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Liberty Global confirms US$23 billion Virgin Media deal
Liberty Global and Virgin Media have agreed a deal whereby the international service provider will…
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Endemol takes rights to sci-fi series Continuum
Endemol has picked up international rights to sci-fi series Continuum. It has inked a deal…
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Discovery buys more Born to Kill
Twofour Rights, the international sales arm of Twofour, has signed a US presale with Investigation…
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New season order for FremantleMedia’s Strange Hill High
CBBC has ordered another series of comedy series Strange Hill High, ahead of the first…
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Kids producer SLR hires ABC commissioner Helen Thwaites
Helen Thwaites, a longstanding commissioner and buyer at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, has joined…
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Geronimo Stilton hits three
A third season of animated kids series Geronimo Stilton has been greenlit. Producers Atlantyca and…
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Gedeon hires Kiegel for drama doc role
French factual producer Gedeon has hired Cécile Kiegel as its new docudrama specialist. She was…
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Latin Media Leaders: Venevision Productions, Eva Luna
BEST TELENOVELA EVA LUNA, VENEVISION PRODUCTIONS Venevision’s Eva Luna is the most successful telenovela ever…
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Latin Media Leaders: Televisa USA
BEST SCRIPTED FORMAT TERMINALES, TELEVISA USA Terminales is the most talked about scripted format…
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Nat Geo orders Okies vs. Aliens
National Geographic is teaming with Shark Teeth Films to make a pilot of a new…
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Liberty Global makes move for Virgin Media
Liberty Global is planning to bid for UK cable operator Virgin Media, with a move…
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Annecchino replaces Dall’Orto at Viacom
Antonio Campo Dall’Orto has left Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and will be replaced by…
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GSN orders cable version of Minute to Win It
US cable net GSN has ordered a new version of Shine’s gameshow format Minute to…
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Lagardère appoints senior execs
Lagardère Active, the media arm of the French conglomerate, has named Richard Lenormand as CEO…
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Talk show host Wendy Williams forms prodco
US talk show host Wendy Williams has formed her own production company Wendy Williams Productions…
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Russia’s TNT buys Moonscoop’s Code Lyoko
Russian free-to-air network TNT has acquired animated kids series Code Lyoko. The Russian broadcaster has…
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Turner Lat-Am buys shows from Nottingham Forest
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in Latin America has picked up a pair of shows from…
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UKTV orders more Castle and Body of Proof
UK pay TV channels group UKTV has ordered new seasons of US series Castle (above)…
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Amazon nets online rights to Downton Abbey
Amazon has inked a deal that gives it exclusive streaming rights to period drama Downton…
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HBO Go tipped to join Apple TV
Apple is reportedly in talks to carry HBO Go on the Apple TV platform in…
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Canal+ inks Gaumont VOD deal
Canal+ has struck a deal with Gaumont to make the latter’s catalogue of films available…
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Pflimlin outlines goals for French pubcaster
New digital offerings for kids and a strengthening of France 3’s regional remit are among…
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BT releases YouView and Vision numbers
UK telco BT now has just over 60,000 TV customers with Youview connected TV boxes,…
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BBC and S4C agree governance plans
The BBC Trust and S4C have reached a deal to secure funding and accountability for…
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Sloan’s Global Eagle completes deal, changes name
Global Eagle, the investment firm created by media veterans Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky, has…
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Rive Gauche to distribute Dolph Lundgren reality series
US-based distributor Rive Gauche will distribute Dolph Lundgren’s new reality series Race to the Scene…
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Jeff Ford lands at Ireland’s TV3
Former Channel 5 programming boss Jeff Ford has been recruited as head of content for…
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French network orders Popstars
Canal+’s French digital network D8 has ordered a local version of the Popstars singing…
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Turner preps more LazyTown
Turner Broadcasting has greenlit a fourth series live-action kids show LazyTown. Turner acquired the owner…
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Lorraine Heggessey’s Boom backs new drama indie
Boom Pictures, the UK indie created last year by former BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey, is…