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ITV Studios hires Bohland from NBC Universal
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has appointed Craig Bohland as VP of sales, USA and…
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Cineflix hires Kate Laffey from ITV Studios
Cineflix has hired Kate Laffey from ITV Studios Global Entertainment and she will become director…
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Sky Vision strikes US kids content deal
Sky Vision has sold a package of preschool series to US kids content platform…
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YouTube reportedly planning subscription offering
YouTube is reportedly preparing to take its TV ambitions to the next stage by launching…
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Teletoon gets on board Technicolor toon
Canadian kids broadcaster Teletoon has come on board Atomic Puppet, the animated series from Technicolor…
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Mediaset launches download on-demand offering
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has launched a download-and-play service as part of its Premium Play offering,…
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Impossible Kids execs form new kids indie
Karl Woolley and Jon Doyle, former Impossible Kids MD and creative director respectively, have joined…
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Entertainment One hires head of sales for kids division
Producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has recruited Monica Candiani as its new head of…
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NATPE News: Globo orders more Come Dine With Me
Brazilian broadcaster Globo TV has ordered a second series of ITV Studios Global Entertainment format…
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Discovery orders bizarre bodies series for intn’l nets
Discovery’s international division has ordered a six-part series about people living with bizarre medical conditions…
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Simon Shaps sets up shop at Idol producer Core
At Core, Shaps will be MD, international content and production and create a London-based team…
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NATPE news: MundoFox and RCN order singing format
MundoFox and RCN in Colombia have jointly commissioned a Spanish-language version of UK-originated singing format…
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Disney deal for Lovefilm
Subscription DVD and video-on-demand service Lovefilm has struck a content deal with Disney for the…
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Henson takes rights to Driftwood Bay
The Jim Henson Company’s third party licensing unit has taken international rights to Driftwood Bay,…
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Telemundo teams with Samsung for connected TV app
Telemundo Internacional and Samsung Latin America have joined forces to launch a new app for…
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ITV Studios reorganises factual division, appoints boss
ITV Studios has reorganised its factual unit and hired its first-ever UK director of factual….
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NATPE News: Comedy Central Roast format launching in Lat-Am
Comedy Central’s Roast franchise is launching in Latin America for the first time. The first…
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MTG hires Google exec as chief digital officer
Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Google executive Rikard Steiber in the new role of…
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NATPE News: Liz & Dick and Lifetime movies head to HBO Lat-Am
HBO Latin America has licensed A+E Networks’ Lindsay Lohan TV Movie Liz & Dick and…
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NATPE News: MTV’s Tr3s orders daily talkshow, Latin concert series
MTV’s US-Hispanic channel Tr3s has ordered a pair of new series. Daily news format Show…
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NATPE Hot Pick: The Illusionist
The Illusionist is “the first talent competition devoted entirely to magic” according to Banijay International,…
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NATPE says buyer attendance hits 1,000
Ahead of the NATPE market in Miami next week, organisers have said 1,000 buyers have…
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CTC, MTS and Ailove launch online content competition at MIPCube
Russia’s largest independent broadcaster CTC is launching a transmedia content competition at MIPCube, the digital…
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Broadcasters sign up for more Miss Fisher
Several international broadcasters have signed on for the second series of Australian period crime drama…
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MundoFox poaches Telemundo exec for content role
Fox International Channel’s fledgling US Hispanic network MundoFox has hired Suzette Millo, as VP, content…
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Mobile and tablet use takes BBC iPlayer to record year
BBC iPlayer saw a record 2.32 billion TV and radio programme requests in 2012, with…
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New deal for French TV fiction writers
France Télévisions, Groupe 25 Images and four groups representing French content creation professionals – the…
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Presales sealed for The Jungle Bunch series
A raft of broadcasters have acquired upcoming kids series The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue….
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Extreme Sports green lights Roller Derby
The Extreme Sports Channel has commissioned Roller Derby, a reality show about the London Rollergirls…
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UK drama experts set up Far Moor
Drama executive producers Justin Thomson-Glover and Patrick Irwin have teamed with media law firm Lee…