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Telemundo launches TV Everywhere app
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has launched a new TV Everywhere service Telemundo Now. The free…
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News brief: ITV axes Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
UK broadcaster ITV is ending its long-running format Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, 15…
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News brief: Foxtel hires former Seven West COO for senior role
Australia’s Foxtel has hired former Seven West Media COO Rohan Lund to take on the…
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Fall TV season: overview and early trends
Julia Espérance, media consultant at Eurodata TV and service manager for the New on the…
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Turkey’s D-Smart snags Sony output deal
Turkish pay TV platform D-Smart has agreed a multiyear content deal with Sony Pictures Television….
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Bear Grylls in Channel 4 ‘Lord of the Flies’ series
Adventurer Bear Grylls will front a new factual entertainment series billed as “Lord of the…
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Terry Thullier lands France 2 job, new top team for France 4
France Télévisions group news chief Terry Thullier will replace Philippe Vilamitjana at France 2, while…
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News brief: Producers get executive Windfall
UK indie Windfall Films has handed executive producer roles to a pair of factual execs….
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Getty to handle BBC Motion Gallery footage sales
BBC Worldwide, the global arm of the UK public broadcaster, has inked a deal with…
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News brief: Harry Sloan’s Global Eagle makes $36m in-flight deal
Global Eagle Entertainment has acquired another in-flight entertainment business, buying IFE Services for US$36 million….
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Cartoon Network Asia launches second screen app
Turner’s Cartoon Network has launched an app for kids in Asia. The mobile second screen…
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FIC Asia cuts major programming deal with Disney
Fox International Channels has acquired a package of new Disney-distributed TV series for its channels…
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Chello CE channels move into drama with FremantleMedia deal
Channel operator Chello Central Europe has acquired a 270-hour package of programming from FremantleMedia International….
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Sundance, WE tv find new Asian homes
Sundance Channel is launching in South Korea on another IPTV provider and in Ecuador on…
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Cyber Group announces raft of MIPCOM deals
France-based producer and distributor Cyber Group Studios has announced a raft of programme sales off…
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Former rock music manager Sherman takes reins at lifestyle network Veria
Eric Sherman, the former manager of Aerosmith front man and American Idol judge Steven Tyler,…
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BBC America orders original drama Intruders
BBC America has ordered a new original drama series, titled Intruders. Based on the Michael…
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BBC unveils first iPlayer drama debut
BBC daytime drama Moving On will be the corporation’s first drama series to premiere on…
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Sony notches pair of Chinese programming deals
Huaso Film/TV Digital Production, the Sony Pictures Television-backed Chinese prodco, has got a new show…
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News brief: Dutch net pins down WWE Raw
RTL has acquired rights to the WWE’s main wrestling programme, WWE Raw, for one of…
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Viewpoint: In VOD we trust – how pay TV can combat OTT
In television, as with many other things in life, you have to keep the faith….
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Sky’s quarterly programming costs top £600 million
BSkyB’s investment in new original programming and increased football rights costs have caused a spike…
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Nick buys Wanda and the Alien for intn’l channels
Nickelodeon has acquired Wanda and the Alien for its international channels. The deal, which does…
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ITV buys Digimon anime series
ITV has picked up the latest series of kids anime show Digimon. The UK free-to-air…
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BBC agrees seven year In the Night Garden deal
CBeebies has inked a deal with DHX Media for In the Night Garden that will…
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PGS inks first-look deal with Zagtoon
Distributor PGS Entertainment has struck a first-look deal with kids producer Zagtoon and will sell…
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eOne shopping drama series based on Brit flick Skeletons
Entertainment One is pitching a TV series to broadcasters based on the 2010 UK movie…
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Stan Lee makes Indian superhero for Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has picked up Chakra: The Invincible, a superhero TV movie from Stan Lee….
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Comedy Central poaches BBC exec for programming role
Comedy Central has recruited Louise Holmes as VP, programming. Holmes will join the UK version…
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News brief: Sky Arte and VRT are drawn to Picasso doc
Italian arts and culture channel Sky Arte and Belgian free-to-air broadcaster VRT have acquired Picasso,…