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Stewart Clarke
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US production drives ProSieben’s content business
Revenues from producing in the US and prodco acquisitions have driven significant growth in ProSiebenSat.1’s…
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Bobbles Indian OTT service launches in Europe
A new entertainment streaming service for fans of Indian entertainment programming has launched in Europe….
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BBC announces Blue Planet II
The BBC has officially unveiled its latest blue-chip natural history series, Blue Planet II, and…
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AMC poaches Dickie, rejigs international
Kevin Dickie is joining the international arm of AMC, and two other execs have been…
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Worldwide touts drama sales ahead of Showcase
BBC Worldwide has shopped several of its drama series to buyers, including SS-GB to RTL…
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BBCWW takes Bowie film global
HBO has bought David Bowie: The Last Five Years, the BBC feature doc about the…
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Scripps expands distribution operation
Scripps Networks Interactive has hired Gerbrig Blanksma from Off the Fence and upped Elise Ching…
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Mattel takes new Monster High to YouTube
Mattel’s new season of Monster High will debut on YouTube, the first time the toy…
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Bake Off spin-offs on the rise in Europe
Local versions of the celebrity version of the Bake Off format will hit French and…
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New Spanish drama copro forum opens for entries
Conecta Fiction is calling for coproduction pitches that will take place at its inaugural edition…
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Endemol Shine’s Gold shines in Russia
Russian broadcaster Rossiya 1 has bought a pair of Endemol Shine formats, Gold of a…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: in deep water
Ocean will be the focus of the Tuesday night activity for buyers at the BBC…
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First deals for ITV-backed factual SVOD service
Factual SVOD service Curio will launch in Sweden and Norway next month after the ITV-backed…
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Discovery sees Red with new UK free TV net
Discovery Communications is launching Quest Red in the UK, its second free-to-air channel in the…
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George upped at ITV America as Leftfield Ents brand retires
Leftfield Entertainment CEO David George has been named president of ITV America. He takes the…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: big drama in Liverpool
Buyers will get a first look at some of 2017’s most-anticipated dramas at BBC Worldwide…
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Discovery preps channel, focuses on UK, German growth
Discovery Communications will launch a new free-to-air channel in the UK alongside other new services…
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Canadian LGBT net buys The Collection
Canadian specialty net Out TV has acquired The Collection, Amazon and France Télévisions’ period fashion…
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Urban Movie SVOD service names leader
Traci Otey Blunt will oversee the Urban Movie Channel after being named president of the…
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Armoza releases Valentine’s Sex Tape
Armoza is launching Sex Tape internationally, a new social experiment format in which couples reveal…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: entertainment and formats in the spotlight
Formats are taking centre stage at BBC Worldwide Showcase this year. Tracy Forsyth and Sumi…
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Electus hires UK-based European sales chief
Electus has poached Jonathan South from Televisa and he will head up its European operation….
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Verizon, Awesomeness ditch premium plans
Verizon and AwesomenessTV have shelved plans to develop a premium content service. The pair were…
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BBC Worldwide Showcase: show and tell in Liverpool
With Showcase less than a week away, BBC Worldwide’s president of global markets, Paul Dempsey,…
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Warner Bros. restructures UK production
Warner Bros. is reorganising following the news that its UK production bosses are leaving. Its UK-based…
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Jackson’s Magnify staffs up
Andrea Jackson’s distribution company Magnify Media has added two execs to its sales team. Sarah…
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Disney launching Miranda Hart web series
Disney EMEA is launching So Sammy, a new shortform kids series from British comedian and…
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Komixx, Worldwide team for Stanley the Hamster
Kids prodco Komixx and BBC Worldwide are joining forces for the first time and working…
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Diaz’s 7A picks up SIC programming
César Díaz’s 7A Media will sell SIC Television programming in Lat Am and the US…
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Warner Bros. UK production bosses step down
The bosses of Warner Bros.’ UK production group are exiting the business. Claire Hungate and…