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CBeebies building blocks in Japan, Korea
BBC Worldwide has sealed deals with KBS in Korea and Kids Station in Japan and…
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Country singers flipping houses for W Network
Corus-owned specialty channel W Network has greenlit Masters of Flip, a new series in which…
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River Monsters gets YouTube channel
The producers of the popular Animal Planet series River Monsters are launching a dedicated YouTube…
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Mediaset unlocks deal for 100 Code
Italian media giant Mediaset has picked up US-Scandi crime drama 100 Code. The Scandi noir…
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New Disney channel launches in France
Disney has launched a new movie channel and on-demand service in France that will have…
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Wildseed, Tricon call on Fonejacker for Disney toon
Wildseed Studios and Tricon are coproducing Counterfeit Cat, a new animated series for Disney voiced…
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Yahoo greenlights Simon Cowell’s Ulitmate DJ
Yahoo has ordered Ultimate DJ, a new music competition series from Simon Cowell. Got Talent…
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ESPN sues Verizon over cord cutting packaging
ESPN has issued a lawsuit against telco Verizon, alleging it has breached its contract with…
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ITV to experience Life at the Extreme
The Million Pound Drop presenter Davina McCall is to front an ITV factual series that…
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Lifetime making Full House TV movie
Days after the news that Netflix is rebooting Full House, it has emerged that cable…
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Furchester Hotel opens on CBeebies nets
Preschool series The Furchester Hotel is heading to CBeebies channels in Africa, Australia and Poland….
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VOD service launches on Amazon Fire TV
On-demand platform Popcornflix has launched on Amazon Fire TV in the US. The platform, whose…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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E! to document Bruce Jenner transition
Comcast’s channel E! Entertainment will document American celebrity Bruce Jenner’s transition to a transgender woman….
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Eccho Rights adds Japanese kids prank show
Sweden-based Eccho Rights has acquired distribution rights to a hidden-camera prank show from Japan in…
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Discovery takes on Impossible Engineering
Discovery Networks has acquired UKTV factual series Impossible Engineering for various international channel feeds. UK-based…
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Downton’s Fellowes pens new ITV drama
Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes is creating another period drama for UK broadcaster ITV. With…
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Pay TV booms in the Middle East
Pay TV revenues and subscriber numbers rose sharply across the Middle East and North Africa…
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Boss of Endemol Shine’s Remarkable exiting
Colette Foster, the co-chief of Remarkable Television is exiting the prodco after eight years. Remarkable…
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Discovery to play in Churchill’s Toyshop
Discovery has ordered Churchill’s Toyshop from Sky Vision, a special about the British World War…
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Canadian SVOD preps for Catastrophe
Canadian SVOD service Shomi has acquired UK-produced comedy Catastrophe. The series, which has previously picked…
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Discovery’s K2 buys Yu-Gi-Oh! series
Italian kids channel K2 has acquired Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, the latest series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime…
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BET poaches Fox Searchlight’s Mashariki
BET Networks has poached Fox Searchlight programmer Zola Mashariki to work with programming president Stephen…
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Downton Abbey constructed on Amazon
Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK has acquired exclusive streaming rights to Downton Abbey,…
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Warner Bros. rebrands Eyeworks in Germany
Warner Bros. is rebranding Eyeworks Germany, with the latter’s COO exiting at the same time,…
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Comedy Central, C5 remaking Impractical Jokers
Viacom-owned Comedy Central UK and Channel 5 have jointly ordered a local version of US…
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Disney adds on-demand services to Astro’s SVOD
Disney’s branded on-demand services have been added to the SVOD service of Astro, the Malaysian…
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MIPTV attracts 11,000 delegates
The organisers of last week’s MIPTV said that 11,000 delegates were in Cannes for the…
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Gravity floats buyer interest in Cannes
Upside Television’s Ø Gravity, A Mission in Space was the most-screened doc by buyers at…
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Netflix greenlights Ansari comedy
Streaming service Netflix has given the greenlight to an untitled comedy series from stand-up and…