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Stewart Clarke
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Sony’s El Mariachi hits the Middle East
Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has acquired Sony Pictures Televison’s El Mariachi, the Latin drama based…
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Show of the Week: The Big Picture
The Big Picture is an interactive format created by Israeli creator and magician Nimrod Harel,…
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Amazon tries out Netflix model with Transparent
Amazon has launched all episodes of its new original series Transparent simultaneously and across its…
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Chairman of Spain’s RTVE steps down
RTVE chairman Leopoldo Gonzalez-Echenique has resigned. José Manuel Penalosa, a board member at RTVE, will…
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Netflix takes exclusive Peaky Blinders rights
Netflix has picked up exclusive US rights to British period crime series Peaky Blinders. The…
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Talpa and Tencent strike Chinese deal
John de Mol’s Talpa and Chinese online video site Tencent are working together on a…
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Lineup Industries snags RTL formats
New distributor Lineup Industries has struck a deal with RTL Nederland and will bring a…
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De Nooijer takes on Western Europe channels at Discovery
Mertijn De Nooijer will head up affiliate sales for Discovery across Western Europe after being…
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AOL signs 14 premium content partners
AOL has signed 14 new content partners to its premium AOL On platform. Sky News,…
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Netflix refuses to hand over data to Canadian regulator
Netflix has refused to hand over subscriber, viewing and programme spend data to Canadian communications…
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AMC rebrands Spanish channel as Sundance
AMC Networks International is rebranding its Spanish movie channel CTK to Sundance Channel. The shift…
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Ex-Sony exec Ziad Kebbi launches new prodco
Former Endemol and Sony executive Ziad Kebbi has launched his own Middle East-focused production company,…
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Clock ticking as Canadians demand Netflix data
Canadian communications regulator the CRTC has demanded Netflix reveal subscriber, viewing and programme expenditure data…
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New distributor Lineup snags output deals, Bully Project
New distribution firm Lineup Industries has secured content deals with a raft of indie producers,…
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Sweden’s TV4 recruits digital content boss
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has hired Anna Rastner as head of…
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Discovery weighs SBS Netherlands move
Discovery is understood to be considering a move for the SBS free-to-air broadcast business in…
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Liberty’s Telenet moves into original drama
Days ahead of Netflix’s Belgian launch, Liberty-backed cabler Telenet has unveiled plans for its first…
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Caleb Weinstein joins Fox International Channels
Former Amazon, Discovery and Viacom executive Caleb Weinstein has resurfaced at Fox International Channels. He…
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Tom Toumazis joins Airey’s team at Yahoo
Disney and Endemol veteran Tom Toumazis has joined Yahoo. Toumazis has taken the role of…
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Show of the week: Halt & Catch Fire
Amid a glut of procedurals and a resurgence of period drama on TV, Halt & Catch…
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Nice’s Gong merges with Strix as founder departs
Danish prodcos Gong and Strix have merged after Gong founder following CEO Joachim Majholm decision…
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Nat Geo hires international commissioner from Fox
National Geographic Channels International has recruited Mark Francis to commission original factual content for its…
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Netflix buys raft of French content
Netflix has acquired a raft of content from French producers and distributors and ordered another…
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Televisa USA preps erotic Sleeping Beauty series
Televisa’s US division has acquired the rights to Anne Rice’s The Sleeping Beauty series of…
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UK retrans debate widens as government eyes regulation cut
UK culture secretary Sajid Javid has pledged to take a “long hard look” at retransmission…
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John McMahon reunited with Michael Grindon at Legendary Television
John McMahon has joined fledgling Legendary Television, a move that reunites the former Sony Pictures…
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Sky Living orders Timothy Spall poltergeist drama
BSkyB has ordered a new three-part poltergeist drama, TBI has learned, as the pay TV…
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Zodiak France appoints first CCO
Zodiak France has continued its executive restructure with the hire of Edouard Duprey as its…
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Sweden’s TV4 appoints drama chief
Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4 Group has appointed Josefine Tengblad to the newly-created…
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Half of the world will be watching OTT by 2020
Almost half of the world’s TV homes will be watching over the top TV services…