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Stewart Clarke
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EBU urges EU to defend Europe against the US
The European Broadcasting Union says that including TV and film services in upcoming trade negotiations…
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All3Media, Shine and Starz cut Viewster OTT deals
OTT operator Viewster has cut programming deals with a raft of distributors, picking up drama…
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NBC acquires Sierra/Engine drama Siberia
NBC has acquired one hour drama series Siberia. The series comes from Sierra/Engine and Oscar-nominated…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Douglas Davis, Blinkbox
Douglas Davis is in LA this week attending the Screenings for the first time. Davis…
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LA Screenings 2013: Disney Media Distribution
The Walt Disney Company’s focus on developing existing franchises into 21st century behemoths has so…
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LA Screenings 2013: Twentieth Century Fox Television
With a raft of formats, remakes and reboots peppering the fall schedules of the broadcast…
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LA Screenings 2013: Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television rides into the Screenings with some pretty heavy-duty weaponry in the boot…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Catherine Mackin, UKTV
Catherine Mackin is director of programme acquisitions at UK channel operator UKTV. It runs a…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Özlem Özsümbül, Kanal D
Özlem Özsümbül is head of sales and acquisitons at Kanal D. With a shopping list…
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Zodiak teams with National Film and TV School for TV scholarship
Producer and distributor Zodiak Media has joined forces with the UK National Film and Television…
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Ovation poaches Eqal exec for digital media role
US cable net Ovation has hired Jason Black as its new original programming exec. He…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Stephen Mowbray, SVT
SVT airs several big US shows and recently bought The Bible and Bates Motel. Stephen…
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Discovery buying another Scandi channel
SBS Discovery Media had inked a deal for Swedish channel TV11 from the TV4 Group….
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Canal+ launches Touch on Windows
Canal+ has launched its TV programming mobile app, Canal Touch, on the Microsoft Windows 8…
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2013 LA Screenings Buyer Profile: Sarah Wright, controller of acquisitions, BSkyB
UK pay TV operator BSky is the largest UK-based buyer of US studio programming and…
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Profit and revenues down at FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia has reported a year-on-year declines in revenue and profit. The producer and distributor blamed…
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Raft of executive changes at Darlow Smithson
There have been a series of senior management changes at Endemol-owned factual producer DSP. Creative…
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Nordisk funding boss joins SVT as drama chief
Nordisk Film & TV Fond CEO Hanne Palmquist is leaving the funding organisation to join…
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Show of the week: The Face
The Face is a new search for a supermodel show, fronted by Naomi Campbell. The…
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Raft of broadcasters buy Gabriel Byrne drama Secret State
Numerous international broadcasters have acquired Secret State, the political drama that stars Gabriel Byrne and…
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DHX preps more YouTube channels after trio of launches
Canada-based kids producer and distributor DHX has launched three paid-for YouTube channels in association with…
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Sky Italia weighs on News Corp.’s pay TV numbers
News Corp. reported profit and revenue increases in its most recent quarter, but a loss…
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Discovery revenues up, will take Netflix option
Discovery has reported healthy revenue and profit increases across its international channels. First quarter revenues…
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Show of the week: Nicky Deuce
The news that the main cast members of The Sopranos were reuniting for a one-off…
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New sale for Banijay diving format
Banijay’s Stars in Danger: The High Dive has been sold into South America. The diving…
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New French distributor launches with former M6 kids boss
France-based producer Superprod has launched an international sales division, Superights. Morgann Favennec has been hired…
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Robert Weiss on the future for Ovation
Robert Weiss was appointed chief creative officer of Ovation TV late last year and the…
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ITV pilots gameshow Who’s Asking from Sony-backed Victory
TBI understands that ITV is piloting a new gameshow called Who’s Asking from Victory, the…
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US pay TV penetration flat, revenues to fall by $5bn
Pay TV penetration has reached saturation point in the US and Canada and pay TV…
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InterMedia trumps Stan Kroenke’s offer for Outdoor Channel
The battle for control of Outdoor Channel has taken another twist with InterMedia putting in…