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Sling TV adds $10 Cinemax
Cinemax has been added to Dish’s Sling TV streaming service. The HBO sister channel is…
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Busoli’s Formata to sell ITV formats
Formata has inked a deal with ITV Studios and will shop its formats in the…
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French doc sales for Terranoa
Terranoa, the distribution arm of French prodco Gedeon, has sold a raft of docs to…
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Twofour racks up Oz and Kiwi sales
UK-based Twofour Rights has shopped a raft of programming to buyers in Australia and New…
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Sarah Wright upped at Sky
Sarah Wright has been promoted at Sky and is now director of acquisitions at the…
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Analysts put ‘expensive’ Netflix in the spotlight
Analysts have said Netflix is an expensive proposition in most developing markets, and that it…
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StudioCanal staffs up London office
StudioCanal has added to its London-based sales team, poaching execs from All3Media, Shine Endemol Group…
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New hires for The Night Manager prodco
The Ink Factory has made a raft of hires as its John le Carré adaptation…
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108 Media gets Leeder for Asia push
108 Media has teamed up with Mike Leeder and the pair will work up new…
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Sky snags Coogan comedy The Trip
Sky has ordered a third season of The Trip in a move that will see…
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Hackers target Netflix
Cyber security firm Symantec has highlighted a growing problem with phishing attacks on Netflix accounts,…
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Syfy orders linear, digital and virtual reality drama
Pay TV net Syfy has ordered Halcyon, a futuristic cop drama that will go out…
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Corus to put Shaw deal to the vote
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has convened a special meeting at which shareholders will vote on its…
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Lego Star Wars series set for Disney
The US Disney XD channel is prepping a Lego Stars Wars toon series, Lego Star…
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Hulu captures 12 Monkeys
Hulu has acquired US streaming rights to Syfy series 12 Monkeys. The on-demand service has…
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BBC assembles team for Top Gear reboot
The BBC has announced the full team for its much-anticipated new Top Gear series. Describing…
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Netflix buys Beatles-inspired kids series
Netflix has acquired Beat Bugs, a new animated series that will feature covers of some…
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Connected devices push out TV in UK homes
The proliferation of connected devices mean that the TV is no longer the focal point…
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Thunderbirds are Go on Amazon
The reboot of classic kids series Thunderbirds has been acquired by Amazon, which will run…
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PayPal backs Netflix’s fight against VPNs
Electronic payments specialist PayPal has reportedly stopped processing payments to at least one virtual private…
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All3Media America poaches Lifetime’s Lederman
Nina Lederman has joined All3Media’s US operation in the newly-created role of executive VP, scripted…
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Bavaria poaches Tandem exec for int’l push
Bavaria Fernsehproduktion has poached Moritz Polter from Tandem, and the new recruit will lead an…
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HBO revamps CEE channels, third net launches
The European division of HBO is refreshing its channels line-up in the central and eastern…
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Starz to follow White Queen with White Princess
Starz has greenlit The White Princess, a follow-up to its successful War of the Roses…
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Long Lost Family turns up on TLC
TLC has ordered a local version of the Long Lost Family format. The US cable…
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US SVOD service lands Oz drama, Brit comedy
Acorn TV has picked up Australian legal drama Janet King: The Enemy Within and UK…
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Turner, Canal Digital ink channels, on-demand deal
Nordic pay TV platform Canal Digital has agreed a new carriage deal for Turner’s channels….
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NBCUniversal launches on-demand mini-novelas
NBCU is launching two shortform telenovelas on its Xfinity X1 streaming and interactive service. The…
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Formats buyers out as Sony closes office
Sony Pictures Television is closing its formats acquisition department, axing well-known buyers Lisette van Diepen and…
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Vivendi ‘in talks’ over beIN Sports acquisition
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré and other top executives of the media group met French football…