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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….
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….
RLJE Int’l rebrands to Acorn Media Int’l
RLJE International has been renamed Acorn Media International. The division is the international unit of…
Azteca moves for Ukrainian paranormal format
Mexican US Hispanic broadcaster Azteca America has greenlit a local version of Mystical Tales, the…
Wanda’s $1bn Dick Clark deal collapses
The US$1 billion sale of US entertainment prodco Dick Clark Productions into Chinese hands has…
British preschool toon Boj heads to iQiyi
Chinese on-demand platform iQiyi has bought another British preschool toon. The SVOD service has bought…
Singing Bee returning to old haunts
Much-travelled karaoke format The Singing Bee is heading back into Romania and Indonesia after almost…
HBO bags Judd Apatow music doc
US premium cable network HBO has acquired US television rights to a feature documentary from…
HBO to dramatise Trump election
HBO is turning the unexpected election of Donald Trump as US president last year into…
IHS: content arms race is ‘squeezing margins’
The content ‘arms race’ is squeezing margins for everyone across the cable industry and operators…
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…
Liberty Global ‘evaluating’ Amazon partnership
Liberty Global is “evaluating” whether to offer Amazon’s video service, after striking a global deal…
Deal monitor: RTÉ, Radio Gaga, Exodus
BBC Worldwide will sell an upcoming comedy from Ireland’s RTÉ, while Hat Trick International and…
UKTV orders Davina McCall talkshow
UK digital channel operator UKTV has ordered a new talkshow fronted by British TV personality…
Curwin leaves Garden but remains with ITV
Nick Curwin is exiting is role as co-CEO of The Garden, but will remain with…
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…
Asian Netflix rival raises $90m
Asian SVOD service iflix has raised US$90 million to use on international expansion. Cable giant…
ABC Oz axing 200 jobs to ‘focus on audience’
Michelle Guthrie has revealed her restructure of Australian pubcaster the ABC, slashing 20% of management…
Amazon races towards Le Mans series
Amazon Prime Video has greenlit an original series about the day-long Le Mans car race….
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)…
Fremantle taking Germany RTL shows global
FremantleMedia International is taking hundreds of hours of programming from Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, a stablemate…
Latest territory launch for CBeebies
BBC children’s channel, CBeebies, today debuts on 15 cable operators in Taiwan. The dual-language, localised…
Netflix plots Trump advisor doc
Netflix’s latest original is Get Me Roger Stone, a feature doc about the eponymous political…
Amazon Studios, MTG bosses to keynote MIPTV
Amazon Studios content chief Roy Price and MTG president and CEO Jørgen Madsen Lindemann are…
More4 engages in The Good Fight
UK digital terrestrial More4 has acquired CBS All Access original The Good Fight. The Channel…
Comedy Central debuts social media shows
Comedy Central International has greenlit a slate of five digital short-form shows that will play…
US Nordic noir remake cancelled
TNT will not take its remake of Eyewitness into a second season. The US crime…
NBCU takes a Chance on Hugh Laurie Hulu drama
NBCUniversal has acquired Hugh Laurie drama Chance for a raft of its international nets. NBCUniversal…
Armoza, Tresor prepare German Sex Tape
Armoza is teaming with Tresor TV again, with the Munich-based prodco working on a local…
Bommel handed NATPE top job
J.P. Bommel has been named president and CEO of US-based producers TV NATPE. The former…