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Théroux exits eOne but scores TV development deal
Entertainment One’s film chief Patrice Théroux is exiting, but will remain working with the production…
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Zodiak poaches strategy boss from NBCU
Zodiak Media has recruited Natasha Mitchell as is vice president of group strategy. She joins…
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SBS6 extends Utopia for open-ended run
Dutch commercial channel SBS6 to has extended social experiment reality series Utopia’s for an open-ended…
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News brief: Sons of Anarchy shatters FX ratings record
US cable channel FX has seen the premiere of the final season of biker drama…
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Sweden’s SVT appoints CEO
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has appointed Hanna Stjärne its new CEO. She will fill the…
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Gene Simmons to rock the Coliseum
Rock music and reality TV star Gene Simmons will be in Cannes to launch a…
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TF1 remaking Israeli comedy Little Mom
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired remake rights to Israeli comedy Little Mom. Scarlett Production…
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Apple boss says ‘awful’ TV is ‘stuck in the 70s’
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the technology giant remains interested in TV, but that…
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Al Jazeera picks up kids package from Zodiak
Al Jazeera has acquired a package of programmes from Zodiak for its Arabic kids channels…
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Ex-Fox content chief named Endemol Brazil boss
Former Fox International Channels content director Marcello Leão Braga has been named general manager at…
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AMC to replace Xbox on Channel 4 drama Humans
US cable channel AMC is boarding Humans, the Xbox drama that Channel 4 will air…
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BBC Store not due this year, says BBCWW boss
BBC Worldwide CEO Tim Davie said that the corporation’s download-to-own BBC Store, which was approved…
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Jetpack powers up with Justin Time
Fledgling children’s TV vendor Jetpack Distribution has scored a deal to represent Canadian-produced cartoon Justin…
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Turner launches WarnerTV Encore catch-up service
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has launched WarnerTV Encore, a catch-up TV service for now…
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Weather Channel ‘weighs sales’
NBCUniversal-backed cable net Weather Channel may sell parts or all of its assets, according to…
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Sky Living buys Stalker from Warner Bros.
Sky Living has continued a busy round of commissions and acquisitions with the pick-up of…
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Merman, Kapital launch UK-focused JV
Sharon Horgan’s new production firm Merman Films has created a joint venture with US indie…
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Tricon taking INNvasion out to market
Tricon Films & Television is launching Dining INNvasion, a new food and décor series, internationally….
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Fortitude pre-buyers revealed
Canal+ in France and TV2 in Denmark are among the pre-buyers of big-budget Sky Atlantic…
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Retransmission fees worth £1.5bn to ITV
Retransmission fees would add about £1.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) to the value of ITV, according…
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Cineflix execs launch new indie Curve Media
Camilla Lewis and Rob Carey (pictured), Cineflix’s former creative director and UK productions boss, have…
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AOL orders James Franco comedy web series
Hollywood actor James Franco is making a ten-part comedy series for AOL as part of…
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Viewpoint: Coming up next… consolidation
Simon Murray, Digital TV Research Few were surprised by BSkyB’s announcement in late July that…
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Viacom closes Channel 5 acquisition
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has closed its £450 million (US$740 million) acquisition of UK…
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HBO alert for Broomfield’s Grim Sleeper
HBO Documentary Films has become the first international buyer of filmmaker Nick Broomfield’s new feature…
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Rising Star set for China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has bought Keshet International’s quick-selling singing format Rising Star. CCTV has…
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Discovery inks programming pact with Gipsy Sisters EP
Discovery Studios, the in-house production arm of pay TV giant Discovery, has scored a deal…
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News brief: Blacklist, Voice go day-and-date on AXN
Asian general entertainment channel AXN is launching the latest seasons of US hits The Blacklist…
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Sky orders British-Asian unscripted reality show
Sky Living has ordered Desi Rascals (WT), a twelve-part structured reality show about British Asians…
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Turkish drama lands pilot at Fox
Fox’s plan to adapt Turkish drama The End (aka Son) for US screens lead to…