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Chernin linked to $2bn move for IMG
Peter Chernin has reportedly joined forces with private equity firm CVC Capital to make a…
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11 Television adds another production exec
Canadian factual entertainment specialist 11 Television has tapped Primevista Television production boss Phil Hutchins to…
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Bristow acquires rights for Country Girl, President
Julie Bristow’s content company has acquired rights to a pair of factual series sold by…
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Cable sparks a US indie M&A frenzy
The international media groups that previously drove rounds of M&A activity among indies in the…
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Endemol moves formats boss to branding role
Endemol has appointed Ingrid Akkerman director, brand relations. She takes the role having been at…
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Weakest Link and Millionaire creators team for formats
Fintan Coyle, creator of hit quiz show The Weakest Link, has joined forces with Boxatricks,…
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Formats in focus: Zodiak Rights
Zodiak’s two big new formats stretch from the wacky Japanese-originated end of the market to…
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Pioneer Productions poaches BBC’s Innovation boss
UK factual producer Pioneer has recruited Ailsa Orr from the BBC. Orr was head of…
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Fox nets German football rights for intn’l channels
21st Century Fox has agreed a multiyear year deal for international rights to games from…
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Red Bull Media House inks US Fox Sports deal
Red Bull Media House has inked a three-year deal with Fox Sports in the US…
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MTV greenlights more Teen Wolf and Wolf Watch companion series
MTV has ordered a fourth season of Teen Wolf and greenlit a companion series, Wolf…
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Show of the week: Haven
Entertainment One heads into MIPCOM with more episodes of Haven, the hit mystery series based…
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Hulu set to name Fox Networks exec new CEO
US internet TV site Hulu is reportedly close to naming veteran Fox Networks executive Mike…
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Lovefilm cuts Marvel anime deal
UK streaming service Lovefilm has inked a programming deal for four of Marvel’s animated series….
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Viacom cuts European Twitter video ad deal
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has signed a social video advertising deal with Twitter in…
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OSN and Disney extend exclusive programming deal
Middle East pay TV broadcaster OSN has signed a content deal with The Walt Disney…
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A third of millennials watch mainly online video
Some 34% of millennials said they watch mostly online video or no broadcast television, according…
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French air traffic strike latest
Industrial action by the French air traffic controllers will go ahead on the last day…
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News brief: France 5 among Sam, Thomas, Mike buyers
France 5 is among the buyers of HIT Entertainment programmes Mike the Knight, Thomas &…
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MIPTV to host first international Digital Upfronts
Reed MIDEM, the organiser of MIPTV and MIPCOM, is launching a new showcase for digital…
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DCD picks up rights to UKTV shows
DCD Rights has picked up rights to two series from UKTV and will launch them…
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News brief: Chello Central Europe welcomes Vic the Viking
Chello Central Europe has picked up basic pay TV to 78 episodes of animated kids…
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Iceland’s Baltasar Kormákur relaunches TV and film business
Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur has rebranded and relaunched his TV and film production company and…
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Ovation traces Artful Detective
US cable channel Ovation has acquired the ITV Studios Global Entertainment-sold drama The Artful Detective…
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Sky Deutschland, HBO buy mafia series Gomorrah
Beta Film has confirmed a deal with HBO Nordic for its Italian crime series Gomorrah….
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ATF market introduces MIP-branded sessions
There will be a ‘MIPAcademy’ strand at this year’s ATF market in Singapore. ATF is…