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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Zodiak’s Zack & Quack
Israel has emerged as one of the most influential TV content-creating hubs in the world,…
Beyond gets Addicted with Story House Productions
Beyond Distribution has secured sales rights to Story House Productions crime series Addicted to the…
English-language broadcasters buy French drama The Returned
Broadcasters in Australia and Canada have acquired French-language drama series The Returned. The show is…
David Frank exiting Zodiak
Zodiak Media’s CEO David Frank (below) is exiting the company. Frank is understood to be…
Vodafone’s Kabel Deutschland deal approved
Vodafone has secured European Commission approval for its takeover of Kabel Deutschland. The EC competition…
News brief: Syfy orders monster pilot from Bryan Singer
Cable net Syfy has ordered a 90-minute pilot from X-Men director Bryan Singer. Creature at…
TNT orders Steven Bochco cop series Murder in the First
TNT has ordered a cop drama from Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue), Murder in the First….
Telefe finds Your Face Familiar
Telefe has commissioned Endemol Argentina to create a local version of singing format Your Face…
News brief: Spike options Tutankhamun miniseries from Muse
US cable net Spike has taken an option on Tut, a miniseries about ancient Egyptian…
Upcoming Sony Central Europe channel buys 100 hours from Electus
New Sony Pictures Television-operated Central European channel AXN Black has bought more than 100 hours…
RTL confirms Russian sale
RTL Group has confirmed it has exercised a put option to sell its 7.5% stake…
French cabler Numericable starts IPO process
French cable operator Numericable has launched the process of seeking a public listing by publishing…
BBC Worldwide to supply raft of content to Hulu Plus
BBC Worldwide North America and Hulu announced today a multi-year agreement to offer a raft…
News brief: DQ sells The Jungle Book to Univision
DQ Entertainment has shopped its Jungle Book animated series to US Hispanic net Univision. The…
NBC launches new-look TV Everywhere app
US broadcast network NBC is relaunching its TV app and said the new version will…
News brief: Shine’s Kudos preps series based on Sathnam Sanghera novel
UK-based drama producer Kudos has optioned Marriage Material and will develop the Sathnam Sanghera novel…
Belgium’s Telenet launches new TV services
Belgian cable operator Telenet has launched two new TV offerings that span linear TV, video-on-demand…
British Royals doc sells around the world
Six part doc series The Royals has been picked up by a host of international…
Turkish version of The O.C. launches on Star
Youth-skewed drama The O.C. is the latest US scripted series to be remade in Turkey….
SVOD and catch-up accelerate US, UK linear viewing decline
The ubiquity of on-demand and catch-up services continues to impact linear TV viewing, according to…
DreamWorks buys Chapman TV library
DreamWorks has bought the Chapman Entertainment library giving it kids series Fifi and the Flowertots,…
ProSieben’s Maxdome launches in Austra
ProSiebenSat.1-owned video-on-demand service Maxdome has launched in Austria. Maxdome offers about 50,000 VoD titles, subscription…
Tandem adds trio of execs
Studio Canal-backed producer and distributor Tandem has hired three new executives. The Munich-based firm has…
News brief: Zodiak gets Dominic Dare for clips business
Zodiak Rights has hired Dominic Dare as sales manager for its archive business Zodiak Clips….
News brief: Animal Planet orders Alaskan Gold Diggers
Discovery’s Animal Planet has ordered Alaskan Gold Diggers, a six-part about a California mum and…
News brief: Syfy buys werewolf series Bitten
NBCU-owned cable net Syfy has acquired Canadian produced werewolf series Bitten. The Entertainment One distributed…
Lagardère sells JFK doc across Europe
Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its one-off doc Inside JFK’s Assassination to a host of…
Regulator blocks Germany’s Gold streaming service
Regulators have blocked the Germany’s Gold service that a group of German media companies had…
UKTV records revenue and profit hike
UKTV has posted a double digit profit increase and an uptick in annual revenues. The…
Lovefilm snags exclusive Under the Dome rights
Lovefilm has inked a deal with CBS Studios International giving it exclusive UK streaming rights…