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Wuaki races towards SVOD deal with Disney

Spanish streaming service Wuaki has scored an exclusive SVOD agreement to bring programming from Disney-owned…

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Jamie, FoodTube and the changing face of MCNs

K7 Media’s Clare Thompson asks what the demise of Jamie Oliver’s FoodTube tells us about…

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ITV orders Desire drama

ITV has greenit Desire, a new drama series from UK prodco Mammoth Screen. The series…

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Amazon US moves for Spanish and UK drama

Amazon has snagged two new international scripted series, coming on board the upcoming second season…

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Amazon snags ChuChu for India

Amazon has inked a deal with ChuChu TV, landing a raft of exclusive kids content…

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Discovery buys German Evil Knows! science series

Discovery Networks has acquired Evil Knows! – In the Name of Science, a popular science…

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ITV confirms Talpa Cannonball deal

ITV has confirmed it will run a local version of Cannonball, the physical gameshow from…

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Amazon and Netflix claim Oscar wins

Rival streaming services Amazon and Netflix both claimed Oscar wins last night, with Amazon connected…

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PactUS plots digital expansion

The US arm of independent producers association Pact has forged a new alliance with a…

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Viacom raises $1.3bn

Viacom has issued a US$1.3 million bond offer and will use the proceeds to pay…

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Nine records massive TV writedown

Nine Entertainment has made another writedown against the value of its free TV business after…

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Sony, Mitsui form anime alliance

Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed with Japanese conglomerate Mitsui, and the pair will jointly run…

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Endemol France bags dating format as Shine nears

Endemol France has acquired rights to Canadian dating format Double Occupancy ahead of its merger…

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Hulu raises Black Sails

US streaming service Hulu has bought pirate drama Black Sails, securing rights to the fourth…

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Sonar links with Monkeypaw

US producer and distributor Sonar has inked a first-look deal with Monkeypaw Productions. The deal…

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Boat Rocker & Cisneros sign ‘long-term’ deal

Canada’s Boat Rocker Rights and a subsidiary of Venezuela’s Cisneros Media Distribution have signed a…

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Boat Rocker & Cisneros sign ‘long-term’ deal

Canada’s Boat Rocker Rights and a subsidiary of Venezuela’s Cisneros Media Distribution have signed a…

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BBC reveals new £20m Scottish channel

The BBC is to invest £19 million (US$23.6 million) in creating a new TV channel…

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Scandi nets visit Nordic World

Scandinavian broadcasters are flocking to Oslo-based distributor Nordic World for locally-produced factual programming. The vendor…

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Sharon Levy’s Viacom exit confirmed

Viacom has confirmed Sharon Levy is leaving the US media giant as Spike TV transitions…

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TV Land’s Cox lands key role at Paramount Net

TV Land development chief Keith Cox is reportedly set to add the upcoming Paramount Network…

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WildBrain brings in ex-Little Dot Studios exec

UK-based online kids network WildBrain has hired a former executive from All3Media digital business Little…

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Talpa extends The Story of My Life

Talpa Global has struck another deal for its celebrity ‘ageing’ format The Story of My…

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ITV expands This Time Next Year franchise

ITV has greenlit two more seasons of This Time Next Year. This Time Next Year…

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iQiyi bags 300 hours of CBeebies shows

Chinese on-demand player iQiyi is acquiring nearly 300 hours of preschool programming from UK-based kids…

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Sat.1 comedy moves to Amazon

Amazon Prime Video has become the new home of German comedy Pastewka, which previously went…

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France Télévisions falls for Love, Divina

France Télévisions has acquired teen novella series Love, Divina. The French pubcaster will air the…

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Game of Thrones star sets BBC One drama

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is set for a 17th century-set thriller drama based…

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Show of the week: Hidden Singer

NBCUniversal’s Asian office saw Hidden Singer when it was on air on the JTBC channel…

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Imagina appoints sales chief

The distribution arm of Spain’s Mediapro has named Beatriz Setuain its new sales director. She…