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Springer-ProSieben deal would face hurdles
Analysts have said that the mooted merger of German media giants Axel Springer and ProSiebensat.1…
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Barcroft poaches Zig Zag’s Wyles
Barcroft Productions has hired Zig Zag Productions’ Peter Wyles as director of programmes. Wyles is…
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US retrans fees ‘to reach $10bn’
Retransmission fees for US TV station owners could reach US$10.3 billion annually by 2021, according…
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Germany to visit The Island
German broadcaster ProSieben has ordered its own version of survivalist format The Island. Endemol Shine…
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Parasyte spreads to Adult Swim
Anime series Parasyte – the Maxim is heading to US cable channel Adult Swim. The…
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Show of the week: Babushka
Babushka is a three-way gameshow format hailing from French broadcaster TF1 and Israeli and US…
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ITV’s Crozier to keynote MIPCOM
Adam Crozier, the CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, will deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM…
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Larger indies drop share as UK market contracts
The amount of money generated by UK indies fell in the latest measurement period fell…
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DHX preps share issue
Canada and US-listed DHX Media has launched a share offer and will use the proceeds,…
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Media I.M. selling Flying Animals for charity
Media I.M. has taken on Kids and Flying Animals and will be giving the distribution…
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‘Green Netflix’ hires boss, opens UK office
An on-demand service that describes itself as ‘the Netflix for green content’ has hired a…
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Acorn buys EST for ESI’s Humans
US streaming and download service Acorn has acquired electronic sell-through rights to Humans, the English-language…
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Netflix will pass on cost of cloud tax
Netflix has said it will pass on the cost of the ‘cloud tax’ that will…
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RTL CBS takes Corden’s Late, Late Show
Asian network RTL CBS Entertainment has acquired The Late, Late Show with James Corden from…
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HBO India MD exiting
The managing director of HBO India is to leave her post after two years in…
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Chicago imposes ‘Netflix tax’
The US city of Chicago has introduced a ‘cloud tax’, which targets streamed entertainment services…
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Channel 5 made £12.9m loss before Viacom deal
Channel 5 made a £12.9 million (US$20.1 million) loss in its final financial results before…
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NBC continues to Do That
US broadcast network NBC has commissioned a second season of Israeli-created celebrity talent show I…
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France 2 to remake UK home format
France 2 has commissioned a local version of Fill Your House For Free, a British…
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Access All Areas for Disney UK
Disney Channel UK & Ireland has commissioned a live-action music and entertainment series titled Access…
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NBC Universo calls for Law & Order
Cable channel NBC Universo will debut American procedural Law & Order for Spanish-speaking US audiences…
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Pact: indies will suffer from BBC Three move
Pact has slammed the BBC Trust’s provisional decision approving the move of the BBC Three…
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Mad Men writers rebooting Fatal Attraction for TV
Mad Men writers Maria and Andre Jacquemetton are adapting 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction as an…
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DTVE and TBI launch Content Innovation Awards
The inaugural Content Innovation Awards, a new initiative by TBI sister magazine Digital TV Europe…
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Zodiak Kids signs Mumfie creator deal
Zodiak Kids has signed a development deal with Magic Adventures of Mumfie and Thomas &…
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Spanish format heading for Asia
Asia-focused distributor Bomanbridge Media has acquired gameshow format The 20 Little Piggy Banks. Singapore-based Bomanbridge…
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IPCN making new Chinese Supernanny
Anglo-Chinese producer and rights firm IPCN will make the latest season of Supernanny in China…
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Asian on-demand service reaches for Starz
Asian SVOD platform iflix has acquired shows such as The White Queen and Black Sails (pictured)…
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Netflix cord-cutters ‘on the up’
More US Netflix subscribers are cutting their pay TV cords than ever before, according to…
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Seven, Scripps, Shaw join Windfall series
Australia’s Seven Network, Scripps Networks UK & EMEA and Food Network in Canada are all…