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Stewart Clarke
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FremantleMedia takes Young Pope rights
FremantleMedia International has snagged international rights to The Young Pope, the upcoming Canal+, HBO and…
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HBO Europe rejig as Kutela exits
HBO Europe’s senior VP and Polish boss Aleksander Kutela has left the company to become CEO…
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LA Screenings: Nine drops Warner Bros. deal
Australia’s Nine Network has let its output deal with Warner Bros. lapse with local reports…
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Endemol Beyond hires for new regional hub
Endemol Shine Group’s digital division, Endemol Beyond, is opening up a new hub in Asia….
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New series orders for MTV UK
The UK MTV channel has commissioned three new series and renewed two others. The new…
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Aardman brings Morph back to TV
Aardman’s classic clay-mation character Morph will return to UK screens next month and the kids…
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A+E make History OTT move in Asia
A+E Networks is launching a History Plus branded OTT service in Asia. It will roll…
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MTG appoints new Scandi, Viaplay CEOs
There have been wide-ranging management changes at the Modern Times Group as the free and…
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Dynamic makes content and sales hire
Dynamic Television has hired Holly Hines for a new role at the company, senior VP,…
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Breakthrough makes kids & family hire
Canada-based producer and distributor Breakthrough Entertainment has hired Martha Sepulveda as its new development and…
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ITV Studios to bring BBC’s 5 Star Reunion to market
UK pubcaster the BBC has ordered a new Saturday night entertainment series, 5 Star Family…
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First Euro deals for Canal+’s Versailles
Zodiak Rights has sealed German and Spanish deals for epic Canal+ period drama Versailles. The…
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eOne ‘on course to double in size’
Producer and distributor Entertainment One’s full-year results were in line with expectations and analysts said…
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UKTV says content investment driving results
UKTV has reported strong annual results, notching profit and revenue increases. The BBC Worldwide and…
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Lagardère makes African move with DIFFA deal
France-based Lagardère has taken majority control of Africa-focused TV and film distributor DIFFA (International Distribution…
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LA Screenings: CBS Global Distribution
Armando Nuñez, president and CEO, CBS Global Distribution Group Studio chief Armando Nuñez tells TBI what…
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Independent thinking
The LA Screenings see thousands of buyers head to Los Angeles to peruse the Hollywood…
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UK indie poaches C5 commissioner for reality push
UK-based drama producer Red Planet Pictures has recruited Channel 5 commissioner Simon Raikes to spearhead…
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News brief: Alfred Haber lands Wicked Tuna
Alfred Haber Television has picked up international rights to Nat Geo reality series Wicked Tuna….
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Banijay poaches Michael Jackson from DCD
Banijay International has hired Michael Jackson as head of global sales. The company said the…
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First original for AMC’s CBS Reality
AMC Networks International has ordered Donal MacIntyre: Unsolved, the first original series for the UK…
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Former Yahoo exec starting Believe digital studio
Brian Hunt, Yahoo’s former original content chief, has joined US prodco Believe and will start…
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Reorganisation at Discovery’s Eurosport
Discovery-owned Eurosport has made a series of exec changes including a new global content chief…
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Comedy Central poaches BuzzFeed exec
Comedy Central has poached Philly Byrne from BuzzFeed to run its digital operations in the…
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Amazon gives Ripper Street two more seasons
Having rescued UK drama Ripper Street, Amazon has now committed to two more seasons of…
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Fox starts lab for format ideas out of Asia
Fox International Channels is teaming with Singaporean regulator and funding body the Media Development Authority…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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Beta seals CCTV drama deal
Beta Film has sealed a raft of Asian sales including shopping a pair of drama…
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NHK feels effect of Upside’s Gravity
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has acquired Upside Distribution’s buzzy astronaut doc Ø Gravity, A Mission…
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Endemol Shine restructures in Nordics
Endemol Shine Group has given several execs in the Nordics new roles in a reorganisation…