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Netflix says intn’l losses will narrow, no launches in first half
Netflix says losses from its international business will get smaller, but it has no plans…
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Shine recruits Palacio to run new Latin division
Shine has hired Cristina Palacio to run a new division that will make content for…
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Manchester Utd takes control of MUTV
Manchester United is acquiring the one third stake in the English Premier League football club’s…
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Zodiak Americas staffing up after Gamson and Cabano promotions
Zodiak Americas has promoted Mike Gamson and Sheila Cabano and is actively looking to staff…
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Blinkbox inks StudioCanal content deal
Streaming service Blinkbox has inked a deal with StudioCanal, giving it a range of the…
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All3Media poaches Gary Woolf from BBC Worldwide
The international arm of UK-based super indie All3Media has poached digital specialist Gary Woolf from…
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Nick Godwin to run new factual prodco at Argonon
Ex-Cineflix executive Nick Godwin has created a new factual production company, BriteSpark, which will be…
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Larry King launching at NATPE
Larry King’s new talkshow will launch internationally at NATPE next week and the chat show…
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Discovery buys Dominic Monaghan’s Wild Things
ITV Studios General Entertainment has shopped Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan to Discovery, which has…
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SVT to offer entire TV line-up online
Swedish public broadcaster SVT will offer its entire broadcast output free of charge online. SVT…
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US Netflix users moving to connected TV
About 40% of US consumers with an internet connected TV were watching Netflix in the…
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Twofour Rights shops Storage Hoarders around the world
UK-based distributor Twofour Rights has sold fact-ent series Storage Hoarders to a host of international…
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New launches for Crackle
Sony has inked deals with several smart TV manufacturers and its online TV channel Crackle…
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Technicolor to develop graphic novel The Deep for TV
Technicolor’s content division has licensed the rights to The Deep and will develop an animated…
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Rastamouse speaks to kids in any language
Greg Boardman, producer, Three Stones Media, talks about getting its hit show ready for international…
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BSkyB launches advanced TV Everywhere service
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has launched a new service to supplement its Sky Go…
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Discovery green lights High Tech Rednecks
Discovery World has ordered a new series about a crew of mechanics that make outlandish…
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Cineflix cuts Lat-Am deals ahead of NATPE
Cineflix Rights has inked a raft of Latin American deals ahead of the NATPE market,…
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Miami Five-O: NATPE 2013
Miami Beach-based programme market NATPE celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. And all the indications…
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TV Everywhere a hit with viewers, but authentication poses problems
Almost half of US pay TV subscribers have used TV Everywhere services but relatively few…
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Ukraine to create new unified public broadcaster
Ukraine is planning to merge state-backed broadcasters National Television Company of Ukraine, National Radio Company…
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Zodiak takes two US cable series
Zodiak Rights has acquired international rights to two US cable series. The distributor, part of…
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Fox buys African series for its international lifestyle channel
Fox International Channels (FIC) has acquired an African cooking series for its lifestyle channel 24Kitchen….
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Globo launching Sparkling Girls at NATPE
Brazilian media giant is launching a new show, Sparkling Girls, at NATPE late this month….
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New launch for Sundance Channel in Poland
Polish cable operator Multimedia Polska has added Sundance Channel HD to its portfolio of digital…
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New role for ProSiebenSat.1’s Schremper
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has named Ralf Schremper as chief financial officer, digital and adjacent, in…
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Raft of extra carriage for Denmark’s free-TV channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) has inked new carriage deals for its free-to-air channels TV3 and…
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Ofcom fines Playboy TV £100,000
UK regulator Ofcom has levied a £100,000 penalty on Playboy TV’s UK-based Benelux operation for…
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ITV inks first-look deal with US indie
ITV Studios America has cut a first-look deal with US production company Bishop-Lyons. The producer,…
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Rights.tv hires Jane Hyndman
Content rights specialists Rights.tv has hired Jane Hyndman. The former etv and Europe Movieco Partners…