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Red Bull’s Servus TV closes over economic woes
Red Bull Media House is closing Austrian channel Servus TV as the network has become…
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Hallmark Channel goes private
Hallmark has acquired the chunk of Crown Media it did not own and taken the…
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CBS cuts Good Wife format deal
There will be a South Korean version of legal drama The Good Wife after CBS…
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ITV America hires from USA Network
ITV’s US entertainment unit has poached from USA Network as its senior VP of development….
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Viewpoint: Should we go through the window to the world?
Gary Woolf, EVP, commercial development, All3Media International At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
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Core Media files for bankruptcy
American Idol owner Core Media Group has filed for bankruptcy. The company, which was part…
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IM Global teams with Depp, Branson for music drama
IM Global will produce a drama about legendary music producer Rick Hall, in association with…
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Viacom makes content commitment as revenues slide
Philippe Dauman has said investing in new original content across TV, film and digital is…
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Euro SVOD lags the US
The proportion of consumers watching OTT video in Western Europe is increasing but continues to…
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Chinese SVOD net grabs Nick awards show
China’s LeEco is bringing the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards into the territory for the first…
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BBC names new comedy commissioning editor
UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed ex-CPL Productions producer Alex Moody as commissioning editor, comedy….
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Go90 has finger on original EDM musical Pulse
New mobile on-demand service Go90 has ordered a twelve-part mystery drama-musical set around the Berlin…
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Comcast ‘moves for $3bn DreamWorks’
US cable and entertainment giant Comcast Corp. is reportedly in talks to buy Californian studio…
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Fremantle buys into social football biz
FremantleMedia has acquired a near-35% stake in London-based football media business Squawka, which offers news,…
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News brief: Asian kids nets gets Genius content
A raft of Asian broadcasters have bought shows from Genius Brands International. Singapore’s Mediacorp took…
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Dave takes Celebrity Storage Hunters to series
UK digital channel Dave has greenlit a full season of Celebrity Storage Hunters after a…
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eOne expands pact with Private Eyes pair
Entertainment One Television has expanded its relationship with scritped producers Shawn Piller and Lloyd Segan…
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Blim takes 300 hours from RTVE
New Latin American SVOD service Blim has acquired more than 300 hours of programming from…
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‘Netflix effect’ forces shorter windows
Release windows for drama programming are shortening dramatically in key territories, with a ‘pronounced change’…
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News brief: HBO chiefs to headline Banff
HBO’s Richard Plepler (left) and Michael Lombardo will headline the Banff World Media Festival. The…
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Show of the week: Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket
Each of the four main characters in Nick’s new toon for the international market has…
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International prodcos win MTV US orders
International content companies including Barcroft Media and Endemol Shine have had orders from MTV as…
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Fidelity buys into WME IMG
Investment firm Fidelity Management and Research has become a strategic investor in WME IMG, sinking…
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Writer’s Room: Daisy Goodwin
British producer and novellist Daisy Goodwin’s first screenplay is for upcoming ITV and PBS period…
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Animal Planet taps ex-ITV Studios exec for GM
US cable channel Animal Planet has hired ITV Studios America’s east coast COO as its…
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MTV rebooting Cribs for Snapchat
Viacom cable net MTV is bringing back its iconic reality series Cribs, rebooting it for…
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Nets clear schedules to honour Prince
ABC, BET and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network are among the US networks planning to honour…
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Wowow opens Japanese Cold Case
Japanese premium cabler Wowow has ordered a local version of Cold Case, the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced…
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CBS Reality probes Murderers and their Mothers
The CBS Reality channel has ordered Murderers and their Mothers, an original series for the…
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Mediacorp names former CEO chairman
Singaporean media giant Mediacorp has lined up former CEO Ernest Wong as its new chairman….