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Mattel’s Amazon series WellieWishers lands on Televisa
Mattel’s distribution division has sold its WellieWishers series to Televisa in Mexico. The animated kids…
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Viacom has ‘no interest’ in Vice
Viacom has no interest in Vice Media and will not move for a stake in…
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Rai to put on PJ Masks
Rai has become the latest buyer of preschool superhero toon PJ Masks. The Italian pubcaster…
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Show of the week: Meat & Greed
Asian content is becoming much more palatable for Western buyers, and, as such, is increasingly…
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TBI Asia November 2016
This month’s issue includes TBI interview: IMDA chief Gabriel Lim explains the vision for the new Singaporean…
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Anna Bråkenhielm resurfaces at 3Rivers
Scandi formats veteran Anna Bråkenhielm has joined TV consultancy 3Rivers. At the Dutch-based business she…
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China format deal for ITV
ITV has sealed a deal with Huace to remake one of its shows in China,…
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Discovery channels yanked from Russian platform
Discovery’s channels have been pulled from Russian pay TV platform Tricolor in argument over pricing….
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BBC Studios makes drama appointment
The BBC has appointed Oliver Kent head of continuing drama at the drama division within…
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Viacom’s Bakish ‘eyes Vice stake’
New Viacom boss Bob Bakish is interested in buying into Vice, the millennial-focused media company….
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Sky Deutschland locks up prison drama deal
Sky’s German operation has acquired five seasons of Wentworth, the modern-day reboot of cult classic…
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Amazon buys Keshet’s A Word
Amazon has acquired The A Word for its US streaming service. The e-commerce giant has…
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TV equality – it’s time to put women in charge
Kate Kinninmont MBE, CEO of WFTV in the UK When I started working for the…
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TiVo adds ‘Netflix button’
TiVo has struck a deal with Netflix that will see the streaming service further integrated…
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Nat Geo veteran moves to ITN US
ITN Productions has recruited Michael Welsh as its vice president of production and development for…
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Red Arrow, MTG team for thriller series
Red Arrow International and the Modern Times Group have joined forces to make Embassy Down,…
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Bomanbridge acquires high-end docs
Asia-based Bomanbridge has picked up regional distribution rights to a series of blue chip docs…
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BBC swipes app upgrades
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including allowing users to…
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Singtel fined by regulator
Singtel has been fined S$145,000 (US$101,577) for two incidents in which a group of channels…
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Show of the week: Prisoners of War India
Keshet International’s Prisoners of War is one of the world’s most successful scripted formats. Besides…
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Channels ditching imports for local drama – study
Local dramas are increasingly pushing imported programmes off channel schedules, a new report suggests. Eurodata…
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BBC marks sinking of Britannic with doc
BBC Two in the UK and BBC Northern Ireland are to tell the largely overlooked…
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Turner buys rights to Italian short-form toon
Turner has acquired rights to a new short-form toon from Italian prodco European Television Service…
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A+E takes Military Tech Show for Lat Am
A+E Networks Latin America has acquired a package of programming from UK-based TVF International that…
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New pilot from New Girl creator
The creator of Fox’s hit US comedy New Girl (pictured) has a new pilot at the…
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Broadcaster streaming services beat Netflix, Amazon
Streaming services from broadcasters and pay TV operators are giving Netflix and Amazon Prime Video…
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Orange Smarty claims £250k in post-MIPCOM deals
UK indie distributor Orange Smarty has sold a 50-hour package of programming to Foxtel and…
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Content hires London-based sales VP
Content Media has brought in Tom Bairstow as vice president, sales and distribution. The new…
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Reed Midem claims 70% surge in MIP Cancun numbers
The MIP Cancun market attracted 560 TV execs from 387 companies, organiser Reed Midem said,…
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BBCWW streams channels on TVB SVOD platform
BBC Worldwide has launched five channels on myTVSuper, the SVOD service operated by Hong Kong’s…