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The Style Network preps date with Virgin Media
Fashion and entertainment channel The Style Network has secured carriage on Virgin Media in the…
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Sundance Channel takes international Rectify rights
The international version of the Sundance Channel has picked up US rights to Rectify, the…
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Rakuten’s Wuaki.TV plans to launch across Europe
Wuaki.TV, dubbed the ‘Spanish Netflix’, plans to launch across all major European territories, according to…
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BBC Worldwide launching new version of Dancing with the Stars in India
BBC Worldwide is launching a second version of its Dancing with the Stars (aka Strictly…
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Turner closes NonStop Sales, Ignas Scheynius departs
Turner has closed NonStop Sales, the distribution business it absorbed when it acquired Millennium Media…
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A+E plans international launch of History sister channel H2
A+E Networks is preparing to launch its H2 channel in international markets for the first…
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Distribution profit up 52% at Beyond
Beyond has recorded healthy increases in revenues and profit in its half-year results. The producer…
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Sky and Disney launch pay TV channel
UK pay TV platform BSkyB and Hollywood Studio Disney are launching a pay TV channel…
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Shock decline in pay TV numbers in Western Europe
The total number of pay TV subscribers in Western Europe has fallen for the first…
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David Haslingden buys NHNZ and starts building factual super indie
David Haslingden, the former boss of Fox’s Networks division, has bought Kiwi natural history producer…
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Fox inks digital deal with YouTube channel WIGS
US broadcaster Fox has inked a deal with YouTube drama channel WIGS. The pair will…
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Turner reorganises CNN International’s commercial division
Turner has rejigged the commercial and ad-sales operation at news operation CNN International. Amid wide-ranging…
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Fiona Crago out and Michael Murphy in at Beyond
Fiona Crago has resigned as boss of Beyond Distribution and will be replaced by Michael Murphy….
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Ridley Scott Vatican drama shapes up
US cable network Showtime has added cast members to its upcoming drama series The Vatican….
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KDG study reveals move from TV to streaming
About 17% of Germans are using time-shifted TV, with a third of German 16-29 year-olds…
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Zuku commissions original doc series
African pay TV operator Zuku has ordered an original documentary series From Here to Timbuktu….
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Mythbusters turns ten
Beyond’s Mythbusters has achieved what very few factual programmes have and become a long-running franchise….
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Blinkbox takes James Bond catalogue in MGM deal
Blinkbox has inked a deal with MGM for the catalogue of James Bond movies. The…
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International nets drive growth at Discovery
Double-digit growth at Discovery’s international networks helped drive overall revenue and profit growth at the…
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Amazon inks new programming deal with CBS
Amazon has extended the terms of a programming deal with CBS, adding a raft of…
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Netflix teams with DreamWorks to make first original kids series
Netflix is making its first original kids series. It is teaming with Hollywood studio DreamWorks…
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Breton leaves Zodiak’s Marathon, Alessandri appointed CEO
Pascal Breton, the co-founder of Marathon, has stepped down as CEO of the French production…
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HBO teams with Apple for Go launch
HBO president and COO, Eric Kessler, announced yesterday that the HBO Go TV Everywhere service…
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The Walking Dead opener delivers best ever ratings
The debut of the new season AMC’s zombie series The Walking Dead has smashed its…
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Disney and Univision name joint venture network Fusion
The upcoming joint venture cable network from ABC and US Hispanic broadcaster Univision will be…
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Liam Keelan opts for BBC Worldwide over Sky
Liam Keelan has opted to take a new role at BBC Worldwide over the position…
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Starz inks huge content deal with Sony
US cable network Starz has inked a huge multiyear programming deal with Sony Pictures. Neither…
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Robert Redford: an independent man
The founder of the Sundance Institute, Sundance Channel and Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford is…
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Counting Cards: viewing numbers for Netflix’s House of Cards
Netflix’s original series House of Cards launched February 1 and while the streaming service does…
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Sky Italia struggles as News Corp. posts strong results
Sky Italia swung to a loss and shed customers in the most recent quarter and…