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New Italian distributor Lion International launches
Italian media execs Giuseppe Gargiulo and Sesto Cifola have formed a new distribution business Lion…
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Echo Bridge hires for digital drive
LA-based distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired an experienced digital exec to lead its new…
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Eastern Europe set for digital TV boom
The number of digital TV homes in Eastern Europe will double between now and 2018…
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News brief: Imira hires new sales manager
Spain-based kids producer and distributor Imira Entertainment has recruited Elena Mera Dios as sales manager….
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Red Bull’s ServusTV buys Hell on Wheels
ServusTV has acquired three seasons of US Western series Hell on Wheels. The German channel…
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PBS buys BBC dramas
PBS has acquired US rights to British dramas Last Tango in Halifax and Call the…
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Seacrest to produce variety series for Telemundo
Ryan Seacrest’s production company will coproduce a variety series for Spanish-language for US Hispanic channel…
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All3Media makes Midsomer Murders social push
UK-based programme distributor All3Media International is looking to take its long running drama series Midsomer…
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Orphan Black finds UK home
BBC Three has acquired BBC America-coproduced drama Orphan Black and concurrently commissioned a workplace doc…
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Pastors deliver sermon for Oxygen
US cable channel Oxygen has commissioned a documentary series featuring larger-than-life religious pastors in LA….
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Beta Films’ Autentic buys into Tangram International
Autentic has bought into its documentary producing counterpart Tangram International. Autentic is the joint venture…
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Gandolfini onboard as HBO revives Criminal Justice
The Sopranos star James Gandolfini is to star in another HBO series – the newly…
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BBC’s relocation cost under £233 million budget
UK public broadcast the BBC’s efforts to relocate staff and services from London to Salford…
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News brief: Banijay’s Stars in Danger dives into Denmark
Banijay International has shopped its Stars in Danger: The High Dive series to TV3 in…
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News brief: HBO picks up Alec Baldwin’s Cannes doc
HBO has bought Seduced and Abandoned, the one-off doc about The Cannes Film Festival and…
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Miniseries strike back
A few years ago, it looked like scripted miniseries were heading for the scrapheap. With…
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Schlesinger and Roth set to rise as Rosenblum exits Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum will reportedly leave the company, with international TV…
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All3Media will bring Million Second Quiz to market
All3Media’s distribution division will sell the hotly-anticipated The Million Second Quiz show and format internationally….
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News brief: Banijay poaches Shine acquisitions exec Jimmy Humphrey
Banijay International has hired Jimmy Humphrey as sales and acquisitions manager. Humphrey joins from Shine…
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S.H.I.E.L.D., Seacrest series among new ABC shows
US broadcast net ABC has given the greenlight to a batch of new dramas and…
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M6 revenues slide as TF1 attacks broadcaster
French commercial broadcaster M6 posted declines in revenue across its channels for the firstquarter as…
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HD TV continues rapid growth across the globe
The proportion of global TV households watching HD programming is expected to grow from under…
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Turkey’s SinemaTV inks output deal with NBCU
Turkish pay TV broadcaster SinemaTV has inked an output deal with NBCUniversal. The programming agreement…
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CBS sees future in Better Lives, kills CSI:NY
Leading US broadcast network CBS has taken comedy Friends with Better Lives to series, but…
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Syfy remains in Defiance, TNT axes Southland
US channel Syfy has greenlit a second season of its breakout sci-fi hit Defiance, while…
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News brief: Studio 100’s Faetkenheuer transfers to Flying Bark
Flying Bark Productions has hired Raphaela Faetkenheuer as marketing manager. She joins from producer and…
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BT Sports paves way for Sky price battle and rights inflation
BSkyB will hit back at BT with new pricing promotions as double-digit percentage increases in…
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YouTube launches first paid-for channels
YouTube has launched a subscription channels pilot for its site and announced 53 initial participant…
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Universal Channel UK buys NBCU-distributed procedural Motive
Universal Channel has picked up UK rights to US crime drama Motive. The detective series,…
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Ovation picks up Jon Hamm/Daniel Radcliffe drama
US arts and culture channel Ovation has picked up A Young Doctor’s Notebook, the UK…