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Telefonica buys StudioCanal drama package
Telefonica has acquired a package of drama series from StudioCanal for its Spanish pay TV…
Amazon and PBS strike kids TV deal
Amazon will show a raft of shows from the PBS Kids service after striking a…
Media giants dominate Euro TV, US impact grows
A group of 15 media giants dominate pay TV within the European Union, accounting for…
Netflix commits to Korean originals
Netflix has said it will make original programming out of South Korea. Visiting the country…
Netflix UK courts Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Netflix has bagged exclusive UK rights to The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The first season…
Amazon brings Roadies to UK
Amazon Prime Video has bought rock and roll drama Roadies for its UK feed. The…
RTL rebrands in the Netherlands
RTL’s Dutch channels business is rebranding to “communicate one clear brand to all audiences”. As…
Show of the week: Midnight Sun
Midnight Sun represents the first Franco-Swedish drama coproduction, says Katrina Neylon, executive VP, sales and…
Sky Arts plots art heist format
UK satellite channel Sky Arts has commissioned a series in which priceless works of art…
UK-Poland deal as BBC, TVP agree pact
BBC Worldwide and TVP have agreed a deal that will see them make series together….
VH1 builds unscripted team with MTV exec
VH1 is bringing Paul Ricci across from sister US cable channel MTV to become its…
ZDFE pockets Televisa USA true crime series
ZDF Enterprises has taken rights to new Televisa USA true crime series Deep Undercover, which…
Turner takes Israeli drama to Lat Am
Turner Broadcasting Latin America has acquired Israeli drama Mossad 101 (Hamidrasha) to air across the…
Canuck prodco to coproduce Channel 4 series
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a 7x60mins factual series from a pair of Argonon…
VH1 names Levison reality replacement
Viacom network VH1 has named the long-serving Nina L. Diaz its new reality TV chief…
Show of the week: The Beat
The Beat ticks lots of boxes for format buyers with a high-volume, cost-effective production model…
UK media reacts to Brexit
Industry groups and companies are continuing to react to, and weigh the impact of, the…
German miniseries Ku’damm 56 continues
Following strong ratings and international sales, German period miniseries Ku’damm 56 will continue in a…
Twofour scores first Slovenian format deal
Twofour has sold ski-jumping format The Jump to a Slovenia network, with plans to build…
Greenbird invests in new prodco Flicker
British indie incubator Greenbird Media has bought into another UK producer, as it grows its…
RTL sees Benefits in Endemol Shine format
Germany’s RTL has become the first network to order a local version of Endemol Shine…
Amazon poaches HBO comedy exec
Amazon Studios has hired HBO exec Nick Hall to become its head of comedy development….
Archer gets triple-season renewal at FX
FX animated comedy Archer has landed a triple-season renewal. This will bring the series through…
Ex-Warner Bros exec joins ABC cable net
Former Warner Bros. Television comedy exec Jana Steele Helman has joined US cable channel Freeform…
Sky, Showtime end Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful, the British-American gothic drama, will not return for a fourth season. Series creator…
Disney Channel buys Nelvana, Sony toon
Disney Channels Worldwide has acquired Hotel Transylvania: The Television Series, which comes from Canada’s Nelvana…
Bad Robot boards Michael Jackson drama
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions has become a coproducer on a Warner Bros. Television event…
AMC buys All3 CEE package
AMC Networks has acquired an 80-hour package from All3Media International for its channels in central…
RTL sets up German Power Couple
German free TV powerhouse RTL has ordered a local version of the Israeli-originated format Power…
Channel One buys Section Zero
Russian broadcaster Channel One has acquired edgy French drama Section Zero. The free-TV station will…