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Stewart Clarke
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Content Media cuts deal with Halmi Jr. prodco
Content Media has struck a deal with Great Point Media and will sell the production…
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Sky suffers blow in sports channels challenge
BSkyB has suffered a reversal in its legal battle over the terms under which it…
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Amazon Studios originals land with Sony
Sony Pictures Television will sell Amazon Studios-produced originals internationally, TBI has learned. SPT already sells…
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Netflix exclusive for Star Wars toon finale
Netflix has bagged exclusive rights to the climactic season of the Star Wars Clone Wars…
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Vimeo launches Occupy Wall Street project internationally
Vimeo has launched the 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film on its online video…
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All3Media Intn’l cuts programming deal with Swan Films
All3Media International has struck a deal with Swan Films, the freshly-minted UK indie set up…
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Raft of broadcasters buy Beatles special
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired The Beatles: The Night that Changed America –…
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MTG tipped to win race for channel operator Trace
A deal for Trace is close to completion with the Modern Times Group tipped to…
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New Walking Dead beats Olympics with massive numbers
The return of The Walking Dead delivered almost 16 million viewers for cable net AMC,…
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US X Factor axed as Cowell returns to UK show
US broadcast network Fox has cancelled The X Factor after three seasons and the format’s…
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Cat and Mouse execs join Microsoft for new Skype-based TV project
The founders of TV technology firm Cat and Mouse have left the company to work…
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X Factor ratings, currency issues weigh on Fox results
Poor X Factor ratings, extra programming costs and currency issues in several international markets have…
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Breaking Bad on-demand drives Sony’s TV numbers
Sony has said that subscription video-on-demand deals for Breaking Bad drove a significant increase in…
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Founder departs as Red Arrow buys Belgian/Dutch prodco
Sultan Sushi’s founder Johan Tuyaerts is leaving the company in the wake of deal that…
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Management buy-in at Breakthrough Entertainment
Nat Abraham and Michael McGuigan (pictured left) have bought into Breakthrough Entertainment, joining founders Ira…
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Fox channels reshuffles European execs
Fox International Channels has moved several of its senior executives in Europe into new positions…
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ITV orders pilot based on Simon Cowell format
ITV is piloting Keep it in the Family, a new gameshow format based on an…
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Young and Atlan take control and rebrand Moonscoop US
Moonscoop LLC has been rebranded Splash Entertainment. The US kids producer and distributor and VOD…
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Smartertainment: clever is cool for Nat Geo
National Geographic is on the hunt for more brainy and interactive projects following its recent…
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BBC3 piloting disability gameshow from Roughcut
Youth-skewed UK channel BBC3 is piloting a new gameshow in which celebrities have their senses…
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News brief: Fox International buys Electus package
Fox International Channels has acquired a package of programming from IAC-backed producer and distributor Electus…
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NATPE pledges no more summit clashes, claims success
The organisers of the NATPE programming market in Miami have pledged to avoid the kind…
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Sony remaking The Jeffersons sitcom
Sony Pictures Television has struck a scripted format deal for Los Gutierrez, a new version…
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Twitter says TV tweeters make better viewers
Twitter users recall TV advertisements at a far greater rate than non-users, according to an…
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Teleset follows Breaking Bad remake with drug cartel series
Teleset, the Sony Pictures TV-backed Colombian producer, has secured an order for a new original…
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Mosko, the capital of Sony TV
In 2001, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer closed most of Sony’s TV production business. Just…
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PGS notches Lat Am deals
Kids distributor PGS Entertainment has sealed a raft of programming deals with broadcasters across Latin…
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Canada’s Primitive buys into Essential 11
Canada-based Factual producer Primitive Entertainment has bought into fellow prodco Essential 11 as part of…
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Sony Pictures TV weighs Scandi TV moves
Sony’s resurgent TV division wants to increase its exposure to the Scandinavian market and is…
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NATPE 2014: TV Globo
Brazilian media giant TV Globo is heading to NATPE. Ahead of the start of the…