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A+E appoints African channels boss
A+E Networks has named a new general manager for Africa. Yusuf Nabee will take up…
Nick picks Valentine for live-action
Nickelodeon’s international arm has hired producer Charly Valentine to become senior director, live-action production and…
NATPE has 400 buyers for Budapest
NATPE said that over 400 buyers will be in Budapest for its rejuvenated European event….
Trans on TV
When cultural historians look back, 2015/16 will undoubtedly be seen as a landmark in terms…
Multi-territory SVOD deal for The Missing
All3Media International-distributed drama The Missing is heading a host of SVOD platforms across Europe, the…
The Rock creates digital studio with Studio71
Actor and wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has formed a YouTube channel venture with ProSiebenSat.1…
Exec upped as Lionsgate eyes global SVOD deals
Lionsgate Entertainment has promoted Agapy Kapouranis to the post of executive VP, global SVOD. Among…
Cartoon Network MENA launch
Turner Broadcasting System has launched kids channel, Cartoon Network Hindi, across the Middle East and…
News brief: Prime European deal for AMC
The AMC channels group has picked up a large package of film-themed programming for its…
Syfy greenlights Superman prequel pilot
US cable channel has moved its Superman prequel Krypton from development to pilot stage. Damian…
Fullscreen rebrands and reorganises
Chernin Media and AT&T-backed multichannel network Fullscreen has reorganised and created specific online talent, original…
David Attenborough series goes global
David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef has landed in 180 territories following natural history broadcaster Attenborough’s…
France Télévisions buys Brazilian drama
France Ô has acquired Brazilian ‘super-production’ Trail of Lies from Globo. The France Télévisions-owned channel…
RTL, TV2 remaking Twofour format
Germany’s RTL and Denmark’s TV2 are to remake Twofour primetime ‘time-travel’ format This Time Next…
Foxtel, Sky Italia get factual from Passion
Pay TV providers in Australia and Italy are among those that have bought factual programming…
AMC, Nat Geo explore Baby Animals in the Wild
AMC Networks International in Spain and National Geographic in Latin America and Asia have acquired…
Show of the week: Furry Wheels
Furry Wheels came out of Gaumont’s relationship with Frédéric Martin, best known for Disney XD…
TBI Formats: Drinking tea with gangsters
Kate Beal, CEO & joint creative director, Woodcut Media Over the years I’ve filmed with…
Degeneres, Warner debut digital network
American talkshow powerhouse Ellen DeGeneres has created a digital network and unveiled its debut slate….
Norway’s TV2 ‘plots record cuts restructure’
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 is reportedly planning to make record cuts of NOK350 million (US$42.7…
Kobe Bryant basketball poem becomes toon
Kobe Bryant’s lauded basketball retirement poem is being turned into a short animated film by…
Sonar developing The Birth of the Pill
US prodco Sonar Entertainment has optioned rights to non-fiction title The Birth of the Pill:…
E4, TNT coproducing comedic drama
The UK’s E4 and US cable channel E4 are coproducing a comedic drama about a…
BBC Studios exodus continues with unscripted exits
The lead BBC exec at motoring series Top Gear is the latest senior staffer to…
Fox order Seth MacFarlane comedy drama
US broadcaster Fox has ordered a 13-episode live-action comedy-drama from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane….
Amazon prescribes to Doctor Thorne drama
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British period drama Doctor…
Rive Gauche hires Pifher for development
US producer and distributor Rive Gauche Television has hired Julie Pifher as vice president of…
‘Cutting edge’ DC-based indie prodco launches
A new development and production company based in Washington, D.C., is aiming to create shows…
Merman poaches 42 drama exec
Sharon Horgan’s production company, Merman, has hired Daniel Walker from UK-based production and management firm…
Persson upped at Turner
Cecilia Persson will head up programming strategy for Cartoon Network across the EMEA region after…