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Stewart Clarke
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Coolabi hot-housing ideas after Working Partners deal
Coolabi, which owns or represents brands including Bagpuss, Purple Ronnie and Ivor the Engine, has…
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Netflix lowers US target but hails international growth
Netflix has lowered its full year subscriber target for the US, but said it has…
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Scripted reality consultation underway in France
French media regulator the CSA has said it will hold meetings with content creation professionals…
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Foxtel snags HBO output deal
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has inked an output deal with HBO. The agreement gives…
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Paul Heaney on distribution
Developments In the world of distribution Paul Heaney, founder, TCB Media Rights What does scale…
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Showtime orders a third season of Homeland
US cable network Showtime has ordered another season of its hit drama series Homeland. Season…
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UK’s 4GEE to offer film service from FilmFlex
UK mobile telecom provider Everything Everywhere (EE) is launching a film streaming and download service…
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BBC and Discovery making Nasa disaster drama
The BBC and Discovery’s Science Channel are coproducing a one-off factual drama with William Hurt,…
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Netflix under pressure to deliver ahead of results
Analysts expect Netflix to fail to stay on course to hit earlier subscriber targets when…
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Canal+ must make movie channels available to ISPs
Pay TV operator Canal+ has lost the latest stage of its battle to overturn the…
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ABC orders more Shark Tank
US broadcast network has upped its order for episodes of Shark Tank, the entrepreneurial reality…
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Astro buys package of kids shows from Beyond
Astro TVIQ, the Malaysian pay TV operator’s kids branded kids channel, has agreed a deal…
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Netflix recruiting international language specialists
Netflix is looking for a range of language specialists leading market watchers to speculate it…
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Canal+’s Belmer speaks against change to SVOD window
Canal+ chief Rodolphe Belmer has spoken out against any significant changes to the ordering of…
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Wizards Vs. Aliens
The writing team of Russell T Davies and Phil Ford is credited with reinvigorating the…
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Davie replaces Smith as BBC Worldwide chief
John Smith is to step down after eight years as CEO of BBC Worldwide, and…
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Disney buys German free-to-air channel Das Vierte
Disney plans to acquire German free-to-air channel Das Vierte. The deal, for an undisclosed sum,…
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Broadcasters around the world team for documentary season on poverty
Seventy international broadcasters have joined forces and will screen a series of documentary films about…
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Canada’s Bell reacts furiously to CRTC blocking its Astral takeover
Canadian telco Bell has reacted angrily to media regulator the CRTC blocking its attempted C$3.4…
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Bake Off to rise in the US
Hit UK format The Great British Bake Off has been sold to CBS, which will…
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Canada’s W Network buys The Audience
Canadian specialty channel W Network has ordered a local version of Channel 4 format The…
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Sky buys Sony’s submarine drama Last Resort
UK pay TV broadcaster BSkyB has acquired US submarine drama series Last Resort. The Sony…
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Celestial Tiger hires Fox exec
Lionsgate, Saban and Celestial joint venture Celestial Tiger has hired Magdalene Cheung from Fox International…
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Hollywood Studio formats
Plans are underway to make some of the most iconic US shows ever for local…
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Electric Sky has a Night in With Robbie Williams
Distributor Electric Sky has picked up rights to feature documentary A Night In With Robbie…
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3net forms production and distribution division
3net, the joint venture 3D channel run by Discovery, Imax and Sony, is launching a…
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M6 demands €100m compensation for loss of bonus channel
French commercial broadcaster M6 is planning to make a claim for €100 million from the…
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Todd Lituchy’s New Media Vision picks up preschool show
New Media Vision, the company run by former Disney and Viasat executive Todd Lituchy, has…
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Netflix snags Warner Bros content as Scandi roll out continues
Netflix has launched in Denmark today and will roll out in Norway and Finland later…
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MTV ups Latin head of acquisitions
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted Marisol Amaya to senior director of programming acquisitions. Amaya…