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High 4K ultra HD channel launches
Satellite services company SES has launched High 4K TV, a new ultra HD entertainment channel….
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TERN to launch new Ultra HD channel
Netherlands-based TV Entertainment Reality Network (TERN) will launch a new free-to-air channel next month in…
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Awesomeness starts on YouTube film
Digital kids content specialist Awesomeness has started production on Dance Camp, a new feature film…
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News brief: Turner Lat Am net buys Stan Lee toon
Pay TV channel Cartoon Network Latin America has bought Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 from Genius…
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News brief: Ovation promotes for acquisitions chief
US arts network has promoted Lori Hall to a post that adds programme acquisitions to…
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BBC kids orders more Roy shows
BBC kids channels CBeebies and CBBC have jointly commissioned a new 52x14mins season of Little…
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News brief: Turner ups TNT biz affairs exec
Turner Broadcasting System has promoted Patrick Kelly to executive VP, business affairs for its US…
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Horror icon Campbell creates competition format
Comedy-horror legend Bruce Campbell is working with producers from the American Survivor and The Amazing…
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Discovery Channel Canada boss out in rejig
Discovery Channel Canada’s long-serving president and general manager Paul Lewis is leaving as part of…
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Oli Hyatt: EU plan could harm animation funding
Blue Zoo Animation’s Oli Hyatt warns potential changes to the European TV rights market could…
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Turkish format breaks Chinese streaming records
Turkish-devised variety show Is That Really Your Voice? has broken Chinese online video viewing records…
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News brief: New sales lift Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds reboot has sold to broadcasters in Brazil, French-speaking Canada, Japan and in Europe….
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Aussie pay TV content spend nears A$800m
Australian pay TV content investment hit A$796 million (US$560.1 million) in 2014/15, new figures show….
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Tricon cuts Factory Film deal
Tricon Films & Television has struck a distribution deal with Factory Film Studio and will…
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Broadcasters buy Victoria’s Secret show
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought the 2015 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The show…
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Content companies vie to be Best Distributor
Five content sales companies have been shortlisted for the Best Content Distributor category in the…
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Kids group welcomes BBC iPlay
The Children Media Foundation has welcomed the BBC’s proposed content and catch-up service for kids,…
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ITV Studios Finland poaches Yellow exec
ITV Studios Finland has poached Anna Hallenberg from Yellow Films & TV. She joins the…
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Antenna buys Serbian broadcaster
Greece-based Antenna Group has acquired a controlling stake in Serbian free-to-air broadcaster B92. Financial terms…
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Disney Channel gets Stuck in the Middle
US cable network Disney Channel has commissioned a family comedy starring Jenna Ortega as an…
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Marvista hires Real Housewives producer
US-based producer-distributor Marvista Entertainment has hired a former senior producer from the Real Housewives Larry…
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NBC poaches Lionsgate drama exec
US broadcast network NBC has poached Cara Dellaverson from Lionsgate Entertainment to become its senior…
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Friends to air on UK terrestrial
US network sitcom Friends will air on UK terrestrial Channel 5 for one day later…
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Smithsonian aims for Survival in the Skies
US cable network Smithsonian Channel has commissioned three-part factual series Survival in the Skies, with…
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Cineflix to sell Pivot shows
Cineflix Rights has secured rights to sell programming from US cable channel Pivot. The catalogue…
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Fashion One launches global 4K channel
Fashion One Television has launched what it claims to be the world’s first global Ultra…
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Cord-cutting fears ‘validated’ by Q2 US pay TV figures
Pay TV companies in the United States posted their worst ever quarterly video subscriber losses…
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News brief: Channel 5 orders Shane the Chef
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered Shane the Chef, a CG-animated series from UK indie…
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Vodafone inks Netflix Spain deal
Vodafone Spain has signed up to provide Netflix on its platform, the first such deal…
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French net takes The Fall
French channel NRJ12 has acquired Gillian Anderson serial killer drama The Fall from ZDF Enterprises. The…