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Stewart Clarke
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Discovery’s Phil Craig unveils first slate
Discovery Networks International’s new executive vice president and chief creative officer Phil Craig has announced…
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Salling, Gurin replace Absolutely’s Geneste at FRAPA
The Format Recognition and Protection Association has replaced Patty Geneste as chair, with Nordic World…
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ProSieben wins NBCU deal
ProSiebenSat.1 has struck its biggest ever programming deal with NBCUniversal, winning some of the Hollywood…
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Jens Richter reorganises FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia International CEO Jens Richter has instigated a restructure at the distributor that sees regional…
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Global Top Gear broadcasters offered Italian special
BBC Worldwide has confirmed that it has offered all of the international Top Gear broadcasters…
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Broadcasters move for Naked Among Wolves
TV movie Naked Among Wolves has been acquired by French commercial broadcaster M6, following a…
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TF1, Armoza, Ryan Seacrest team for Babushka
A new French-Israeli-US-developed gameshow, Babushka, will debut at MIPTV next month. France’s largest commercial broadcaster,…
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Colin Callender’s Playground adds another UK exec
Playground Entertainment, the fast-growing prodco run by former HBO programming chief Colin Callender, has hired…
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Italy special replaces Top Gear in the US
BBC Worldwide will provide US Top Gear fans with a two-part special in lieu of…
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Show of the week: Hindsight
Having been years in the making, drama series Hindsight is now on US cable and…
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Astro does deal for Japanese content
Malaysian pay TV giant has inked a deal with Japanese talent agency and prodco Yoshimoto…
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Global Agency picks up Turkish pop star format
Turkish distributor Global Agency will launch Stairway to Fame, a new talent show format that was…
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US streamer Acorn buys The Driver
US OTT service Acorn TV has picked up SVOD rights to UK drama series. Acorn…
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TCB’s immigration format travels
Free-to-air broadcaster SBS Belgium has bought a local version of buzzy immigration format Go Back…
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BBC Worldwide says Top Gear impact ‘minimal’
BBC Worldwide said today that it will offer international Top Gear broadcasters alternative, original content from…
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Nordic World’s Dictator conquers Europe
Edgy social experiment format Dictator has been picked up by NRK in Norway and SBS…
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BBC Can’t Touch This on Saturday nights
The BBC has ordered a new Saturday night primetime gameshow, Can’t Touch This. In the…
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BBC pulls Top Gear after Clarkson suspension
UK public broadcaster the BBC has decided to pull the remaining episodes of flagship motoring…
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Endemol Shine sets up drama prodco
Endemol Shine Group has set up a new drama prodco with Phillippa Giles, the BBC…
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Cable net GSN swats up with Man vs. Fly
GSN has ordered two original series and acquired international shortform gameshow series Man vs. Fly….
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HBO preps huge Game of Thrones simulcast
The upcoming season of Game of Thrones will launch simultaneously in 170 countries next month….
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StudioCanal confirms TV rejig
France-based StudioCanal has split distribution and production at its TV business. It has recruited former…
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Sky D, MTG buy PlayStation drama
Sky Deutschland and the Modern Times Group have both acquired Powers, the comic book drama…
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Nat Geo buys Hitler’s Last Year
National Geographic Channels International has acquired WWII special Hitler’s Last Year. NGCI will put the…
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Idris Elba preps Mandela, My Dad and Me doc
Idris Elba is making Mandela, My Dad and Me, a one-off doc about his life…
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CSI sets global simulcast record
The 171-country simulcast of CBS procedural CSI has officially become the largest ever. CBS Studios…
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HBO remaking Scandi drama in Europe
HBO Europe is making two local versions of Nordic Noir hit Mammon. The European arm…
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BBC hires commissioner for int’l Earth channel
BBC Worldwide has recruited Kirsty Hanson as commissioning executive for its international factual channel BBC…
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A+E hires Indian boss
The joint venture partners that run AETN18 have appointed Avinash Kaul as president of the…
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Keshet poaches Burkhardt from Banijay
Keshet International has hired Sebastian Burkhardt as head of business development and acquisitions. The international…