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Stewart Clarke
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Sony and Televisa ink 800-hour copro pact
Sony Pictures Television and Televisa have agreed a copro deal that will see the pair…
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Viacom says Channel 5 will boost international plans
Viacom boss Philippe Dauman told investors yesterday that the £450 million acquisition of Channel 5…
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John Logan talks Penny Dreadful
John Logan is the three-time Oscar-nominated writer behind Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo and Skyfall, among…
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Viacom buys Channel 5 for £450 million
US media giant Viacom has bought UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 for £450 million (US$757…
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Time Warner in talks to distribute content outside of pay TV
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has confirmed the media giant is talking to Dish about…
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Greece’s Antenna poaches NBCUniversal channels MD
Greek broadcast group Antenna has appointed Tariq Syed as its managing director of thematic channels…
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Study says viewers will pay more to binge
Research into binge-viewing claims 40% of viewers surveyed would pay more to be able to…
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Thrones most illegally shared US show, CBS hardest hit network
New research into illegal file sharing shows that over the course of one week a…
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Tom Toumazis returns to TV
Tom Toumazis, the former Disney distribution boss and Endemol CCO, is returning to the TV…
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Mediaset hits out at valuation of pay TV unit
Italy’s Mediaset has criticised banks for undervaluing its Premium pay TV service amidst moves to…
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Universal adapting Telemundo telenovelas for US nets
Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions have taken exclusive options on two drama series from…
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Discovery intn’l seeks content chief after Silberwasser exit
Discovery Networks International is recruiting for a chief creative officer following the news that Luis…
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ITV recruits Julian Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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BBC raids Disney, NBCU for Asia appointments
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster, has hired four new executives…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Sweden’s SVT launches web TV
Swedish pubcaster SVT has launched its own over-the-top service, SVT Flow. The web TV service…
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AT&T and Peter Chernin launch US$500 million OTT offensive
US telco AT&T and Peter Chernin’s media company said yesterday they will invest US$500 million…
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Time Warner taking control at CME
US media giant Time Warner is exerting greater control at Central and Eastern Europe-focussed broadcast…
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WarnerTV moves from HBO to Turner bouquet
The WarnerTV channel in Asia will now be distributed by Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific….
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Content crunch – the fight for rights
As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke…
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Amazon buys Batman series from Warner Bros.
Amazon has picked up UK rights to animated series Beware the Batman. Its UK Prime…
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NATPE and Tandem join forces for copro summit
NATPE and Tandem Communications have joined forces to launch a new coproduction summit at the…
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Nigel Pickard leaves Zodiak
Nigel Pickard is leaving Zodiak Media. Pickard was in charge of kids programming at RDF…
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Sky Atlantic poaches BBC Three’s Zai Bennett
BBC Three controller Zai Bennett is leaving the UK pubcaster to become director of Sky…
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Russian sales first, CEE deals, for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has cut its first deal with Amedia, the fledgling Russian broadcaster dubbed ‘the…
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Jill Offman: Why we surf for mirth
What’s the last thing you liked on Facebook, retweeted or even – to the shame…
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Show of the week: Dropped
The show: Dropped The producer: Mastiff Sweden The distributor: Zodiak Rights The broadcaster: TV4 (Sweden)…
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BBC announces BBC Two/BBC Four controller
UK public broadcaster the BBC has appointed Kim Shillinglaw controller of its BBC Two and…
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Former Ingenious boss heading new media investment firm
Patrick Bradley (left) will head up Station 12, a new media and entertainment investment firm…
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Intn’l to overtake US at Discovery as Eurosport deal cleared
The European Commission has cleared Discovery Communications’ acquisition of sports broadcaster Eurosport in a deal…