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SVT lines up political thriller

Swedish pubcaster SVT is lining up a political thriller from Strix Drama. Ögon Blå is…

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News brief: RTVE order TCB’s Mega Food

Spanish pubcaster RTVE is among buyers of factual content from UK-based indie distributor TCB Rights….

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CBeebies original production quota cut by 10%

UK communications regulator Ofcom has agreed to a reduction in the original programming requirements at…

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Zig Zag ups Graff as Monks goes it alone

Zig Zag Productions has upped Matt Graff to VP, commercial and current production to replace…

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Roughcut cuts Sky channels development deal

UK indie producer Roughcut TV has agreed a programming deal with Sky whereby it will…

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UK, France SVOD platforms buy Corus kids shows

Dailymotion and Canalplay Infinity in France and Hopster in the UK have acquired 345 hours…

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HBO On Demand launches on Indian pay TV

Tata Sky subscribers with access to HBO premium channels in India can now access catch-up…

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CBS, RTL get Extreme in Asia

The RTL and CBS joint venture channels business has launched its second thematic channel in…

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Keshet hires former DCD exec as COO

The UK division of Keshet has recruited Sammy Nourmand as its chief operating officer. Nourmand,…

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Sky and FX join forces on comedy production

BSkyB has teamed up FX Networks to work on developing new comedy shows for audiences…

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News brief: Ukraine’s Inter finds Chef at Your Door

Ukrainian national broadcaster Inter has commissioned a two-season run of cooking competition Chef at Your…

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MTG Studios becomes Nice Entertainment

The Modern Times Group has rebranded its content division MTG Studios as Nice Entertainment Group….

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Doug Baker takes on wider Discovery role

Discovery has added the COO position to Doug Baker’s current CFO role at its international…

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News brief: Global sales for new Jungle Bunch series

Broadcasters in Europe, the Middle East and North America have bought Tat Productions and Master…

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Scripps buys Oz vet series

Scripps has taken EMEA rights to Travels with the Bondi Vet, an Australian series that…

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News brief: BSkyB taking on iTunes with movie downloads

BSkyB will launch a new download to own service dubbed ‘buy and keep’. It will…

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News brief: Portugal’s RTP in for Armoza primetime format

Portuguese broadcaster RTP has commissioned a local version of Armoza Formats’ primetime show I Can…

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EU to probe Liberty Global’s Dutch cable takeover

European antitrust watchdog the European Commission will review Liberty Global’s agreed takeover of Dutch cable…

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Lifetime preps global launch for Minnie Driver TV movie

Female-skewing cable network Lifetime will launch TV movie Return to Zero simultaneously across its international…

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China to spur Asia pay TV boom

There will be over 500 million new digital TV homes across Asia Pacific between now…

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Lauder leaves CME after two decades

Ronald Lauder, the founder of Central European Media Enterprises, has resigned from the company’s board….

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News brief: CJ E&M, Dragon TV partner in production pact

Korean entertainment group CJ E&M and Chinese broadcaster Dragon TV are hooking up to produce…

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BBC drama boss leaves to revive FremantleMedia’s Euston Films

The BBC’s head of drama, Kate Harwood (left), is leaving the UK public broadcaster revive…

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News brief: SBS, Viasat pre-buy Own Rainforest

SBS in Australia and European broadcaster Viasat have prebought eco-themed factual entertainment series I Bought…

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Broadcasters prebuy ABC’s Black Box

Broadcasters in Europe and Israel have acquired ABC’s upcoming medical procedural The Black Box. RTL…

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FremantleMedia and Roland Joffe rebooting Hunchback of Notre Dame

FremantleMedia International and filmmaker Roland Joffé (The Mission) have joined forces to develop Ugly, a…

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Wuaki adds Hunger Games, Expendables

European streaming service Wuaki.tv has added Lionsgate UK-distributed movies such as The Hunger Games: Catching…

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Japanese pubcaster launching 8K in 2020

Japanese public broadcaster NHK will launch a full 8K service in 2020 to coincide with…

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Scandi broadcasters buy World Cup doc

Sweden´s SVT, Finland’s YLE, and Denmark’s DR have acquired World Cup documentary special Mata Mata….

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MarVista greenlights pop star docs

US-based producer and distributor Marvista Entertainment will launch a raft of new music docs internationally….