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Stewart Clarke
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BBC licence fee ‘not settled’
The amount the BBC charges UK consumers for its channels and services has not been…
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Streaming channel QYou staffs up
Streamed linear channel The QYou has hired three commercial execs, adding Amory B. Schwartz, Bob…
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Discovery Go launches in Canada
Discovery has launched a TV Everywhere service, Discovery Go, in Canada. The digital service will…
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BBC, Worldwide order Beckham football film
UK pubcaster the BBC and its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, have co-commissioned David Beckham: For…
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David Puttnam to oversee new BBC inquiry
Filmmaker David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) is to chair a new independent investigation into public…
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Wanted: procedural series
Demand remains high for procedural drama, but the supply from the US is slowing. Stewart…
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Discovery’s Mythbusters given a final season
Discovery Channel’s longest-running series, Mythbusters, will come to an end after a final, fourteenth, season….
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MTG records US$84m of restructuring costs
The Modern Times Group has said its recent restructuring has cost it SEK700 million (US$84…
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Wuaki launches kids SVOD in France
Japanese-owned streaming and download service Wuaki is teaming with French media group Lagardère and launching…
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Disney launching UK streaming service
Disney is launching DisneyLife, a direct-to-consumer streaming service in the UK. It rolls out next…
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Viacom rejigs Comedy Central, MTV management
Viacom has implemented a new management structure at Comedy Central and MTV in the UK,…
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Sky posts strong results, hails Atlantic
European pay TV operator Sky has posted strong results with subscribers, revenue and profit all…
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Producers group criticises BBC over Studios plan
Pact has claimed the BBC has failed to provide sufficient detail on its proposed BBC…
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Huffington Post making doc series with Thrones star
Publishing group The Huffington Post is making #PowerShift today, a digital doc series fronted by…
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NOS claims SVOD headstart over Netflix
Portuguese pay TV operator Nos said that its new N Play subscription video-on-demand service passed…
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First deal for feelgood Talpa format
Belgian free-to-air broadcaster VTM has become the first international buyer of The Wishing Tree, the…
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UKTV launches VOD service on Amazon
UK channels group UKTV has launched its catch-up and on-demand service UKTV Play on Amazon’s…
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Kaplan’s international vision: creator-led content
Days into her new job as Discovery’s international content supremo, Marjorie Kaplan tells Stewart Clarke…
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Show of the week: Into the Badlands
Into the Badlands is the latest original drama from The Walking Dead channel AMC. Set…
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Channels join Canal+ founder’s OTT service
Molotov, the upcoming French OTT service being launched by former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure, has…
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MediaCorp poaches Scripps exec for new content role
Singaporean media group MediaCorp has recruited Cheah Chee Kong as its first chief content officer….
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Viacom placing BET in France
Viacom will launch a round-the-clock BET channel in France next month. The entertainment channel will…
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In depth: The Last Panthers
Act 1 Sky and StudioCanal are hoping for rich international pickings with starry new international…
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Pilgrim Studios launches 1620 D2C digital platform
US reality TV prodco Pilgrim Studios has launched a direct-to-consumer digital platform, 1620 Media. Pilgrim,…
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News brief: Amazon buys Back to the Present
Amazon has picked up Back to the Future doc special Back to the Present for…
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ITV Studios takes Bull Mountain, attaches Ed Bernero
The US division of ITV Studios has optioned crime drama novel Bull Mountain and attached…
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Discovery poaches digital boss from DirecTV
Discovery Communications has hired Karen Leever as its new executive VP, digital media. She joins…
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Red Arrow backs ex-Fremantle execs’ new prodco
Production and distribution group Red Arrow Entertainment Group is backing Ripple Entertainment, a new digital…
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ABC orders Spanish drama remake from NMV
New Media Vision has sealed a deal with ABC Studios, which will make a pilot…
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Supergirl flying onto Sky
Sky in the UK has acquired US superhero series Supergirl for its flagship entertainment channel…