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Chilean net bags Kanal D dramas
Chilean broadcaster Mega has acquired a trio of drama series from the sales arm of…
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VR app store chief to keynote at MIPTV
A keynote speech at MIPTV in April will highlight how phone maker HTC is preparing…
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The CW buys UK adventure drama from Sky Vision
American broadcaster The CW has acquired British adventure drama Hooten & the Lady from UK-based…
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Milkshake! puts Shane the Chef to work
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has greenlit production on a 52x11mins animated preschool series about an energetic…
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Dynamic hires programming VP from ZDF
US-European producer Dynamic Television has hired Tasja Abel from German pubcaster ZDF. Abel will be…
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A+E hires Korea boss from Twitter
A+E Networks has hired a South Korea country chief from Twitter. Youngsun Soh will oversee…
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Show of the week: Below the Surface
The Nordics are firmly established as international drama-producing territories, and buyers will soon have a…
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Viewpoint: Discop Dubai fills a gap in the MENA market
On the eve of the inaugural Discop Dubai event, Yvonne Pilkington, senior VP of format…
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Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
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Industry says Amazon & Netflix are top innovators
Amazon was crowned the most innovative company ahead of Netflix in a new survey of…
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Selak to cover international at Lionsgate
Chris Selak has renewed her deal as executive VP, scripted at Lionsgate and added international…
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Realscreen analysis: is TV ready to play happy families?
As the values of the understated Obamas make way for those of the ostentatious Trumps,…
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New president takes charge at NHK
Ryoichi Ueda has stepped into the president role at NHK, taking over from Katsuto Momii…
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BBC Four buys Spanish drama
Spanish drama I Know Who You Are is headed for culture-themed UK network BBC Four….
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TVN inks new Warner Bros. deal
Polish broadcaster TVN has agreed a new deal with Warner Bros., covering the studios TV…
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Sacha Baron Cohen prodco making ITV pilot
Sacha Baron Cohen and Andrew Newman prodco Spelthorne Community TV is making JudgeMental, a new…
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Hispanic content group brings in buyer
Florida-based Hispanic media group Olympusat has named cable veteran John Baghdassarian as its VP of…
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Netflix revives Queer Eye
Global streamer Netflix is bringing back long-running US cable reality series Queer Eye for the…
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Millenials shun traditional pay TV
Millennials are the group most likely to cut the cord, or to have never had…
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Red Arrow snags 200-hour Bellum deal
Red Arrow International has taken international rights to a slew of content from US indie…
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Jill Green prodco restructures top team
Jill Green’s UK-based drama house Eleventh Hour Films has given each member of its senior…
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Carnival hires BBC exec as Wall to Wall grows
British producers Wall to Wall and Carnival Films have named new executive producers. Downton Abbey…
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Viacom’s Colors opens up new docs slot
Indian pay TV net Colors Infinity is creating a new Saturday night slot for doc…
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Death Row doc gets green light
NBCUniversal cable net 13éme Rue (13th Street France) has commissioned 20 Years on Death Row,…
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Sigourney Weaver on board Gorillas in the Mist doc
Sigourney Weaver will narrate a new Nat Geo series about Dian Fossey, the naturalist whose…
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Scripps names Asia boss
Scripps Networks Interactive has named Leena Singarajah as its Asia chief. She joined channels operator SNI…
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Disney acquires Belarussian toon
Disney channels around the world have acquired a 52×3.5mins non-dialogue toon hailing from the little-known…
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Cineflix bags Bellum’s Bizarre duo
UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights will sell Bellum Entertainment shows Bizarre Murders and Bizarre Bloopers. Bizarre…
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Talking Tom firm sold for $1bn
The company behind the Talking Tom and Friends TV series and forefather app has been…
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TBI Scripted January 2017
The latest Scripted issue includes Scripted interview: Andrew Davies: With a credit list stretching longer…