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News brief: Disney Asia buys WWI pigeons toon
Disney has acquired animated feature Cher Ami for several of its channels in Asia. Disney…
Buyers circled CableReady before closure
DRG and Content Media Corp. were among those that came close to acquiring the assets…
Channel 5 buys another Aussie drama
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Australian drama Secrets & Lies from distributor Cineflix Rights….
News brief: ITV confirms Rising Star deal
UK broadcaster ITV has confirmed its commission of Israeli interactive talent format Rising Star. As…
Nick App debuts in UK
A Nickelodeon app that’s been downloaded five million times in the US has gone live…
News brief: Paisner re-elected before International Emmys
Bruce Paisner has been re-elected president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts…
News brief: BBC Four to deliver Christmas Lectures
UK digital channel BBC Four has re-commissioned indie Windfall Films to produce this December’s Royal…
News brief: Asian nets acquire Jim Henson shows
Asian channels including Hong Kong’s TVB have acquired content from The Jim Henson Company. Among…
Transmedia by numbers
Children’s love of great TV content shows no signs of abating but young audiences are…
News brief: Lifetime’s Witches to fly again
US cable channel Lifetime has ordered a second season of its female-skewed Witches of East…
News brief: Echo Bridge picks up Burt Reynolds film
US-based distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has acquired a pair of films – one of which…
News brief: Nick back for more Instant Mom
Nickelodeon has gone for a second season of family comedy Instant Mom. Additionally, Nick’s president,…
Kids TV seriously
Today’s kids have an endless array of entertainment choices. From Disney, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting…
Hungary’s TV2 shoots for Keshet’s Rising Star
The number of channels picking up Keshet International’s new talent format Rising Star has grown…
LoveFilm launches on Xbox One
TV and movie streaming service LoveFilm can now be accessed on the newly-launched Xbox One….
HBO GO launches on Google’s Chromecast
HBO’s catch-up service GO has launched on Chromecast, the internet giant’s digital media player. The…
FremantleMedia seals new X Factor deals
The X Factor has been renewed by several key free-to-air broadcasters and the show’s distributor,…
Comet of the Century impacts Nat Geo schedule
National Geographic has ordered Comet of the Century, a one-off doc about the Ison comet,…
Fox Japan preps ten-day continuous NCIS marathon
The Fox channel in Japan will run an uninterrupted ten-day marathon of CBS procedural NCIS….
Discovery preps Mexican-US sex trade doc
Discovery has greenlit two original Spanish-language doc for its US Hispanic net Discovery en Español….
News brief: Amazon adds new movies to streaming service
Amazon has agreed a content deal with A24. It will add movies from the studio…
Discovery buys Proper content
Discovery channels in EMEA and Asia have acquired content from Canadian distributor Proper Rights. Discovery…
News brief: Hulu adds Thomas, Sesame Street, Bob
US streaming service Hulu has added hundreds of episodes of children’s TV programming. As of…
Wildseed announces first projects
Wildseed, the new content business formed by ex-Aardman and BBC execs Miles Bullough and Jesse…
Turner appoints UK kids TV boss
Turner Broadcasting System has handed the director of UK kids channels role to Sean Gorman….
News brief: RAI appoints drama boss
Italian public broadcaster RAI has upped Luca Milano to deputy director, RAI Fiction. Milano was…
Zodiak hires new entertainment VP
Zodiak Rights has recruited Andrew Sime as its new VP, entertainment. Sime joins from Turkey-based…
News brief: FX orders Guillermo del Toro drama series
FX has ordered Strain, a thirteen-part original series based upon the vampire book series by…
Discovery orders Filipino Typhoon Haiyan doc
Discovery Networks International has ordered Megastorm: World’s Biggest Typhoon, a one-off documentary about weather phenomenon,…
News brief: Scripps buys Peace Point lifestyle shows
Scripps Networks International has acquired a trio of lifestyle shows from Canada’s Peace Point Rights….