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News brief: Lifetime dropping Drop Dead Diva
US cable net Lifetime has said that comedy drama series Drop Dead Diva will come…
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Canada’s Bell opens regional production outposts
Canadian media giant Bell is opening new production offices in Vancouver and Winnipeg. The new…
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Scripps appoints intn’l content and strategy boss
Scripps Networks International has appointed Kevin Chorlins its US-based senior VP, international content and brand…
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Disney launches UK production office
The Walt Disney Company has launched a UK production base to tap into the drama…
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Dave calls on Davies for chat show
UK digital channel Dave has commissioned a 5x60mins comedy chat show featuring QI panellist Alan…
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BT up for the fight with UFC deal
UK telco BT has secured pay TV rights to show European and Asian fights from…
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News brief: More Pointless for BBC One
UK broadcaster BBC One has commissioned more than 200 more episodes of Remarkable Television-produced gameshow…
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News brief: Horrid Henry heads for Hulu
US on-demand service Hulu has acquired another season of Horrid Henry and another UK kids…
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OTT leads the way on 4K
As if the OTT players weren’t bumping heads with traditional broadcasters enough already, they’ve now…
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Beyond Duck Dynasty…
Stuart Carter, Pioneer Productions So what would you do if you suddenly won US$1 million…
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Warner Bros’ Shed poaches BBCWW Top Gear exec
The US division of Warner Bros.-owned producer Shed has recruited John Hesling as its senior…
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Janice Hadlow out as BBC Two controller
Janice Hadlow has stepped down as controller of UK channels BBC Two and BBC Four….
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Endemol makes a play for online bingo
Endemol Netherlands and Dutch media group TMG Landelijke have formed a joint venture that will…
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News brief: StudioCanal, Tandem confirmed for MIPTV keynotes
StudioCanal boss Olivier Courson and Tandem founder Rola Bauer will give a joint keynote addresses…
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News brief: Asian nets go through Looking Glass for factual
Several Asian broadcasters have acquired factual programming from Australia-based distributor Looking Glass International. Among the…
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News brief: Mid East net winds up for Tickety Toc
Dubai-based MBC3 has acquired preschool show Tickety Toc from distributor Zodiak Kids. The MBC Group…
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Viasat unveils Runway in My Closet with Armoza
European broadcaster Viasat has commissioned a competitive fashion reality format through a co-development venture with…
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Fox Intn’l poaches Warner Bros veteran Robinson
The distribution arm of 21st Century Fox has recruited Matthew Robinson for a senior sales…
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Dutch broadcaster intent on Keeping the Netherlands alive
Dutch public broadcaster Ned 1 has ordered a local version of the Keeping The Nation…
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Turner nabs Discovery Asia CFO
Turner International Asia Pacific has recruited Shitiz Jain as senior VP, finance. He joins from…
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News brief: Discovery Asia picks up kids series The Fixies
The Asian feed of Discovery Kids has acquired animated series The Fixies. The pan-regional deal…
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Claire Tavernier resurfaces at Shine’s ChannelFlip
The co-founders of Shine Group-owned online multichannel network ChannelFlip, Justin Gayner and Wil Harris, are…
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News brief: German channel buys Tennant’s Escape Artist
German network Vox has acquired BBC One drama thriller The Escape Artist from Red Arrow…
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News brief: ABC, Teletoon onboard comedy toon Winston
ABC3 in Australia and Canada’s teletoon have greenlit production on Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley…
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ITV orders Ejector Seat gameshow
UK commercial broadcaster has ordered Ejector Seat, a new teatime quiz show from Endemol’s Remarkable…
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French and US b’casters go for new Sonic the Hedgehog series
Cartoon Network in the US will show Sonic Boom, a new CGI series featuring iconic…
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News brief: Technicolor to develop Fun Crew toon
France- and Hollywood-based Technicolor has optioned rights to Cosmo, Bud & Boo, a 52x11mins 2D…
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Discovery to air live Everest leap
Discovery is going to transmit daredevil Joby Ogwyn’s wing suit leap from the summit of…
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News brief: Shopping Monsters hit the high street in Latvia
Viasat’s Latvian channel TV3 has launched a local version of Global Agency format Shopping Monsters….
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Starz takes LeBron James drama to series
US cable network Starz has given a full series order to Survivor’s Remorse, the half-hour…