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Stewart Clarke
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Walking Dead opener smashes cable ratings records
The first instalment of the fourth season of The Walking Dead has smashed its previous…
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Netflix orders original drama series from Sony
Netflix’s has ordered another original drama, this time from the creators of Glenn Close legal…
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SPT to launch UK SVOD Animax channel
Sony Pictures Television Networks will launch a UK version of its anime channel, Animax, as…
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BBC Worldwide buys into Dominic Monaghan wildlife series
BBC Worldwide’s Global Channels division has come on board the upcoming second season of Wild…
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Keshet’s Rising Star sparkles in new territories
Keshet has inked deals for its super buzzy Rising Star format in Germany and the…
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Netflix in talks with US cablers
Netflix is in talks with several US cable companies with a view to making its…
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Discovery and BBC shut down joint programming effort
Factual channel Discovery and UK public broadcaster the BBC have called time on their programming…
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MIPCOM hits 13,500 attendees
Reed MIDEM, the organisers of MIPCOM said this morning that there were 13,500 attendees at…
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Fox International reveals Walking Dead season four plans
Fox International Channels will launch the new season of The Walking Dead within 24 hours…
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Katzenberg eyes extended DreamWorks-Netflix deal
DreamWorks cofounder and CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg said that he hopes the programming deal his studio…
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Keshet notches another Rising Star deal
Keshet International has inked another deal for its buzzy talent format Rising Star. The company,…
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Katzenberg reveals US$75 million Breaking Bad pay-per-view offer
Jeffrey Katzenberg told MIPCOM delegates today that he offered the producers of Breaking Bad US$75 million…
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MIPCOM: French air traffic strike threat back on
French air traffic controllers have left their options open regarding a strike, threatening disruption to…
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New Lifetime channel launch in Asia
A+E Networks will launch its Lifetime channel in India, Sean Cohan, executive VP, international for…
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Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity gears up for TV distribution
Ryan Kavanaugh has told TBI that his media firm Relativity is gearing up to start…
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Show of the week: Sherlock
As befits a drama series about the world’s best-known sleuth, season two of Sherlock ended…
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News brief: RTL Netherlands takes Keasha’s Fashion Tips
RTL Netherlands has acquired lifestyle reality series Keasha’s Fashion Tips. The show is fronted by…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
Andy Day is already known to preschool fans of Andy’s Wild Adventures, in which the…
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Amazon: piloting a new future
Amazon Studios director Roy Price talks to Stewart Clarke about pilots, original programming and his…
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Sony shows off its six pack
Sony’s creative boss Wayne Garvie talks about Sony Pictures Television’s enlarged slate of formats for…
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MIPJunior Hot Picks: Chamelia
Chamelia is a series of kids books from Ethan Long, the writer who picked up…
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Gaumont teams with Petersen, brings David & Goliath series to Cannes
Gaumont International Television has inked a deal with movie director Wolfgang Petersen and the pair…
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Viacom relaunches MTV in Russia
The MTV channel has relaunched in Russia. Viacom International Media Networks announced it would be…
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BBCWW bringing Karl Pilkington to Cannes, sells Moaning
BBC Worldwide has told TBI that it is bringing Karl Pilkington to Cannes to promote…
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Absolutely launching MNet formats at MIPCOM
Formats specialist Absolutely Independent will launch a slate of formats from South African pay TV…
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MIPJunior pick: FremantleMedia’s Kate & Mim-Mim
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment aims to launch one show in each of the major…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Hulu’s True Heroines
This series almost certainly represents the first time burlesque dancing, sci-fi and period dramedy have…
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Illegal Eater on the menu for Rive Gauche in Cannes
US-based distributor Rive Gauche Television will launch The Illegal Eater at MIPCOM. In the series,…
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Fox buys Paramount of LAPTV channels business
Fox has bought fellow studio Paramount out of the LAPTV channels business. LAPTV operates premium…
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Fox Channels hires Viacom’s former German boss
Fox International Channels has hired Marco de Ruiter as its senior VP, Germany, Austria and…