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Streamed NBC now offered through Roku

US broadcast network has launched a streamed version of its channel on Roku players and…

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MIPCOM Hot Pick: A Very Secret Service

As About Premium Content’s name suggests, the new France-based financing and distribution firm’s business model…

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MIPJr Hot Pick: The Secret Life of Boys

The Secret Life of Boys hails from Anthony Q. Farrell, the writer best-known for his…

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The Hunt is on for Endemol Shine in Cannes

Endemol Shine International will launch manhunt reality format Hunted at MIPCOM. The show debuted on…

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Keshet asks Who’s On Top?

A new variety game show hybrid will top-line Keshet International’s MIPCOM 2015 slate. The show,…

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Red Arrow to start Diet Wars at MIPCOM

Red Arrow International will launch a new dieting format in Cannes next month. Diet Wars pairs…

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Revived Love Island to head ITV Studios slate

ITV Studios Global Entertainment is launching nine formats in Cannes. These comprise a rebooted Love…

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News brief: DiCaprio making mob drama for Showtime

Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is working on a new mafia series for US premium cable net…

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News brief: Russia’s Stream appoints Hunters

Moscow-based Stream TV has acquired 39 episodes of Hunters Magazine, an adventure travel-based show about…

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Hopster launches on Android

Kids TV subscription video-on-demand service Hopster has launched on Android and has teamed up with…

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Hollywood stars making eco series for Nat Geo

A raft of Hollywood stars are on board the new series of Years of Living…

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Number of US would-be cord-cutters increases

The proportion of US pay TV subs planning to ditch their subscriptions has almost doubled…

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Popcornflix adds Sonic, Mario & Gadget

Subscription on-demand platform Popcornflix has added a batch of classic toons to its library. Following…

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Sagansky, Sloan launching $500m Double Eagle

Entertainment industry veterans Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan are launching Double Eagle, a US$500 million…

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A&E preps Bill Cosby special

A&E has ordered Cosby: The Women Speak, a one-hour special featuring interviews with some of…

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C4 orders All Hail the Veil

Channel 4 has ordered All Hail the Veil, a new reality competition series from Half…

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Sunrise’s MTV mobile launches Swiss YouTube channel

MTV mobile, the mobile offering of Swiss service provider Sunrise, has launched a YouTube channel…

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China streaming deal for Star Wars

Chinese internet platform Tencent has struck a deal with The Walt Disney Company to create…

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NASA 4K channel launching

Satellite services company SES will distribute the 4K channel from US space agency NASA across…

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Netflix lines up Jane Fonda-Robert Redford original

Netflix is in talks to adapt Kent Haruf novel Our Souls at Night as an…

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eOne launches Canadian development lab

Entertainment One Television is creating an initiative that will workshop and develop Canadian pilot scripts…

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All copros great and small

Lilla Hurst, joint managing director, Drive UK production companies gap-financed projects to the tune of…

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Apple, Amazon, and the exclusivity paradox

Rob Gallagher, director of research and analysis, media and entertainment at research house Ovum, muses…

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Undercover Boss breaks cover in Brazil

Brazilian broadcaster Globo has ordered its own version of All3Media International format Undercover Boss. This…

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Channel 5 conjures up Magic Marlon toon

UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a new animated series from the producers behind Dangermouse,…

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Airey exits Yahoo

Former Channel 5 boss Dawn Airey has left her position as chief of Yahoo’s European…

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X Files reboot to debut at MIPCOM

An episode of Fox’s upcoming reboot of The X Files will screen at MIPCOM in…

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Scheil takes over at Sky Austria

Christine Scheil has taken on the role of managing director of Sky Austria, transitioning to…

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BBC eyes daytime slot revamps as Dom gets axe

New BBC daytime controller Dan McGolpin (pictured) has axed long-running consumer rights show Don’t Get…

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Radical move for ex-MTV factual boss

US prodco Radical Media has recruited former MTV docs and specials boss Dave Sirulnick as…