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House Productions staffs up
Fledgling UK producer House Productions has added three execs to its ranks. It has hired…
BBC Trust chairman to step down
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead will step down when a unitary board replaces the BBC…
Show of the week: The Loud House
The Loud House has been making a lot of noise. The Nickelodeon show has fared…
A+E ups Amanda Hill
A+E Networks has promoted Amanda Hill 14 months after she joined the US cable channel…
ZDF snags comedy Blockbustaz
The commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF has snagged international rights to comedy series Blockbustaz. The…
Youngest gets order for Game of Clones
Youngest Media, the UK indie set up last year by former Endemol Shine UK execs…
Brexit fails to dampen TV ad revs
Global ad revenues are set to grow healthily this year, despite pre-Brexit fears that the…
RTL to Meet the Parents with ITVS Germany
ITV Studios Germany is producing a six-episode version of British format Meet the Parents for…
Vodafone close to TV soft launch in UK
Vodafone will soft launch its pay TV service in the UK next month, according to…
Jasper James’ Screen Glue strikes ZDF deal
Jasper James’ indie prodco Screen Glue has inked a three documentary deal with ZDF Enterprises,…
Buzzr pressed in Canada
US gameshow network Buzzr is expanding north of the border into Canada, marking what its…
Rose-tinted spectacle
Jeroen Depraetere, head of television and future media at the European Broadcasting Union, outlines the…
Netflix strikes global Timberlake doc deal
Netflix has snagged global rights to Justin Timberlake and The Tennessee Kids, the upcoming doc…
ABC ends relationship with Mistresses
US broadcaster ABC has cancelled female-skewed drama Mistresses after four seasons. The soapy summer season…
Discovery, Nat Geo bag TVF titles
Discovery Networks Poland and National Geographic Channel Hungary have acquired programming from UK-based distributor TVF…
Endemol Shine rejigs brand team
Endemol Shine Group has made a number of promotions and hires for its brand development…
Argonon Int’l hires Fox formats chief
Jess Khanom has left Fox Networks Group to become managing director of UK-based distributor Argonon…
BBC commits to S4C funding
UK pubcaster the BBC has agreed to fix its level of funding of Welsh counterpart…
UK television eyes £1.3bn opportunity
A £1.3 billion opportunity is set to present itself to the UK’s television and film…
ProSieben signs crime series from Cineflix
German broadcaster ProSieben has signed a multi-series deal with UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights. Crime and…
Sydney Sailboat docks at Hulu
US streaming service Hulu has taken exclusive US subscription on-demand rights to animated preschool series…
Foothill CEO joins Genius Brands in sales rejig
Foothill Entertainment CEO Jo Kavanagh-Payne has joined LA-based Genius Brands International, though will also remain…
Nevision invests in Terminal 9 factual slate
UK-based producer Nevision has signed a multi-year agreement to invest in a slate of factual…
VRT bags StudioCanal drama package
Belgium’s VRT has acquired a three-title drama package from Europe-based distributor StudioCanal. The agreement hands…
Broadcasters fall for Swedish Theory of Love
A raft of broadcasters have acquired The Swedish Theory of Love (pictured), a one-off doc…
ProSieben buys into online dating
German broadcast giant ProSieben has taken control of online dating business Parship Elite and will…
Syfy UK nabs new Exorcist
UK pay TV channel Syfy will broadcast 20th Century Fox Television’s series adaptation of seminal…
Former Shine COO joins Avalon
Former Shine COO Tim Robinson has joined comedy specialist Avalon Group. Robinson was COO of…
Globosat, RTVE, TVN locate Bin Laden doc
A trio of broadcasters has acquired a ZDF documentary profiling notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden….
RTL buys Endemol Shine’s Big Music Quiz
German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine format The Big Music…