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CBS greenlights Big Bang Theory offshoot

The Big Bang Theory, one the US’s most-successful sitcoms, is getting its first spin off….

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ZoneTV buys 1,500-hour Studio71 package

US-based channel operator ZoneTV has acquired a 1,500-hour package of programming from ProSiebenSat.1-backed MCN Studio71….

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RLJE Int’l rebrands to Acorn Media Int’l

RLJE International has been renamed Acorn Media International. The division is the international unit of…

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Azteca moves for Ukrainian paranormal format

Mexican US Hispanic broadcaster Azteca America has greenlit a local version of Mystical Tales, the…

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Wanda’s $1bn Dick Clark deal collapses

The US$1 billion sale of US entertainment prodco Dick Clark Productions into Chinese hands has…

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British preschool toon Boj heads to iQiyi

Chinese on-demand platform iQiyi has bought another British preschool toon. The SVOD service has bought…

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Singing Bee returning to old haunts

Much-travelled karaoke format The Singing Bee is heading back into Romania and Indonesia after almost…

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HBO bags Judd Apatow music doc

US premium cable network HBO has acquired US television rights to a feature documentary from…

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HBO to dramatise Trump election

HBO is turning the unexpected election of Donald Trump as US president last year into…

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IHS: content arms race is ‘squeezing margins’

The content ‘arms race’ is squeezing margins for everyone across the cable industry and operators…

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European cable saw €1bn revenue growth in 2016

The European cable industry added more than €1 billion (US$1.06 billion) in revenues last year, bringing…

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Liberty Global ‘evaluating’ Amazon partnership

Liberty Global is “evaluating” whether to offer Amazon’s video service, after striking a global deal…

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Deal monitor: RTÉ, Radio Gaga, Exodus

BBC Worldwide will sell an upcoming comedy from Ireland’s RTÉ, while Hat Trick International and…

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UKTV orders Davina McCall talkshow

UK digital channel operator UKTV has ordered a new talkshow fronted by British TV personality…

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Curwin leaves Garden but remains with ITV

Nick Curwin is exiting is role as co-CEO of The Garden, but will remain with…

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Viacom rejig continues as MTV’s Lehrer exits

MTV’s head of development, Eli Lehrer, is leaving the young adult-focused cable channel, as Bob…

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Asian Netflix rival raises $90m

Asian SVOD service iflix has raised US$90 million to use on international expansion. Cable giant…

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ABC Oz axing 200 jobs to ‘focus on audience’

Michelle Guthrie has revealed her restructure of Australian pubcaster the ABC, slashing 20% of management…

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Amazon races towards Le Mans series

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an original series about the day-long Le Mans car race….

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US prodco nabs Jukin exec for digital push

US-based Meetinghouse Productions has hired Bryan Odom from user-generated content specialist Jukin Media. Odom (pictured)…

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Fremantle taking Germany RTL shows global

FremantleMedia International is taking hundreds of hours of programming from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, a stablemate…

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Latest territory launch for CBeebies

BBC children’s channel, CBeebies, today debuts on 15 cable operators in Taiwan. The dual-language, localised…

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Netflix plots Trump advisor doc

Netflix’s latest original is Get Me Roger Stone, a feature doc about the eponymous political…

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Amazon Studios, MTG bosses to keynote MIPTV

Amazon Studios content chief Roy Price and MTG president and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann are…

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More4 engages in The Good Fight

UK digital terrestrial More4 has acquired CBS All Access original The Good Fight. The Channel…

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Comedy Central debuts social media shows

Comedy Central International has greenlit a slate of five digital short-form shows that will play…

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US Nordic noir remake cancelled

TNT will not take its remake of Eyewitness into a second season. The US crime…

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NBCU takes a Chance on Hugh Laurie Hulu drama

NBCUniversal has acquired Hugh Laurie drama Chance for a raft of its international nets. NBCUniversal…

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Armoza, Tresor prepare German Sex Tape

Armoza is teaming with Tresor TV again, with the Munich-based prodco working on a local…

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Bommel handed NATPE top job

J.P. Bommel has been named president and CEO of US-based producers TV NATPE. The former…