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Netflix and Brad Pitt creating War Machine
Netflix has made its most aggressive move into full-length feature films yet with a deal…
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Sky sets share price for Sky Deutschland ‘squeeze out’
Sky will pay €6.68 (US$7.52) per share to the remaining shareholders in Sky Deutschland as…
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Zag’s Miraculous toon travels the world
French producer Zag has shopped its upcoming animated series Miraculous, Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir…
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Nine profit warning leads to share price slump
Australia’s Nine Network saw its share price fall almost 20% after the broadcaster issued a…
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Temple Street gets into gaming
Canadian prodco Temple Street has launched TS Games, a new division that will develop mobile…
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UKTV lands Parks and Recreation
UKTV has acquired US comedy Parks and Recreation for its general entertainment channel Dave. The…
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Hulu buys Mr Bean toon
US on-demand and catch-up service Hulu has acquired Mr Bean: The Animated Series. Hulu has…
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ITV orders Initial’s Almost Impossible Game Show
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered The Almost Impossible Game Show, a new physical gameshow…
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NRK, TVO add Doki
Norway’s NRK and Canada’s TVO and Knowledge Network have acquired an animated series from Toronto-based…
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Scripps EMEA, Asia Pac join Canuck show
Scripps Networks’ UK & EMEA and Asia Pacific units have come on board Canadian culinary…
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Show of the week: Versailles
Using the building of a now-famous structure as the backdrop to a scripted series is…
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Telemundo ups programming execs
US Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has promoted two of its programming team. Glenda Pacanins has been…
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AMC ties down Walking Dead creator
US cable group AMC Networks has inked an exclusive pact with The Walking Dead creator…
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News brief: History Channel Oz ignites Flame
Foxtel’s thematic net The History Channel in Australia has acquired more than 25 hours of…
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C More appoints programming chief
Sweden-based content group C More Entertainment has appointed Bo Thörnwall to the post of director…
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Urban SVOD service taps Starz titles
SVOD service Urban Movie Channel has bought more than 40 hours of programming from Starz…
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Universal TV gets new president
NBC Entertainment has promoted Bela Bajaria to president of production unit Universal Television, and named…
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E!’s Caitlyn Jenner series named
New details of the much-anticipated E! Entertainment doc series featuring Caitlyn Jenner have emerged. The…
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Rai orders UK entertainment format
Italian public broadcaster Rai has commissioned Don’t Ask Me, a live and interactive entertainment format…
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C5 finds Boy with the World’s Biggest Hands
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off documentary about a boy born whose rare…
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France Télévisions launches Zoom mobile app
France Télévisions has launched FranceTV Zoom, a mobile app where users can build a personalised…
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HBO Now to launch on Android
HBO’s recently-launched US streaming service, HBO Now, is due to launch on Android devices this…
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CNBC and Prisa strike content deal
CNBC and Prisa have struck a content deal whereby the former’s news content will be…
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Traditional TV viewing declining
Overall media consumption will increase around the world this year, but the average time spent…
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Endemol Shine emerging markets SVOD deal
Endemol Shine International has licensed a package of programming to Vubiquity, the technology company behind…
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MBO for Precious Media
London-based Precious Media has completed a management buy-out. The deal hands managing director Peter Christiansen…
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Show of the week: Tut
Sir Ben Kinglsey plays a scheming and powerful vizier in Spike’s Tutankhamun miniseries It appeared…
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Fennessys decide to stay at Endemol Shine
Mark and Carl Fennessy have made a dramatic u-turn and decided to remain with Endemol…
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Blue Ant picks up A Life Underwater
Producer and distributor Blue Ant has picked up rights to a new 4K doc, Jago:…
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CBS format travels to Africa
CBS Studios International-distributed Kids Say the Darndest Things has been shopped into Nigeria, with the…