals will launch internationally at MIPTV next…
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BBCWW bringing DJ Avicii to MIPTV
Superstar DJ Avicii will be at MIPTV to promote music doc Stories. The one-off doc…
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Tricon staffs up for factual, kids
Canada-based Tricon Films & Television has hired three execs for its factual and kids business….
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Lineup inks deal with Forman’s Critical Content
Tom Forman’s new firm Critical Content has optioned two formats from Lineup Industries, one of…
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Africa boss exits in latest MTG restructure
MTG’s African CEO is exiting amid the latest round of changes at the Sweden-listed broadcasting…
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Five execs upped at Silverman’s Electus
The distribution arm of Ben Silverman’s IAC-backed content company Electus has promoted five of its…
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Endemol Shine launching Fox’s Turkish drama
Endemol Shine International is launching buzzy Turkish drama Intersection at MIPTV, and the three leads…
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Autentic to bringing Mafia Queens to market
German distributor Autentic will launch doc series Mafia Queens and Children of Dictators at MIPDoc and…
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Amazon snags Doctor Who rights
Amazon has bagged exclusive US streaming rights to Doctor Who, the iconic UK sci-fi series….
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MTG’s Viaplay adds EST model for new film releases
Modern Times Group (MTG) is adding an electronic sell through (EST) option to Viaplay, allowing…
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Televisa bags Top Gear, Doctor Who for SVOD
Televisa has snagged a raft of BBC programming for its recently-launched SVOD service Blim. The…
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Europe’s ad market recovers, internet to overtake TV
Global advertising revenues will increase this year and Europe’s crisis-hit countries are recovering, according to…
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Show of the week: Private Eyes
Private Eyes is something of an antidote to the slew of high-concept, highly serialised drama…
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Sky launches virtual reality studio
Sky has announced a major new commitment to developing virtual reality content, including the creation…
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Sky launching basic tier Premier League net
Sky is launching Sky Sports Mix, a new basic tier channel that will have some…
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Former Fox, Nat Geo sales exec to Red Arrow
Red Arrow International has recruited Shirley Bowers as its VP of sales and acquisitions for…
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Hulu scoops exclusive Curious George
Hulu has netted an exclusive deal for kids show Curious George. The deal gives the…
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Astro launches Asian Netflix rival
Asian pay TV giant Astro has launched Tribe, a new ‘mobile-first’ OTT service for consumers…
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MTG restructure continues
Modern Times Group (MTG) has unveiled a new financial reporting structure as part of its…
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Damon, Affleck making mobile competition series
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are making The Runner, a competition series for mobile platforms…
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Series based on Heathers movie in the works
TV Land has ordered a pilot of Heathers, a series based on the movie of…
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MCN 2btube poaches HBO exec
Hugo Tapia has joined MCN 2btube as its Mexican country manager. He joins from HBO…
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Netflix threat to UK pay TV ‘overplayed’
Take up of video-on-demand services in the UK is tracking at 20% of the population,…
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Free TV Lifetime launching in Turkey
Lifetime is launching as a free-to-air channel in Turkey at the end of next month….
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Industry expects more B2C, TV Everywhere
A survey of industry experts has show the vast majority expect to see more direct-to-consumer…
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French distributors launch major screening service
TV France International has launched a new online screening and information service, Screenopsis. TVFI, the…
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Sky buys J-Lo’s NBC cop series
Sky has acquired Shades of Blue, the US cop thriller starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray…