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News brief: Shine’s Princess completes senior restructure
Shine Group-owned UK producer Princess Productions has named Emma Hardy and Conor Baily as co-managing…
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News brief: Extreme Football scores broadcast deals
New broadcasters have acquired Zodiak Kids’ animated series Extreme Football as the FIFA World Cup…
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UK net grows Larva imprint
UK broadcast group CSC Media has acquired seasons one and two of Spanish short-form toon…
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eOne adds veteran Bocaccio to scripted team
Entertainment One Television has named veteran production executive Gerard Bocaccio, who worked on Discovery’s first…
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News brief: Good Food, Tricon in Donut Showdown
UK pay TV channel Good Food has acquired two seasons of Tricon Films & Televison’s…
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Rive Gauche promotes pair
US-based distributor Rive Gauche Television has upped two executives. Marine Ksadzhikyan has been elevated to…
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Welsh programme to boost indie’s international ambitions
Welsh authorities have set up Kick Start, a new initiative to help independent producers in…
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Flat growth forecast for European pay TV
Pay TV revenues will increase just 0.6% this year as subscribers move to bundled services,…
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HBO takes on distribution of Telemundo in Lat-Am
HBO Latin America has agreed a deal to distribute the Telemundo Internacional channel in the…
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What next in the Netherlands?
From Big Brother to The Voice via Deal or No Deal and Splash! Dutch producers…
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Hulu snags The Bridge
Hulu has acquired The Bridge from Shine International. The US streaming service will make the…
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Nat Geo bets on Bulloch Family Ranch
National Geographic has taken EMEA and Australian rights to reality series Bulloch Family Ranch. The…
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RLJ picks Pears as sales boss
US distributor RLJ Entertainment has hired Mike Pears as its executive VP, content sales. In…
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Aussie pubcaster moving educational shows to ABC3
Australia’s pubcaster the ABC has decided to move its educational children’s programming to dedicated kids…
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Shine scores Code of a Killer, Rome rights
Shine International has acquired rights to a pair of series from UK broadcasters. From ITV…
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Distributor Jetpack lifts off
A new kids distribution company headed up by former Disney UK programming boss Dominic Gardiner…
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Discovery takes dip with Bahama Blue
Discovery Networks International has pre-bought six-part aquatic wildlife series Bahama Blue. The deal with distributor…
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Starz launches Power on Amazon and iTunes in the UK
Starz has launched its drama series Power on various electronic sell through platforms in the…
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Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One creates Canadian cookery show
Jamie Oliver’s production company Fresh One Productions will coproduce a Canadian cooking competition show for…
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Game of Thrones crowned HBO’s most popular show ever
Game of Thrones has become the most-watched show ever on US premium cable net HBO….
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BBC and ITV win two World Cups
UK broadcasters the BBC and ITV have secured rights the 2018 and 2022 football World…
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Show of the week: Talking Tom
The Talking Tom app is the sixth-most-downloaded ever on the iPhone and the tenth most…
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CNBC hires international digital chief
News network CNBC has recruited John Armah as head of digital for its international business….
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Creatives speaking: Gilles Bannier on Paris
Gilles Bannier was lined up to direct The Tunnel, the Canal+ and Sky remake of…
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Wallace & Gromit set for TalkTalk’s YouView
UK telco TalkTalk has secured a deal with Bristol-based Aardman Animations for shows from the…
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Euro broadcasters make Chipmunk move
Germany’s Super RTL and Spain’s Atresmedia have both acquired two seasons of upcoming animated series…
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TLC to pilot Dutch format Find My Family
Absolutely Independent’s reunion-themed format Find My Family is being pilot for US cable channel TLC….
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BBC Worldwide appoints financial boss
BBC Worldwide has confirmed Andrew Bott as its new chief financial officer. Bott has been…
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Fox staffs up for Swedish launch
Fox International Channels is launching its flagship Fox channel in Sweden and is staffing up…
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ITV Studios teams with Adelstein for straight-to-series push
The US division of ITV Studios has teamed with Marty Adelstein (pictured) to launch Tomorrow…