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Stewart Clarke
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Endemol Shine strikes deal with Seacrest’s prodco
The US division of Endemol Shine has inked a deal with the unscripted division of Ryan…
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Dori Media times 300 Second Ride for MIPTV
Dori Media is taking studio gameshow format, 300 Second Ride, to MIPTV. In the show,…
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Turner’s Boing channel springs into Africa
Turner Broadcasting is launching its Boing kids channel in Africa. The new English-language service will…
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Show of the week: South of Hell
Horror gurus Eli Roth (Hostel) and Jason Blum (Sinister) are exec producing the new Deep…
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Idris Elba heading to Cannes with Content
TV and film star Idris Elba is heading to MIPTV to promote Mandela, My Dad…
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Beyond bringing Hockey Wives to MIP
Beyond Distribution is launching reality series Hockey Wives: Married to the Game to Cannes. The…
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Alastair Fothergill on The Hunt
Alastair Fothergill embodies blue-chip documentary more than any other filmmaker and with his latest series,…
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Bake Off hits Australia
Bake Off will launch in Australia after Foxtel ordered a local version of the hit…
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Downton prodco, Stan Lee making Sky drama
UK pay TV operator Sky has commissioned Lucky Man, a ten-part supernatural cop drama from…
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Nick Broomfield tells Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Nick Broomfield’s latest project sees the Biggie & Tupac filmmaker bring his particular low-fi aesthetic…
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Ex-HBO Nordic drama chief returns to SVT
Göran Danasten has resurfaced at SVT, taking a new programming role at the Swedish public…
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ZDF inks deal with Trevor Eve’s UK indie
ZDF Enterprises has struck another first-look deal with a UK producer, this time linking up…
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Rod Perth to stand down as NATPE boss in 2016
Rod Perth will step down as boss of NATPE next year. Perth took over from…
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Loesch joins board of Heyward’s Genius
Margaret Loesch has joined Andy Heyward’s kids producer and distributor Genius Brands International. Loesch was…
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Vice launching daily news and OTT channel with HBO
Youth content brand Vice is launching a daily news service on HBO in the US…
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ITV Studios poaches Shine exec for digital
The content and distribution arm of UK broadcaster ITV has hired David Christopher as director…
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Spike gets Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy for UK launch
Viacom will launch Spike in the UK on April 15 and has picked up several…
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Endemol Beyond staffs up
Endemol Beyond has made more hires, adding a new sales senior VP and east coast…
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Network Ten puts Shine on Spelling Bee
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Ten has greenlit The Great Australian Spelling Bee. In the event…
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Scripps makes pair of EMEA hires
Scripps has recruited former Disney and Sony exec Ross Hair to run its affiliate sales…
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Analysts tip Netflix for Oz success
The fact Netflix already has a well-known brand and “big ticket” original series will means…
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Sundance Global buys raft of premium drama
AMC Networks has acquired several premium drama series for its Sundance Channel Global channel. It…
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Bake Off rises in BBC-Keshet deal
Israeli free-to-air broadcaster Keshet has acquired British cooking competition format The Great Bake Off. The…
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Show of the Week: Making of the Mob
Making of the Mob. The six-part drama-doc for AMC tells the story of the New…
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Netflix undercuts the competition in Australia
Netflix launches in Australia tomorrow and in a fiercely competitive market has come in at…
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Turner makes docs move with World Heritage Channel
Turner Broadcasting System is launching a new premium factual channel to showcase world heritage sites….
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Spike UK inks Tattoo format, Breaking Bad deals
Viacom’s Spike UK channel will launch with a locally commissioned tattoos-gone-wrong series and has acquired hit…
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Disney closes intn’l deal for kids comedy Zip Zip
Disney has acquired animated comedy Zip Zip for a raft of its international channels. The…
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Canadian specialty net moves into distribution
Canadian specialty channel Gusto is launching a programme sales arm that will make its market…
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MTV UK boss to rebrand Channel 5
MTV UK general manager Kerry Taylor has been given a new role within Viacom and…