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New drama pact plots $25m series
Canadian feature film firm XII Tribes Entertainment has joined forced with an LA scripted prodco…
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Modern Family’s Levitan heads to MIPTV
Modern Family co-creator Steven Levitan is heading to MIPTV next month and will give a…
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Israel’s Viva follows Globo’s Trail of Lies
Israeli pay TV channel Viva has acquired Globo’s telenovela Trail of Lies. The show will…
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US SVOD hits 40%, Amazon gains ground
Four in ten homes in the US have an SVOD service, according to new research…
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Turner hires Indian entertainment chief
Turner Broadcasting System’s Indian channels group has a new senior director and network chief for…
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Kuzmyk joins Proper Rights
Jenn Kuzmyk has joined the distribution wing of Canada’s Proper Television. Prior to joining Proper…
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Guru hires Nick’s Marcus
Canada’s Guru Studio has poached Rachel Marcus from Nickelodeon. Reporting to Guru’s executive VP, Mary…
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BBC, Canal+ among Vietnam doc buyers
The UK’s BBC and France’s Canal+ have acquired Last Days in Vietnam, a doc from…
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Tranter to exit BBC Worldwide Productions
Jane Tranter is to leave LA-based BBC Worldwide Productions and return to the UK indie…
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Walking Dead spin-off set for Brazil
The newly-commissioned Walking Dead companion series will air in Brazil after AMC Networks secured carriage…
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Nerd hires Fresh One’s Lee
Red Arrow Entertainment-owned Nerd TV has hired Fresh One Television’s Jeremy Lee. He will be…
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TF1, Antena 3 buy Unreal US drama
French commercial free-to-air broadcaster TF1 and its Spanish equivalent Antena 3 have both acquired Unreal,…
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All3Media hires Shine exec for CEE sales
All3Media International has recruited Elise Woolfe as senior sales exec for the Central and Eastern…
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VOD platform bags film festival faves
Ad-supported on-demand service Popcornflix has acquired a selection of prizewinning films from US-based indie distributor…
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Buyers Briefing: Vanda Rapti, MTG
Name: Vanda Rapti Title: VP of acquisitions, pay TV, VOD and new media, and acting…
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Pay TV outshines piracy in MENA
Piracy remains a major problem in the Middle East and North Africa, despite the many…
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Show of the week: Going Clear – Scientology and the Prison of Belief
An Alex Gibney project is perhaps the closest thing documentary has to a sure thing….
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A+E ups Asian content sales exec
The Asian division of channel operator A+E Networks has upped Pooja Nirmal Kant to director,…
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SVOD service Crave orders first original series
Canadian SVOD service Crave has ordered Letterkenny, an original half-hour comedy based upon the shortform…
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Xavi Mas heads to PGS
Kids distributor PGS Entertainment has recruited Xavi Mas and the seasoned sales exec will work…
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Broadcasters take to Walking the Nile
A raft of broadcasters have acquired four-part adventure series Walking the Nile. Channel Nine in…
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Red Bull TV launches on Roku
Red Bull TV is now available as a streaming channel on Roku players in the UK, Republic of…
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News brief: E! takes a Tricon series for a spin
US cable net E! has ordered Spun Out, a reality series looking at the world…
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Leonardo DiCaprio inks doc deal with Netflix
Leonardo DiCaprio has struck a deal to make original environmental and conservation docs for Netflix….
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Craig McGillivray rejoins Breakthrough Entertainment
Craig McGillivray has joined Breakthrough Entertainment as vice president of distribution. McGillivray is returning to…
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News brief: Saban hires distribution director
Saban Brands has recruited Zofia Karpinska as director of distribution. She joins from London-based producer/distributor…
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Trio of first-look deals for DRG
MTG-owned distributor DRG has secured a raft of new content after striking three first-look deals…
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News brief: Hulu takes SVOD Wiggles rights
Hulu has taken exclusive rights to live-action kids series The Wiggles. The US streaming and…
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Kids TV first for Denmark’s Funny Shorts
Danish distributor The Funny Shorts Company is expanding into children’s TV for the first time…
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AMC-CBS venture captures Tricon’s Killer
The AMC Networks and CBS channels joint venture in the UK and EMEA is among…