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ProSieben shuffle hands MacKenzie Maxdome job
German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 has instigated a high-level restructure of its digital division, handing former Sky…
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ProSiebenSat.1 strikes Fox and CBS deals
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has renewed a volume deal with Fox and an agreement…
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Discovery seeks third-party Spanish content for distribution
Discovery Communications’s programme sales team is ramping up efforts to acquire Spanish-language content that it can…
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Brit artist Jake Chapman making TV drama for Sky
Controversial British artist Jake Chapman is making a move into TV with Mills and Doom:…
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Amazon buys The White Queen
Amazon has taken exclusive US streaming rights to period drama The White Queen. The series…
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Producers’ association PACT launching in the US
Pact, the industry association for UK producers, is setting up a new US-based body. Pact…
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US prodco launches food programming unit
US indie prodco Jane Street Entertainment has launched YUM, a division dedicated to developing and…
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House of Cards 3 launching in Asia same day as US
The latest season of Netflix original series House of Cards will launch on the RTL…
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Zodiak starts A Royal Renaissance
Zodiak rights has picked up rights to factual series A Royal Renaissance – Changing Lives, a…
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Telemundo hires news boss
Telemundo has hired Luis Carlos Vélez as executive VP of its news operation. Vélez joins…
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A+E preps FYI international launches
A+E Networks will launch its FYI channel into new international territories and will also look…
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ZDF prodco Studio.TV.Film restructures
Studio.TV.Film, the German prodco 45%-owned by ZDF Enterprises, is restructuring with Milena Maitz taking join…
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Amazon buys kids package from FremantleMedia
Amazon has acquired a package of seven kids and family titles from FremantleMedia for its…
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A+E ups Heather Jones
Channel operator A+E Networks UK has promoted Heather Jones to general manager. In her new…
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TV4 installs new programming boss
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has promoted Catherine Wiernik to programming director,…
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Netflix tipped to launch in South Africa
Netflix is widely rumoured to be preparing to launch in South Africa this year or…
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Antena 3 buys controversial marriage format
Spanish free-to-air broadcast group Atresmedia has ordered a local version of Married at First Sight,…
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Sundance Channel buys Sundance indie movies
AMC Networks’ Sundance Channel has acquired five features from the 2015 Sundance Festival, which is…
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NBCUniversal pulling channels out of Russia
The channels arm of NBCUniversal is pulling out of the Russian market, citing the challenging…
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Amazon opens free window for Transparent drama
Amazon is making its acclaimed drama series Transparent available in a day-long free window. The…
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Canadian Netflix rival snags Amazon originals
Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired exclusive local rights to a raft of Amazon’s original…
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FIC aligns all international Fox channels
Fox International Channels is aligning all of its international Fox channels under a unified global…
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Eyeworks USA rebrands, reorganises management
Eyeworks USA is rebranding to 3 Ball Entertainment and installed new senior management. The international…
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BBC Worldwide strikes trio of Chile deals
BBC Worldwide has struck three deals with Chilean broadcasters and platforms for its content. The…
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Oscar De La Hoya launching MMA lifestyle channel
Former world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Oscar De La Hoya is launching a…
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Televisa USA hires Chris Philip
Televisa has hired international TV veteran Chris Philip to run English-language production and distribution at…
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News brief: Cisneros picks up teen telenovela
Cisneros Media Distribution has taken international rights to teen drama series Candela. It will launch…
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Five nets claim My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours
Five broadcasters have ordered local versions of cooking gameshow My Mom Cooks Better Than Yours….
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Your Family’s Fix&Foxi channel to US, Lat Am
The Fix&Foxi kids channel is launching in the US and Canada after its owner, Germany’s…
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NATPE: US viewers flocking to streaming
A new study from NATPE and CEA says that over 70% of US consumers have…