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New Asian launches for Lagardère’s Mezzo
Classical music and jazz channel Mezzo Live HD will launch on the First Media and…
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Amazon debuts latest kids originals
As its push into original kids content deepens, Amazon Prime Instant Video has unveiled its…
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Fox champions Eccho’s Japanese format
US broadcast network will premiere a local version of Japanese format Beat the Champions later…
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Holding out for Hierro
Galician thriller Hierro was named best project at the Berlinale’s first CoPro Series pitching competition…
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Kilar’s Vessel to operate on Android
The online video start-up from former Hulu boss Jason Kilar has launched in beta on…
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Collier names AMC, SundanceTV top team
Charlie Collier has laid out his top level management team at US cable channels AMC…
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Chris Evans takes Clarkson’s Top Gear post
Chris Evans will succeed Jeremy Clarkson as presenter of the BBC’s money-spinning petrol-head fact-ent series…
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Banijay inks French indie pact
Banijay International has scored a deal with French indie La Grosse Equipe. The deal will…
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Gulli adds Teletubbies
France-based kids channel Gulli has acquired rights to the DHX Media-sold reboot of the Teletubbies….
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Asian SVOD service straps on Jetpack
Asian subscription on-demand platform iflix has acquired programming from UK-based distributor Jetpack. iflix, which is…
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Banijay, Zodiak merger talks confirmed
Banijay Group and Zodiak Media are in advanced merger talks. Various sources have linked the…
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A&E’s Returned departs as Bates Motel stays open
US cable channel A&E has cancelled its remake of French supernatural drama The Returned after…
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CBBC welcomes Odd Squad
UK kids broadcaster CBBC has acquired Sinking Ship Entertainment’s daytime live-action series Odd Squad and…
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Family Jr. adds to pre-launch line-up
Soon-to-launch Canadian kids channel Family Jr. has added another series to its line-up. The DHX…
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Chinese statecaster sprinkles Peppa on slate
The Chinese state broadcaster, CCTV, has acquired broadcast rights to big-grossing preschool series Peppa Pig….
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Irvine Welsh making Too Much Rock ‘N’ Roll
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is moving into TV with Too Much Rock ‘n’ Roll, a…
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Show of the week: The Popples
Reinvention has been a buzzword in children’s TV circles in the past few years, with…
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Stan feels Power, adds Ash
Australian subscription on-demand service Stan has bought Starz series such as Power and the upcoming…
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FremantleMedia Italy hires Viacom exec
FremantleMedia Italy has hired Viacom executive Filippo Madella to become its director of branded entertainment….
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Australians switching to catch-up, on-demand
The amount of time the average Australian viewer spends watching TV is decreasing as they…
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Big Brother returns to Mexico
Big Brother is heading back to Mexico after a decade away. The show most recently…
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FremantleMedia forms pact with Croatian writer
FremantleMedia has joined forces with popular Croatian author Marija Jurić Zagorka and local prodco Jadran…
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Mystery thriller eyes Stay on ABC Family
US cable channel ABC Family has greenlit the pilot of thriller about a widowed police…
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Objective chiefs launch ITV Studios prodco
Objective Productions foursome Andrew O’Connor, Paul Sandler, Matt Crook and Adam Adler are leaving the…
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Sonic animated series booms in new territories
France’s LE Rights has shopped the new Sonic the Hedgehog animated series to a raft…
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BBC lines up factual for One, Two
UK pubcaster the BBC has made factual commissions for flagship channels BBC One and BBC…
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ITV ‘set to buy Twofour’
UK broadcaster ITV is set to acquire Plymouth-based production and distribution group Twofour, a Media…
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Global digital TV homes pass billion mark
More than one billion homes globally now have digital television, according to new research. About…
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News brief: AMCNI, TVN add Blue Ant factual
AMC Networks International’s central Europe division and Polish broadcaster TVN are among buyers of programming…
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Discovery orders family reunion series
Discovery has commissioned Separated at Birth, a seven-part series that will follow surprising and emotional…