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Netflix UK, YFE among Toot buyers
Netflix in the UK, Disney in Australia and Germany-based YFE have acquired Toot the Tiny…
News brief: Wuaki adds studio movies
European on-demand service Wuaki.tv has acquired new movies from several of the Hollywood studios. From…
A+E Studios to produce first broadcast show
ABC has ordered a put pilot from A+E Studios, marking the first time A+E Networks’…
Show of the week: Can’t Touch This
Can’t Touch This represents the debut format from Northern Irish production company Stellify, which is a joint…
Objective recruits new execs
All3Media-owned UK prodco Objective has hired two programming execs. It has recruited Joe McVey (pictured)…
Gran Plan revealed in Canada
Canadian speciality net Canal Vie has ordered a local version of Israeli-created comic entertainment series…
Telstra ‘weighing Foxtel stake sale’
Australian telco Telstra is reportedly considering selling its 50% stake in local pay TV market…
Scripted format deal for Eccho’s Elif
Indonesian broadcaster SCTV has ordered a local version of Elif, the Turkish drama distributed internationally…
Viki adds Malaysia scripted pack
International online video platform Viki has acquired nearly 100 hours of Malaysian scripted programming after…
News brief: Chinese VOD net add Turtles
Chinese on-demand video site Tencent has acquired seasons one and two of Viacom’s Tenage Mutant…
News brief: BBC buys Lockerbie bombing series
The BBC has acquired UK rights to a new PBS documentary series that sheds new…
News brief: MarVista attains Osiris movie library
LA’s Marvista Entertainment has acquired international distribution rights to Osiris Entertainment’s 66-title movie library. Key…
News brief: Bloomberg gets Zig Zag biz show
Bloomberg Television’s move into commissioning has seen it commission Zig Zag Productions and Verchaix Media…
Foxtel’s Ten investment given greenlight
Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has okayed Foxtel’s investment in commercial broadcaster Network Ten. The…
Portfolio recruits for factual
Canada-based Portfolio Entertainment has hired Jennifer Bragg as director, factual and lifestyle development. The hire…
Mid East kids net goes MIA with first copro
Middle Eastern free-to-air kids channel Spacetoon has lined up its coproduction, a 3D CGI cartoon…
Netflix CEO says there is ‘not enough TV’
Netflix boss Reed Hastings has said there is not “nearly enough” TV content, coming out…
Massive job cuts at Nat Geo after Fox deal
National Geographic is axing almost 10% of its 2,000 staff, just months after Rupert Murdoch’s…
Discovery says intn’l D2C could generate US$100m
Discovery Communications is evaluating a direct-to-consumer move in the US, in light of its DPlay and…
‘African Netflix’ launches sales division
Africa’s answer to Netflix, iRoko, has launched an international programming and licensing division to shop…
Turner sends out Search Party
Turner has ordered Search Party, an original drama series for its TBS cable net in…
Henson, France Television team for dino shorts
The Jim Henson Company is teaming with France Télévisions to make a series of Dinosaur…
FilmBox strikes Disney deal
The FilmBox channels has secured a raft of Disney television and film content as part…
9 Story’s Wild Kratts goes to Nine
Nine Network’s kids channel Go! has licensed animated series Wild Kratts. The popular animated series…
New All3 America chief pacts with ex-client
All3Media America has signed an overall development deal with unscripted company Bogner Content after the…
Genius Brands to sell $4.3m in stock
Children’s content group Genius Brands International will sell around US$4.3 million of its common stock…
Netflix goes straight-to-series with Selena Gomez
US-based streaming service Netflix has greenlit production on a straight-to-series young adult drama from former…
McG signs with new-look ABC Family
Prolific network and cable producer McG has signed a two-year overall development deal with ABC…
Viewpoint: the seven deadly sins of scripted formats
K7 Media founder Keri Lewis-Brown provides some hints on what constitutes a hit, and where…
News brief: Movie Net, Globosat buy Rock Icons
The Movie Network and Movie Central in Canada and Brazil’s Globosat are among buyers of…