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House Productions staffs up

Fledgling UK producer House Productions has added three execs to its ranks. It has hired…

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BBC Trust chairman to step down

BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead will step down when a unitary board replaces the BBC…

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Show of the week: The Loud House

The Loud House has been making a lot of noise. The Nickelodeon show has fared…

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A+E ups Amanda Hill

A+E Networks has promoted Amanda Hill 14 months after she joined the US cable channel…

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ZDF snags comedy Blockbustaz

The commercial arm of German pubcaster ZDF has snagged international rights to comedy series Blockbustaz. The…

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Youngest gets order for Game of Clones

Youngest Media, the UK indie set up last year by former Endemol Shine UK execs…

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Brexit fails to dampen TV ad revs

Global ad revenues are set to grow healthily this year, despite pre-Brexit fears that the…

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RTL to Meet the Parents with ITVS Germany

ITV Studios Germany is producing a six-episode version of British format Meet the Parents for…

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Vodafone close to TV soft launch in UK

Vodafone will soft launch its pay TV service in the UK next month, according to…

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Jasper James’ Screen Glue strikes ZDF deal

Jasper James’ indie prodco Screen Glue has inked a three documentary deal with ZDF Enterprises,…

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Buzzr pressed in Canada

US gameshow network Buzzr is expanding north of the border into Canada, marking what its…

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Rose-tinted spectacle

Jeroen Depraetere, head of television and future media at the European Broadcasting Union, outlines the…

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Netflix strikes global Timberlake doc deal

Netflix has snagged global rights to Justin Timberlake and The Tennessee Kids, the upcoming doc…

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ABC ends relationship with Mistresses

US broadcaster ABC has cancelled female-skewed drama Mistresses after four seasons. The soapy summer season…

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Discovery, Nat Geo bag TVF titles

Discovery Networks Poland and National Geographic Channel Hungary have acquired programming from UK-based distributor TVF…

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Endemol Shine rejigs brand team

Endemol Shine Group has made a number of promotions and hires for its brand development…

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Argonon Int’l hires Fox formats chief

Jess Khanom has left Fox Networks Group to become managing director of UK-based distributor Argonon…

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BBC commits to S4C funding

UK pubcaster the BBC has agreed to fix its level of funding of Welsh counterpart…

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UK television eyes £1.3bn opportunity

A £1.3 billion opportunity is set to present itself to the UK’s television and film…

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ProSieben signs crime series from Cineflix

German broadcaster ProSieben has signed a multi-series deal with UK-based distributor Cineflix Rights. Crime and…

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Sydney Sailboat docks at Hulu

US streaming service Hulu has taken exclusive US subscription on-demand rights to animated preschool series…

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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…

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Nevision invests in Terminal 9 factual slate

UK-based producer Nevision has signed a multi-year agreement to invest in a slate of factual…

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VRT bags StudioCanal drama package

Belgium’s VRT has acquired a three-title drama package from Europe-based distributor StudioCanal. The agreement hands…

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Broadcasters fall for Swedish Theory of Love

A raft of broadcasters have acquired The Swedish Theory of Love (pictured), a one-off doc…

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ProSieben buys into online dating

German broadcast giant ProSieben has taken control of online dating business Parship Elite and will…

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Syfy UK nabs new Exorcist

UK pay TV channel Syfy will broadcast 20th Century Fox Television’s series adaptation of seminal…

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Former Shine COO joins Avalon

Former Shine COO Tim Robinson has joined comedy specialist Avalon Group. Robinson was COO of…

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Globosat, RTVE, TVN locate Bin Laden doc

A trio of broadcasters has acquired a ZDF documentary profiling notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden….

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RTL buys Endemol Shine’s Big Music Quiz

German broadcaster RTL has ordered a local version of Endemol Shine format The Big Music…