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Cake inks Random House distribution deal
Random House Children’s Screen Entertainment (RHCSE) has appointed Cake the distributor of its new animated…
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Entertainment One boss Darren Throop to give MIPTV keynote
Entertainment One president and CEO Darren Throop will give a keynote address at MIPTV. The…
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France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for review of ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
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YouTube partner Rightster acquires Preview Networks
YouTube channel partner Rightster has acquired Preview Networks, a distributor of movie trailers online. Rightster…
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Fox’s Latino channel orders more Minute To Win It
Fox’s recently-launched US Hispanic cable network MundoFox has ordered another season of its version of…
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News brief: Alcuni sells kids shows into Russia
Gruppo Alcuni has sold a pair of its shows into Russia and the CIS region….
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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
Halo is one of the most successful video games franchises ever. Owned by Microsoft Studios…
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Ridley Scott making Philip K. Dick series for Syfy
Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions is adapting sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s Man In The…
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BBC to launch content on iPlayer before TV
The BBC has approved plans to launch a raft of programming online before it hits…
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Endemol promotes quartet of US executives
Endemol’s US division has upped four senior executives: Caroline Baumgard, Rob Day, Ron Milkes and…
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Bananas in Pyjamas lands at Disney Junior
Disney Junior in Canada has picked up preschool kids series Bananas in Pyjamas. The channel…
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DLT Entertainment hires US sales boss
DLT Entertainment has hired Greg Rocco as its US director of sales. Rocco will be…
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Universal Channel buys The Closer spin-off Major Crimes
Universal Channel has acquired exclusive UK television rights to The Closer spin-off Major Crimes, from…
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New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
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P7S1 inks Hunger Games TV deal
ProSiebenSat.1 has picked up free-to-air TV rights to a raft of upcoming Lionsgate movies including…
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Echo Bridge to distribute Turner crime titles
Distributor Echo Bridge Entertainment has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting System and will sell…
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Industry groups agree online rights deal with Canal+
Two groups representing French content creation professionals’ intellectual property rights have agreed a deal with…
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Virgin Media inks new FilmFlex deal
UK cabler Virgin Media has inked a new video-on-demand deal with FilmFlex, the VOD company…
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Electus picks up multiplatform series Beat Girl
Ben Silverman’s Electus has acquired US rights to Beat Girl, the multiplatform show from beActive….
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Broadcasters believe in We Believe in You format
Armoza Formats has licensed its We Believe in You format into Hungary and Turkey. Endemol…
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ITV Granada channel becomes ITV Choice
ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s ITV Granada has been rebranded ITV Choice. The international general entertainment…
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TVNZ buys a package of Endemol shows
Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ has bought a package of shows from Endemol for its TV1,…
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Comment: African film is changing the view of the continent
Mandy Roger, head of African acquisitions, sales and business development, group content services, M-Net The…
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Sky Deutschland buys Spanish drama from ZDF
German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has acquired Crematorio, the drama series dubbed the Spanish…
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Germany’s Sat.1 pounces on Stalkers format
German free-to-air channel Sat.1 has picked up a local version of true-crime series Stalkers. The…
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ITV Studio inks format deals for The Audience
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has sold The Audience format into Norway and Hungary….
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Sky hires fact-ent commissioner
UK pay TV operator Sky has hired Colm Martin as commissioning editor of factual entertainment….
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CBeebies orders Get Squiggling spin-off
UK public broadcaster the BBC’s dedicated preschool channel CBeebies has ordered a 26x7mins new series,…
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HBO Europe appoints production execs
HBO Europe has made three programming appointments. Wayne Henry has been appointed VP, production, based…
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Heggessey’s Boom hires UKTV’s Tess Cuming
Fledgling indie production group Boomerang has recruited Tess Cuming as its first head of factual…