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Stewart Clarke
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Legendary poaches Viacom sales exec
The TV division of US indie studio Legendary has hired Marco Arabit as its vice…
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TVNZ stocks up on US drama
Kiwi pubcaster TVNZ has unveiled its new season line-up, revealing a raft of US series…
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All3Media backs new indie Seven Stories
Film and TV execs Anand Tucker and Sharon Maguire are returning to the UK to…
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Andreae forms new indie with FremantleMedia
Former Fox programming chief Simon Andreae has formed Naked Entertainment, a new indie prodco that…
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Sky appoints first Kids TV chief
Sky has recruited children’s TV producer Lucy Murphy as head of kids, the first time…
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CBBC orders Romanian talent format
CBBC has ordered Got What it Takes, a local version of Mom Made Me a…
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Lagardère rebrands TV division
French media giant Lagardère has rebranded its TV and Film division Lagardère Studios. The unit…
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Weinsteins pick up new Julian Fellowes series
The Weinstein Company has picked up US rights to Doctor Thorne, the new period drama…
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Another BBCWW Asia exec defects to Viacom
Pierre Cheung has been hired as Viacom’s China chief, joining from BBC Worldwide and reporting…
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AMC ‘in talks’ to buy Starz
AMC is in talks to buy Starz, according to the Bloomberg wire service, citing people…
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Nina Tassler leaving CBS
Nina Tassler is exiting CBS Entertainment. She will remain with the US network in an…
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ITV Studios poaches Nine Network boss
ITV Studios has poached David Mott to run its Australian business as CEO. He is…
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Sony-branded BBC Earth net launches in India
BBC Worldwide has teamed with Sony subsidiary Multi Screen Media India to launch its premium…
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Alibaba streaming deal for DHX
Canada-listed kids producer and distributor DHX has shopped 2,500 half hours of kids content to…
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Scary Masha and the Bear spin-off launching
Russian animated series Masha and the Bear is getting another spin-off, Masha’s Scary Tales. The…
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BBC restructures kids unit
BBC Children’s has restructured its senior management team, creating and expanding roles in production and…
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CBS bosses to give MIPCOM keynote
CBS distribution boss Armando Nuñez and Showtime chief David Nevins will give a joint keynote…
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UK kids industry calls for extra BBC funding
A group of kids producers has written to the government, urging it to up its…
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Talpa and Vorst team for formats
Talpa has inked a content deal with Peter van der Vorst’s Dutch indie Vorst Media….
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Netflix makes global anime move
Netflix has picked up SVOD rights to upcoming anime series AJIN: Demi–Human and it will…
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9 Story poaches Hit exec for distribution
Canada-based kids producer and distributor 9 Story has hired Claudia Balzer Scott-Hansen from Hit Entertainment…
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Sky, Movistar acquire The Returned
A host of international broadcasters and platforms, including Sky in Italy and Movistar in Spain,…
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Fox UK, TF1, Atresmedia buy The Fixer
Producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has shopped its conspiracy thriller The Fixer to a raft…
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BBCWW buys into Red Planet unscripted unit
BBC Worldwide has bought a 25% stake in the new unscripted arm of UK indie…
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NBCU SVOD deal with China’s Alibaba
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has bought a package of content from NBCUniversal for its Tmall…
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Raft of Netflix launches across Asia
Netflix has confirmed upcoming launches in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The US-listed…
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FremantleMedia, Skylark join forces
FremantleMedia and Danish prodco Skylark are setting up a new formats base in Copenhagen. Skylark,…
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Russian TV production falls
The number of original series on Russian TV fell by 12% last year as the…
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FremantleMedia buys French prodco
FremantleMedia has bought a majority stake in fledgling French drama producer Fontaram. The company was…
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UKTV buys trio of Disney shows
Channel operator UKTV has acquired three Disney-sold series for its Britiah channels: Code Black (left),…