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Stewart Clarke
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Jack Osbourne launches prodco, teams with T-Group
Reality TV star and personality Jack Osbourne has launched a new production company, Osbourne Media, and…
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Netflix buys up Australian content ahead of launch
Netflix has bought a raft of Australian content ahead of its launch in the territory…
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Mongolia takes The Voice
Mongolia has become the latest territory to order a local version of Singing competition series…
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The Royals find a UK home on E!
UK pay TV channel E! has picked up The Royals, the upcoming scripted series about…
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Sling OTT service adds Epix channels
Sling, the fledgling US OTT service operated by pay TV operator Dish, has struck a…
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Show of the week: The Moblees
Producer and distributor Shaftesbury heads into KidScreen with a new interactive musical series for preschoolers,…
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Netflix launching on pay TV service Fetch
Netflix is set to launch on Australian IPTV pay TV service Fetch TV. US-listed SVOD service…
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MTG offloads Swedish cable operation
The Modern Times Group has sold its stake in Swedish cable TV business Sappa to…
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Secret Wings takes flight with Blonde Pilot, Mondo
Mondo TV is making an animated series based on the popular Secret Wings greeting card…
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Walking Dead creator’s Outcast to Cinemax
Cinemax has taken The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s new series, Outcast, to series. HBO…
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Phil Craig and Tim Pastore to keynote at MIPDoc
Discovery’s incoming content chief, Phil Craig, will give a keynote address at MIPDoc in Cannes…
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Endemol Shine hires China boss, Asia CEO exits
Endemol Shine Group has recruited Viacom’s William Tan to run its China operation and confirmed…
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Buyers embark on Indian Summers ahead of UK TX
A raft of international broadcasters have picked up big-budget UK drama Indian Summers ahead of…
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Lifetime orders Asian MasterChef
A+E Networks has ordered a local version of MasterChef for its Lifetime channels in Asia….
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Sony buys Viasat channels from MTG
Sony Pictures Television has acquired the Viasat3 and Viasat6 free-to-air TV channels in Hungary from…
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Channel 4 inks deal for Lambert’s Tattoo Shop
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered Tattoo Shop from Studio Lambert, a fact-ent series in which…
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CBC, PBS, C4 locate Franklin’s Lost Ships
A trio of public broadcasters from around the world have joined forces for Franklin’s Lost…
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Rare Television buys UK indie Screenchannel
UK production group Rare Television has acquired indie prodco Screenchannel Television. Screenchannel was launched in…
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ITV orders deals and discounting series
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered Bargain Fever Britain, a two-part factual series looking behind…
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Netflix launches in Cuba
Netflix has launched its streaming service in Cuba today. The US-listed company said that improving…
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Lagardère buys The Box Distribution
The international content arm of Lagardère has acquired The Box Distribution. Lagardère Entertainment’s LE Rights…
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DHX sells thousands of hours to SVOD
DHX Media has shopped 5,000 half hours to various international SVOD platforms. The Canadian kids…
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Baz Luhrmann making Netflix drama
Baz Luhrmann is making The Get Down for Netflix, an original music-driven drama set in…
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Sky takes UK and German rights to Italy’s 1992
Sky has acquired 1992, the upcoming political drama produced for Sky Italia, for its UK…
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ITVS hires US scripted boss
The US division of ITV Studios has recruited Lucienne Papon as its senior VP, scripted…
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Berlinale shorts launch on SVOD
Shorts from the ongoing Berlinale film festival in Germany will be screened internationally on the…
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Jeff Ford leaving TV3 for Fox
Jeff Ford is leaving Irish broadcaster TV3 to take the helm of Fox International Channel’s…
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Reilly to ‘transform’ TBS, TNT with new team
Turner Entertainment boss Kevin Reilly has set out his senior team at the TBS and…
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Fox poaches Eurosport exec for France
Fox International Channels has recruited Olivier Bramly as its general manager for France, replacing Frederic…
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Netflix raising $1.5bn for content and expansion
Netflix is raising US$1.5 billion in new debt and will use the cash to buy…