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Burlesque format sells into Ukraine
Eccho Rights (fka Sparks Network) has sold its Lady Burlesque format into Ukraine. Free-to-air broadcaster…
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Management shake-up at Discovery
Discovery Networks has rejigged several senior management positions with Phillip Luff taking a new position,…
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Nielsen partners with Twitter for TV ratings
Twitter and media measurement company Nielsen are creating a ratings system based on the amount…
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Martin Scorsese making Bill Clinton documentary for HBO
Martin Scorsese is making a feature doc about Bill Clinton. The film is being made…
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LG makes “too low” Telenet offer
Liberty Global has made a per share offer of €35 for the remaining stake it…
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Jack Black making web series Ghost Ghirls for Yahoo
Actor Jack Black and the US division of Shine are teaming to make web comedy…
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Music channel Sol Musica launching on YouTube
Sol Musica, the Iberian music channel, has launched its own YouTube channel. The linear channel…
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Amazon inks Prime streaming deal with Warner Bros.
Amazon has inked a deal with Warner Bros. for content that it can stream on…
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Screen Australia backs raft of TV drama
Screen Australia is investing A$11.4 million in a raft of new TV series and features….
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Shine making drama about rock band INXS
Shine has been commissioned to make Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS,…
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Red Arrow sells You Deserve It into China
German-based distributor Red Arrow has sold its gameshow You Deserve It into China. State broadcaster…
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Liberty Global to buy back US$1b of stock
International pay TV platform operator Liberty Global has said it plans to buy back another…
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Netflix bumped from Nasdaq 100 Index
Netflix has been dropped from the list of the top 100 companies on the US…
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Caracol ups Lisette Osorio
Caracol Televisión has promoted Lisette Osorio. Osorio was previously senior director of international sales at…
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Chellomedia expands management team
Chellomedia has announced a management shake-up that includes two new appointments. The Liberty Global-owned channel…
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Viasat slam dunks NBA deal
MTG’s Nordic pay TV broadcaster Viasat has signed a deal with US basketball association the…
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Discovery buys SBS Nordic from ProSiebenSat.1
Discovery has acquired SBS Nordic from ProSiebenSat.1 for US$1.7 billion and has also taken a…
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De Mol poaches key executive from Simon Cowell
John de Mol’s Talpa has poached Simon Jones from Simon Cowell’s Syco. Jones, who was…
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BBC Worldwide sells MasterChef package to Foxtel
BBC Worldwide has shopped a package of MasterChef programming to Australian pay TV operator Foxtel….
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UK leading new viewing habits, Ofcom reveals
A new report from UK media regulator Ofcom shows that the country is ahead of…
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New French DTT channels roll out
France’s six new HD DTT channels – HD1, L’Equipe 21, 6ter, Numéro 23, RMC Découverte…
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Tom Jennings becomes 1895 Films
Factual and fact-ent producer Tom Jennings Productions has rebranded as 1895 Films. The company, which…
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Japan’s TBS inks VTV deal
Japanese commercial broadcaster TBS has cut a coproduction deal with VTV, its counterpart in Vietnam….
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HBO tipped to make Indian formats after Eros deal
HBO Asia and Indian movie producer and distributor Eros International have joined forces and will…
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CNN inks deal with News7
CNN has inked a deal with soon-to-launch news channel News7. The Bulgarian free-to-air channel will…
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Disney buys Henson’s Pajanimals
Disney has picked up animated series Pajanimals across a raft of territories. The 52x11mins series…
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch producer inks deal with eOne
Paula Hart has agreed a first-look deal with Entertainment One (eOne) and will develop new…
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Canal+ joins forces with Spotify
Canal+ France has created a new musicsite in partnership with Spotify. The service, called simply…
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Canal+ to give up Orange Cinéma Series
Canal+ is to relinquish all control over the Orange Cinéma Series channels while remaining a…
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NBC channels launch on BT
BT has inked a deal with Universal Networks International and three of the studio’s channels…