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AMC confirms The Walking Dead spin-off
The team behind smash hit cable series The Walking Dead are working on a spin-off…
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Sons of Anarchy season launch sets FX ratings record
The first episode of the new season of Sons of Anarchy has become the most-watched…
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Conde leaves Univision for NBCU
Cesar Conde has resigned as president of the Networks division of US Hispanic broadcaster Univision…
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Amazon, Xbox cool on Netflix’s binge model
The executives running the content arms of Amazon and Xbox have separately told TBI they…
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Wowow continues int’l copro push with Cameron Carpenter doc
Japanese premium pay TV broadcaster WOWOW has come on board its second coproduction and told…
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Kevin MacLellan replaces Jeff Shell at NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal has confirmed that Kevin MacLellan has been elevated to chairman of its international operations….
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Banijay buys Spanish production company
Production and distribution group Banijay has acquired Day Light On Producciones (DLO), the Spanish drama…
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Jeff Shell takes new role in top level NBCU shake-up
NBCUniversal’s international boss Jeff Shell has been given a new role, becoming chairman of the…
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Hindle restructures FremantleMedia’s digital operation
FremantleMedia has restructured its digital operations, putting several of its execs in senior positions. The…
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NBCU hires international scripted boss
NBCUniversal International Television Production has hired JoAnn Alfano as executive VP, scripted programming. Alfano will…
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Fox takes NFL rights in Europe
Fox International Channels has acquired NFL TV rights for its branded sports channels in Europe….
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Temple Street makes hire for digital studio Boat Rocker
Canadian indie Temple Street Productions has hired Carlos Pachero as its director of partnerships at…
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Entertainment One to sell AMC scripted shows
Producer and distributor Entertainment One has agreed a distribution deal with AMC Networks and will…
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David Goldberg out at Endemol
David Goldberg is leaving Endemol USA at the end of the year. The chairman and…
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Zodiak inks three-year Foxtel deal
Zodiak Rights has agreed a three-year deal woth Foxtel. The Australian pay TV operator will…
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Cineflix Rights puts staff at risk of redundancy
Cineflix Rights has started a consultation process with several staff being placeed at risk of…
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Best of British SVOD service Cirkus cuts Nordic deal
UK content-based VOD service Cirkus has inked a deal with Nordic pay TV service Boxer,…
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Rakuten buys OTT service Viki
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has bought multi-language over-the-top service Viki. Rakuten already owns Wuaki.TV, an…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Super Wings!
The international nature of the kids TV business is encapsulated in a new show for…
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Globo boss restructures Brazilian media giant
Globo chief executive Carlos Henrique Schroder has met with the company’s senior executives to outline…
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Sony-backed Victory trying out gameshow for the BBC
Victory Television is piloting a new gameshow format, In Sync. A casting call has just…
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International media coming to Cambridge
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries, ABC boss Paul Lee and Microsoft Studios chief Nancy Tellem…
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Lovefilm inks Viacom programming deal
Lovefilm has agreed a content deal with Viacom that gives it hundreds of hours of…
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Sky Vision making Bannockburn docudrama for History UK
History UK has ordered Bannockburn (WT) a one-off event docudrama from Sky Vision. The factual…
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E! orders party travel series from Monkey Kingdom
US cable network E! has ordered Party On, a new series looking at A-list holiday…
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Sony sets up new prodco with Discovery exec Andreae
Simon Andreae is leaving Discovery to set up his own production company Scarlet Media. Sony…
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Sony preps El Mariachi TV series
Sony Pictures Television is making a TV series based on the Robert Rodriguez action movie…
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New hire for NBCU’s Monkey
NBCUniversal-owned Monkey Kingdom has recruited a new executive producer, Ollie Brack, from FremantleMedia’s UK prodco…
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Johnsons becomes first Kiwi drama to travel to the US
NBCUniversal-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Kiwi series The Almighty Johnsons, marking the first time…
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Show of the week: Dream Builders
Dream Builders represents something of a departure for Banijay International, which is most closely associated…