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S4C launches on TVPlayer streaming service
Welsh public broadcaster S4C has launched on streaming service TVPlayer, making its programming available on-demand…
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News brief: Endemol Beyond signs digital deal with Drea de Matteo
Endemol Beyond USA has inked a deal with actress Drea de Matteo who will star…
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Hulu steps up effort to block international users
Hulu has ramped up efforts to stop broadband users outside of the US accessing its…
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Morgan Spurlock prodco cuts Associated Press deal
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock’s production company Warrior Poets has agreed a development deal with news agency…
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A&E takes US version of The Returned to series
A&E has ordered a ten-episode US version of hit French drama series The Returned. The…
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Fox drops sci-fi series Almost Human
Sci-fi show Almost Human will come to an end after its first run after Fox…
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BBC orders Country Life magazine series
BBC Two has ordered Inside Country Life, a reality show set inside the offices of…
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Tricon enjoys The Spoils of Babylon with new deals
Canada-based distributor Tricon Films & Television has shopped rights to its spoof miniseries The Spoils…
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Turner poaches distribution director from Disney
Turner Broadcasting has named Humphrey Black as its new vice-president, media distribution, EMEA. Black was…
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Maker Studios hires UK boss
Maker Studios, the digital content and channels specialist that is being acquired by Disney, has…
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Erik de Winter replaces Grant Ross at Endemol
Endemol’s global head of acquisitions, Grant Ross, is leaving the company and will be replaced…
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Blue Ant International strikes output deal
Recently-launched distributor Blue Ant International has agreed its first output deal, linking with factual producer…
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Xbox developing live-action Winterworld series
Xbox has ordered Winterworld, a live-action series based on the Chuck Dixon and artist Jorge…
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Nordic authorities sign off TV funding plan
The Nordic countries’ culture ministers and the region’s film institutes and broadcasters have jointly agreed…
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France Télévisions prebuys Technicolor series
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has prebought animated kids series Atomic Puppet. The 52x11mins show…
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Show of the week: The Love Table
The Love Table came out of FremantleMedia’s relationship with broadcaster Asahi and is born out…
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Kids go OTT
As the gamut of entertainment mediums for children grows ever wider, Andy Fry profiles how…
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London Live editorial director exits channel
Stefano Hatfield has left hjs position as editorial director of London Live, just weeks after…
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Chambers joins Warner at Sony-backed Electric Ray
Meredith Chambers has joined Karl Warner at newly-formed UK production company Electric Ray. Chambers will…
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China takes US series off streaming sites
Chinese authorities have ordered The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife (pictured), NCIS and The…
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Sony’s AXN buys Fox’s new 24 series
Sony Pictures Television has acquired 24: Live Another Day for its AXN channel in southeast…
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France’s M6 buys Canadian medical drama
French commercial broadcaster M6 has picked up Remedy, the Canadian medical/family drama. In Canada, the…
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UK TV ad market tipped to grow strongly
UK TV ad revenues will increase at a healthy rate in 2014 with the soccer…
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Broadcasters buy Cyber’s Mademoiselle Zazie
A raft of broadcasters have acquired preschool animated series Mademoiselle Zazie. The series is coproduced…
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Fox ups distribution exec
Scott Gregg has been promoted at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. He has been upped…
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Kids TV health warning?
Kids channels strive to have a positive impact on the lives of their young viewers,…
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Netflix launching on US cable
Netflix will launch on three US cable TV systems next week. The streaming service will…
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Cloud OTT service Magine launches in Germany
Magine, the cloud-based over-the-top TV service, has launched in Germany. It has been in beta…
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Travel Channel to Dine With The Enemy
Scripps’ Travel Channel has ordered an English language version of the innovative Dining With The…
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Entertainment lawyers, Social Construct form new TV finance firm
US entertainment law firm SmithDehn and production company Social Construct Films have set up Social…