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Stewart Clarke
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Discovery embarks on OTT ‘Million March’
Discovery Networks International is launching OTT services throughout Europe. Its top executives explain how the…
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eOne staffs up US reality division
Entertainment One has made several hires at its US unscripted division. The Transatlantic producer and…
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Amazon renews Transparent, locks in Solloway
Amazon has locked Jill Solloway, creator of its buzzy original series Transparent, into an overall…
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NBCUniversal nets Shark Island for pay TV
NBCUniversal has acquired worldwide rights to Shark Island and will show the upcoming TV movie…
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Discovery ‘driving hard’ on 4K
Discovery says it is ‘driving hard’ on 4K to ensure it is ready when pay…
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eOne, Creative England create drama fund
Producer and distributor Entertainment One and Creative England are joining forces to create new drama…
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AwesomenessTV makes Kaplan Films president
Kids digital producer and channel operator has hired Matt Kaplan as president of its Awesomeness…
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Raft of promotions at Electus
A raft of execs have been upped at Electus, including three of the international sales…
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NATPE Europe: Lifetime, RTL making Costa Concordia film
US cable net Lifetime and German free-to-air broadcaster RTL are joining forces to coproduce a…
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Midnight Sun marks French-Swedish copro first
Canal+ and SVT are joining forces for Midnight Sun, a high-concept thriller that marks the…
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Endemol Shine remaking NBC format in Holland
Dutch free-TV broadcaster SBS has ordered a local version Lipstick Jungle, the US drama series…
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NATPE Europe: Welbers exiting Beta Film
Eric Welbers will leave Beta Film in the next few weeks, after almost twenty years…
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Offman upped in Viacom UK shake up
Jill Offman (left) has been appointed the head of MTV in the UK, adding management…
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Endemol Shine unites commercial teams
Endemol Shine Group has combined the Shine 360° and Endemol international commercial partnerships teams under…
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Internet advertising overtaking TV
Internet ad spend is eclipsing that of traditional TV in an increasing number of key…
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MTV’s Lip Sync heads to China streaming
Chinese streaming platform Sohu has ordered a local version of hit Spike show Lip Sync…
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Canal+ co-founder launching online TV service
Former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure and Jean-David Blanc, the founder of AlloCiné, are launching a…
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Flame hires digital rights exec
Flame Media has recruited Chris Hampson as digital rights manager. Hampson joins the Australia-based factual…
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NCIS remains ‘most watched’ TV series
US procedural NCIS remains the most-watched drama series in the world, according to new research….
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David Frank’s Dial Square launching virtual market
Dial Square 86, the media investment company run by David and Matthew Frank, is launching…
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Zodiak Kids conjures Magiki deal
French kids channels Gulli and its Italian counterpart Super have ordered Magiki, a new animated…
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Big Brother to make Turkish debut
Turkey’s Star TV has ordered a local version of Big Brother, marking the first ever…
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Sonar hires Red Arrow, StudioCanal sales execs
Producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has beefed up its sales team with two new execs…
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Gaumont sets Crosshair on European drama
Gaumont vice CEO Christophe Riandee said today that Europe is on the brink of its own…
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Red flag to a bull: James Ross, Lightning Int’l
It’s a common sight in Asia: husband and wife, together on the sofa – or…
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TLC makes Katie Hopkins series
TLC has ordered If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World, a fact-ent series starring the controversial…
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Nat Geo, Morgan Freeman getting closer to God
National Geographic Channel has ordered The Story of God, a new series in which Hollywood…
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Sky Online launches on Android in Germany
Sky in Germany has launched its standalone internet TV service, Sky Online, on Android smartphones…
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Nickelodeon US buys Teletubbies reboot
Nickelodeon has bought the new Teletubbies series, taking the preschool reboot into the US. Nick…
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Increase in UK pay subs planning to churn
The number of UK pay TV subs planning to cancel their service has almost doubled…