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Syfy launches catch up app, other NBCU nets to follow suit
NBCUniversal-owned US cable net Syfy has launched an app allowing viewers to watch shows a…
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Keo launches in Oz as River Cottage expands
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s factual entertainment producer Keo Films is launching a dedicated base in Australia after…
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News brief: ITVS Stepping Out at MIPCOM
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch celebrity dance series Stepping Out at MIPCOM. The show,…
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TNT renews hit series Rizzoli, Major Crimes and Perception
US cable network has renewed signature series Rizzoli & Isles as well as drama shows…
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Lifetime orders House of Versace TV movie
Lifetime has ordered a TV movie chronicling the life of celebrity designer Donatella Versace. The…
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News brief: RTL Klub says Your Face Sounds Familiar
Hungary’s RLT Klub has commissioned a local version of Your Face Sounds Familiar. The Endemol…
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Nine orders kids version of The Voice
Nine Network has ordered a kids version of talent show The Voice. The Australian free-to-air…
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Million Second Quiz App for would-be contestants
The creators of The Million Second Quiz have launched an app that allows would-be contestants…
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Wowow restructures Japan and US operations
Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has restructured and split programming and production into two separate…
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Channel 5 orders Too Fat to Fly as part of Supersize season
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a one-off doc, Too Fat to Fly. The…
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News brief: History moves for Thinkfactory reality show
A+E-owned cable channel History has ordered a reality series featuring a Brooklyn-based family-owned removals business….
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CBeebies launches Playtime app
UK pubcaster the BBC has launched an app to accompany a range of shows on…
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Discovery Familia to debut DHX’s Matemonstruos
Discovery Communications’ Discovery Familia has acquired preschool series Monster Math Squad, which will go out…
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BBC buys Martin Luther King doc for anniversary tribute
The BBC has acquired one-off doc MLK: The Assassination Tapes, a one-off documentary about iconic…
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Sundance Channel acquires shows for Latin launch
AMC Networks’ Sundance Channel has picked up new drama and factual titles for its soon-to-launch…
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Channel 4 adds Twofour producer to factual team
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has appointed Twofour Broadcast’s David Brindley to its factual commissioning team….
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On-demand TV revenues on course to hit $6bn
Forecasts for almost 100 countries show that revenues from on-demand TV shows and movies will…
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Nat Geo launches pan-Asian ghost series
National Geographic Channel Asia is launching paranormal series I Wouldn’t Go in There across its…
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Saban and The CW’s Vortexx swallows three new kids shows
Vortexx, the kids programming block on US broadcast network The CW, has unveiled its new…
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Peace Point, Muse enter distribution pact
Peace Point Rights will represent programmes from Canadian compatriot Muse Distribution International’s catalogue in Latin…
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News brief: US cable net Bounces into original comedy
African American-focused US cable net Bounce has ordered its first original comedy series, My Crazy…
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News brief: More Devious Maids for Lifetime
A+E Networks-owned Lifetime has ordered a second season of the Judy Reyes-starring melodrama Devious Maids….
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News brief: Echo Bridge adds Woodward doc to slate
US-based Echo Bridge Entertainment has added another documentary to its slate ahead of MIPCOM, this…
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Analysts expect 21st Century Fox acquisitions
Financial analysts are tipping 21st Century Fox to use its strong financial position to make…
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FIC to launch crime channel in SA
Fox International Channels has launched its Fox Crime channel on South African pay TV platform…
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Warren Buffet kids series sells globally
France’s PGS Entertainment has sold Secret KidVenture Club (fka Secret Millionaires Club), an animated series…
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Channel 5 begins Living on the Edge
UK terrestrial Channel 5 has commissioned a doc series from maverick filmmaker Chris Terrill that…
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News brief: Nutopia hires Love’s head of development
Jane Root’s prodco Nutopia has hired Simon McKeown from The Great British Bake Off producer…
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ITV returns to Long Lost Family
UK commercial channel ITV has commissioned a fourth season of Long Lost Family, its version…
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Dish Network reaches retrans agreement
US cable platform Dish Network has restored channels from American satellite broadcaster Raycom Media after…