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Trust agrees to BBC Three closure
Youth channel BBC Three will go online only after the body that oversees the UK…
Adult video views rising fast
Adult content uptake is reaching new levels, with 136 billion adult video views predicted this…
Cake takes PBS Kids series
UK kids TV distributor Cake has taken rights to new PBS Kids series Ready Jet…
News brief: Asian nets bag 9 Story fare
Broadcasters in Thailand and Singapore are among buyers of kids programming from Canada’s 9 Story…
Show of the week: Let’s All Play With Memory
New for NATPE Europe was Banijay International format Let’s All Play with Memory, which was…
Fox names Sullivan digital chief
21st Century Fox has named former Sky Deutschland CEO Brian Sullivan as president of digital…
Univision dumps Trump and Miss Universe
US Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has cancelled its planned airing of the Miss USA pageant and…
ABC, MediaCorp sign programming, copro pact
Australian pubcaster the ABC and Singaporean MediaCorp have signed a programming and coproduction agreement. The…
Egyptian telco adds Mid East SVOD platform
Egyptian internet service provider TE Data has begun offering customers Middle Eastern subscription on-demand service…
Sky Deutschland on binge versus linear
Viewing habits for different top titles vary hugely amongst Sky Deutschland’s base, with non-linear and…
Plenty of growth left in US SVOD
Despite the rapid uptake of Netflix and Amazon in the US, there will be a…
Banijay strikes UK prodco development deal
Banijay International has signed a first-look development deal with UK producer Lambent Productions. Lambent, currently…
Broadcasters buy A Deadly Adoption
Viacom-owned UK broadcaster Channel 5 and France’s TF1 are among the buyers of A Deadly…
Pivot tracks down Traceable doc
US cable channel Pivot has acquired a documentary that traces how and where fast-fashion clothing…
Sunny Side up
On the final day of La Rochelle specialist factual market Sunny Side of the Doc,…
News brief: Ex-ITV ents chief joins K7 board
Former head of entertainment development at UK broadcaster ITV Clare Thompson has joined media consultancy…
News brief: Bomanbridge to rep Sinking Ship
Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media has acquired Asian sales rights to Canadian producer Sinking Ship Entertainment’s catalogue….
News brief: E! set to Taiwan launch
NBCUniversal-owned channel E! Entertainment Television is to launch in Taiwan. The NBCU International Television Networks-owned…
Show of the week: Locked Up
Locked Up, a woman’s prison survival thriller sold at NATPE Europe by Spanish media conglom…
Talpa launches reality format on China SVOD
Talpa has launched its Chinese social experiment reality series The Fifteen of Us on Tencent…
Lat-Am set for OTT revenue boom
There will be a huge increase in uptake of OTT services in Latin America over…
Netflix ignites Lady Dynamite comedy
Streaming service Netflix has ordered an original comedy from Maria Bamford. Lady Dynamite will be…
Core lowered after American Idol cancellation
Moody’s analysts have downgraded Core Media Group, citing the end of American Idol and slower…
BBC Two begins Building Cars Live
UK public channel BBC Two has commissioned a 2x90mins series that uncover the world of…
Japanese originals for Netflix
Fuji Television Network will supply the upcoming Japanese subscription service from streaming giant Netflix with…
Nat Geo buys Malala movie
National Geographic Channel has acquired the forthcoming feature documentary He Named Me Malala and will…
Fresh Off the Boat docks at Shomi
Canadian SVOD platform Shomi has acquired Eddie Huang-inspired network comedy Fresh Off the Boat. The…
Caracol joins DishLATINO line-up
Colombian broadcaster Caracol has launched its international channel on US Hispanic pay TV operator DishLATINO….
Caroline Beaton: Why niche is the new normal
In an increasingly fragmented TV landscape, should broadcasters and producers focus more on niche formats…
ITV greenlights Belgian sport-themed format
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a British version of Belgian sporting reality competition format Eternal…