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Stewart Clarke
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Sky Living announces new pilots in drama drive
Sky Living HD has ordered two new pilots and announced big name cast additions for…
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Discovery appoints Foley original content boss
Factual channel operator Discovery has appointed Charlie Foley executive VP of its freshly-minted Original Content…
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ABC Oz ‘will turbo charge natural history and can rival the BBC’
Phil Craig, the head of documentaries at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, says that a…
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French documentaries singled out
Despite European public channels closing documentary slots and growing competition from hosted factual and reality…
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Sundance, BBCWW join The Honourable Woman as Gyllenhall signs up
Sundance Channel in the US and BBC Worldwide have come on board upcoming drama The…
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Fox rebrands Dutch channel, preps Fox Sports launch
Fox has continued the rebranding of its channels and roll out of Fox Sports service…
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Analysts cool on Vodafone’s ‘risky’ Kabel Deutschland deal
Moody’s has said that the benefits to Vodafone of acquiring Kabel Deutschland could be outweighed…
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Formats to see in CEE
As NATPE Budapest gets underway, TBI speaks to the main players about selling formats into…
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Zodiak picks up and sells 10 Stone Testicles
Zodiak Media has taken international rights to one-off documentary The Man with the 10-Stone…
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France Télévisions preps wide-ranging transmedia projects
France Télévisions has unveiled plans for a two large-scale coordinated on-screen and online projects. Speaking…
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Value of drama imports into Europe crashes by US$1bn
The value of drama series imported into Europe has fallen by US$1 billion in recent…
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National Geographic snaps up Power’s croc docs
UK-based distributor Power has sold a pair of crocodile documentaries to National Geographic Channels International….
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Lico says CableReady has cut new programming deals, still in business
Gary Lico, the founder and boss of CableReady, has told customers and associates of the…
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Telemundo launching pay TV channel across Africa
NBCUniversal-backed Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo is launching a pay TV channel across almost 50 African…
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CableReady files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
US-based distributor CableReady has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a US court. The…
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NATPE East Hot Pick: The Fuzz
Content Television & Digital has high hopes for The Fuzz, the latest addition to the…
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Analysts positive on Netflix’s new ‘selective’ content strategy
Moody’s says Netflix is successfully managing the risk of increased programming costs with a more…
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Analysts lift ITV forecasts following Thinkfactory deal
Financial analysts have reacted positively to ITV’s acquisition of US producer Thinkfactory Media. The UK…
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News brief: eOne ups Rubin
UK-listed film and TV distributor Entertainment One has promoted Jackie Rubin to VP, corporate communications….
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Turner slashing Asia Pac workforce by 30%
Having radically restructured its EMEA business, Turner International is reorganising its Asia Pacific division along…
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News Corp. reorganises Sky Italia along BSkyB, Sky Deutschland lines
News Corp.-owned Sky Italia has reorganised all of its programming activities into a single unit,…
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HBO, ESPN and Sky launch on Apple TV
HBO, ESPN, Sky News and other content providers have launched on Apple’s TV service. The…
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ITV pays US$30m for US producer of Hatfield & McCoys
ITV has acquired a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, the US producer that made Hatfield…
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Turner streamlines L+M team amid wider cost cuts
Turner has streamlined its Turner CN Enterprises licensing and merchandising divison as the company continues…
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Content Media gets US$40m credit line
Film and TV producer and distributor Content Media has renewed and extended a key line…
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TV holds firm, but Euro ad spend recovery ‘postponed’
The expected recovery in advertising revenues across the eurozone will not materialise this year and…
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Yahoo! Middle East boss quits to launch social TV firm
Ahmed Nassef (above) has left his role as Yahoo!’s VP and managing director for Middle…
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BSkyB veteran gets top marketing and sales job at Sky Italia
Sky Italia has appointed Delia Bushell chief commercial officer. Bushell has been at the News…
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Greece’s ERT back on air
Greece’s public broadcaster ERT is to continue broadcasting during a restructure process after a Greek…
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Netflix inks ‘largest ever’ deal for originals with DreamWorks
Netflix says that its new deal for original programming from DreamWorks is its largest yet…