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Stewart Clarke
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Sean O’Kelly leaves Stealth Media
Sean O’Kelly the cofounder of TV and film distributor Stealth Media Group has left the…
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Endemol scripted boss Naomi Joseph leaves company
Naomi Joseph has left her role as executive director of international scripted programming at Endemol,…
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Disney’s kids novella launching in the UK
Disney is launching its kids telenovela Violetta on Disney Channel in the UK. The show…
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Stephanie Hartog out, Neil Bailey in as All3Media rejigs international
All3Media is reorganising its international division in a series of changes that see formats sales…
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David Ellender leaves FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia International is looking for a new CEO following the announcement this morning that David…
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Channel 5 schedules UK Film School’s ‘sexting’ doc
Channel 5 will air its film school-produced ‘sexting’ documentary, Sexters, this Sunday. The one-off doc…
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BBC ‘must learn lessons but is world’s greatest broadcaster’
The BBC pledged today to learn the lessons from what BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten…
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John Malone concedes Kabel Deutschland chase over
Liberty Global owner John Malone has admitted his company has lost the race to buy…
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BBC Worldwide delivers ‘steady’ performance as programme sales top £300m
BBC Worldwide’s programme sales revenues topped £300 million (US$453 million) for the first time in…
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Show of the Week: Rio: The Great Saga
Following the success of Paris: The Great Saga, French producer Gédéon has a factual format…
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Sony launching new Black and White channels in Europe
Sony Pictures Television is launching new versions of its AXN channel in Central Europe. AXN…
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A+E takes full control of channels in Asia
A+E has finalised a previously announced deal to take full control of AETN All Asia…
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Viki makes Spanish push, inks Netflix, Lat Am deals
Viki has launched a Spanish-language service and inked a telenovela deal with Netflix and Colombia’s…
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YouTube channel operator gets cash injection from CAA-backed bank
Base79, the UK-based digital company that operates a swathe of YouTube channels, has received a…
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Five Minutes to a Fortune heads to Italy
UK entertainment format Five Minutes to a Fortune is being piloted in Italy. A local…
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Russian media firms join forces to fight illegal downloads
Russian film and TV companies are creating a new group that will fight online piracy….
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Caleb Weinstein resurfaces at Amazon
Having left Discovery this summer, Caleb Weinstein has taken a role at Amazon in the…
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Lifetime confirms UK launch, expected to replace Bio
US cable network Lifetime has confirmed it will launch in the UK this autumn. The…
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Magine accelerates expansion plans with $19m injection
Magine has secured $19 million in extra funding from Swedish and international investors and said…
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Spain’s Phileas options formats to FremantleMedia, Endemol
Spain’s Phileas Productions has inked deals with FremantleMedia and Endemol for its format Don’t say…
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Canada/Oz kids pirate sails into production, Breakthrough attached
Canadian producer Atomic Cartoons and its Australian counterpart Sticky Pictures have started production on Pirate…
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Jonathan Jackson resurfaces at Franklin Rae as TV PR agency sold
Franklin Rae has been bought by Tessa Laws, founder of legal firm newlawslegal, and Jonathan…
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Exclusive: Novovision acquisitions exec departing
Véronique Le Didroux is leaving French producer and distributor Novovision. Le Didroux has been in…
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MTG Studios ditching Strix International brand for DRG
MTG Studios plans to fold the formats from its Strix International division into DRG, the…
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ITV orders more ‘Benidorm Bastards’
ITV has ordered a second series of Off Their Rockers, the senior citizen hidden-camera series…
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Sony Asia and Charis making Cyril magic show
Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, SPT Networks Japan and Hong Kong-based Charis Entertainment are making…
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Turner poaches Disney’s Patricia Hidalgo
Turner has hired Patricia Hidalgo as its chief content officer, EMEA, filling a role vacated…
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Vimeo launches new Neil Labute movie day and date
Online video service Vimeo has made the new Neil Labute feature film Some Girl(s) available…
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Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
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Murphy goes one step beyond
The new general manager of Australia-based Beyond Television tells TBI about changing international perceptions of…