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Sony closing Crackle streaming service in the UK
Sony Pictures Television is closing its online channel Crackle in the UK at the end…
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Show of the week: Turn
There are several spy dramas in TV land at the moment but Turn is the…
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ITV buys into Cirkus SVOD service
ITV has acquired a stake in Cirkus, the ‘best of British’ subscription VOD service operator….
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Show of the week: Close Up Kings
Close Up Kings is a street magic meets travelogue series bowing on Discovery’s international networks….
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Apollo takes more Endemol debt ahead of restructuring
US private equity firm Apollo has acquired more of Endemol’s debt, clearing the way for…
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Show of the week: Klondike
Klondike was Discovery Channel’s first move into drama and is distributed internationally by Entertainment One….
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Netflix orders trio of DreamWorks originals
Netflix has ordered three new kids series from DreamWorks Animation as part of the ongoing…
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Zodiak Media appoints Russia CEO
Zodiak Media has appointed Laurent Saillard as CEO of Zodiak Vostok, its Russian division. Saillard…
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Raft of executive changes at BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has created a new role for a chief of its high growth markets…
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Amazon confirms UK launch for original comedy
Amazon Prime Instant Video will launch original comedy series Betas in the UK tomorrow. The…
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News brief: Trace seals Cablevisión carriage deal
Modern Times Group-owned sports lifestyle channel operator Trace has secured a carriage deal with pay…
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Comedy Central bringing Amy Poehler to MIPTV
Comedy Central is flying Amy Poehler to Cannes for a MIPTV session about her new…
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Keshet boss signs up for MIPTV keynote
Avi Nir has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at MIPTV in April. Nir, the…
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Netflix buys international Dusk Till Dawn series rights
Streaming service Netflix has acquired international rights to the much-anticipated From Dusk Till Dawn TV…
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BBC confirms BBC Three 2015 closure plan
UK public broadcaster the BBC has confirmed that it is putting plans in motion to…
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Discovery buys Gold Rush prodco Raw
Discovery Communications has acquired Raw, the UK production firm that makes Discovery’s hit series Gold…
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Show of the week: The Game
Having created and written supernatural successful youth drama Being Human, Toby Whithouse may have been…
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Fox set to Release the Hounds with US format deal
US broadcaster Fox is set to air a local version of horror gameshow format Release…
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African format first for All3Media
All3Media International has picked up rights to a cooking show from South Africa, the first…
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Willems out and Heuten in at FremantleMedia Belgium
FremantleMedia has hired Dave Heuten (pictured) as co-managing director of its production business in Belgium…
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Discovery launching TLC in Middle East, North Africa
The international division of Discovery is launching its TLC HD channel in the MENA region,…
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News brief: Viacom poaches Fox exec for Comedy Central Asia
Viacom International Media Networks in Asia has recruited Paras Sharma as vice president, MTV, Comedy…
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Hulu sells international business to Nippon
Nippon TV has acquired the international business of streaming and catch-up service Hulu. The Japanese…
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News brief: ITV buys another indie
UK broadcaster has continued its indie buying spree, acquiring Danish prodco United for an undisclosed…
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Britain and Poland team for war drama copro
The BBC is teaming with its polish pubcaster equivalent TVP for a second drama coproduction….
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BBC crafts swathe of format deals for Sewing Bee
BBC Worldwide has agreed deals for local versions of its Sewing Bee format in France,…
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Des Monaghan leaving Screentime
Des Monaghan is leaving Screentime, the Australian production business he founded 18 years ago. Monaghan…
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More executive changes at Endemol US
Endemol’s US division has hired Ben Samek as COO and upped Rob Smith to executive…
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1+1 claims Ukrainian special forces tried to shut it down
Ukrainian free-to-air broadcaster 1+1 says that the country’s special forces planned to close it down…
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Show of the week: Road to Revolution
Road to Revolution is a multiplatform project that tells the stories of the families and…