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Netflix raises price in the UK, Brazil
Streaming service Netflix has increased its basic UK monthly subs fee. The SVOD service has…
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NHK launching English-language VOD
Japanese public broadcaster NHK is launching an English-language video-on-demand service next week. NHK World, the…
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Discovery appoints US Hispanic GM
Discovery has appointed Allan Navarrete as general manager of its US Hispanic service. He is…
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Fame reboot lands at Lifetime
Female-skewing US cable net Lifetime has greenlit Fame, a contemporary reworking of the popular US…
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Netlfix ‘to double’ European subs base
Netflix will double its overall subs base in Europe, with the its leading market in…
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CEE formats deals for All3’s Filmpool
All3Media International has struck two new deals for formats from German prodco Filmpool. Long-running Sat.1…
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Three Stooges animated series launching
A new animated series based on the classic Three Stooges comedy act is being put…
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Eurosport relaunching OTT, chasing exclusives
Eurosport is relaunching its Eurosport Player service as parent company Discovery embarks on a drive…
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Discovery makes Euro OTT play
Discovery Communications is launching its Dplay OTT service in three new markets in Europe. The…
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Eurosport to show Wiggins’ hour attempt
Eurosport has signed on as the official broadcast partner for Sir Bradley Wiggins’s attempt at…
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MTV orders int’l social series
MTV has ordered Say it in Song, a new international series from Tony DiSanto’s ITV…
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Netflix ‘will not introduce ads’
Netflix will not test or introduce third-party advertising to its service, the streamer said this morning….
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Discovery launches Mid East free-to-air channel
Discovery is launching Quest Arabiya, a new free-to-air male-skewed channel in the Middle East. The…
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Global stocks up on US series for new season
Shaw-owned Canadian net Global has bought a slew of new US series for its fall…
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NBCU’s Suits sells to South Korea
The first adaptation of US legal drama Suits is in the works after NBCUniversal optioned…
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Electus, Marta Kauffman making US Doc Martin
Ben Silverman’s Electus and Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman are joining forces to make a US…
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ITV buys Poldark prodco
ITV has acquired Mammoth Screen, the UK drama prodco behind Poldark, for an undisclosed sum…
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Red Arrow gives Baker global drama role
Red Arrow International has appointed Henrik Pabst and James Baker to its management board and…
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Broadcasters buy FIFA corruption doc
Several broadcasters have acquired football corruption doc FIFA and the Price of Football, TBI has…
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Fox bosses to receive MIPCOM honour
Fox Television co-CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman will be the 2015 MIPCOM personalities of…
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Pernel snags Printemps doc commission
French indie producer Pernel Media has been commissioned to make a doc about Parisian luxury…
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CBC stocks up on BBC and ITV drama
Canadian pubcaster the CBC has bought UK period drama Banished and a new adaptation of…
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Sky launches Veep on demand before linear
Sky is making the new, fourth, season of HBO comedy Veep available as on on-demand…
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Salling exiting Nordic World, setting up Missing Link
Jan Salling is leaving Nordic World and setting up his own formats business, Missing Link Media….
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Lagardère buys Spanish prodco Boomerang
Lagardère has acquired Spanish producer Boomerang TV for an undisclosed sum. The French conglomerate’s TV…
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Endemol does deal with Idol’s Randy Jackson
The US division of Endemol Shine Group has struck a deal with American Idol judge…
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US studios making Hollywood series for China’s CCTV
Several US studios have teamed to create Talking to Hollywood with Betty Zhou, a new Hollywood-skewed news…
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Shomi SVOD going wide
Canadian SVOD service Shomi is being made available over the top, to all Canadian consumers,…
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Sky UK, Germany and Italy team for arts
Sky is setting up a new production hub in Italy that will make content for…
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Studio’s Netflix rival launching in India
Sony, Warner Bros. and Singtel-backed SVOD service Hooq is about to launch in India, one…