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Disney Junior sends Doc to Hulu
US streaming service Hulu has acquired exclusive streaming rights to Disney Junior toon Doc McStuffins….
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Lion TV restructures along genre lines
All3Media-owned UK producer Lion Television has created three new post as part of restructure aimed…
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France Télévisions buys into Cineflix’s Secrets & Lies
French pubcaster France Télévisions has acquired Australian drama series Secrets & Lies from Cineflix Rights….
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Spike inks $7 Bucks deal with The Rock
US cable net Spike has struck a development deal with $7 Bucks, the US prodco…
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TF1 grabs VOD rights to Stan Lee toon
French commercial channel TF1 has grabbed on-demand rights to Stan Lee’s Mighty 7. The deal…
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UKTV makes a date with Handsome Devils
UK digital channels group UKTV has prebought Handsome Devils, a ten-part doc series about murderers…
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ITV bags first deal for Chinese format
ITV Studios has placed Chinese talent format Sing My Song with Vietnamese broadcaster VTV3. The…
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Motion names Xavi Mas replacements
Spanish production and distribution group Motion Pictures has named a pair of replacements for long-serving…
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Flame Distribution brings in Screen Australia exec
Australia-based distributor Flame has brought in Chris Oliver to boost its Asian sales, production and…
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Show of the week: Born in the Wild
Ahead of its debut on Lifetime, Born in the Wild was already making headlines in…
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YouTube to host American soap in UK
Video website YouTube is to allow UK users to watch US soap The Bold and…
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BBC iPlayer records strongest month ever
BBC iPlayer, the UK public broadcaster’s catch-up service, saw a record 343 million requests in…
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ABC launches preschool app
Australian pubcaster the ABC is launching an iPad app aimed at preschoolers. ABC Kids iView…
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Pitching over the pond: a UK perspective on US TV
British producer Nerd TV’s co-founder and managing director Jago Lee on why American-style processes are…
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Banijay appoints head of content
France-based production and distribution group Banijay has upped Marie Schweitzer to head of content. In…
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BBC looking for disability programming exec
The BBC is recruiting for a disability executive, who will support efforts to improve programming,…
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Wuaki.tv launches in Italy
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched in Italy, marking its fifth country launch…
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CCI, Fremantle Corp in co-distribution pact
Canadian companies CCI Entertainment and The Fremantle Corporation have entered into a strategic co-distribution pact…
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Industry groups react to BBC report
Industry groups have reacted to yesterday’s report from a committee of MPs into the future…
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ITV resurrects The Saint
UK broadcaster ITV is looking at a reboot of classic spy drama series The Saint….
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Scripps confirms EMEA distribution hire
Scripps Networks International has confirmed the hire of Jo Lovell who joins its distribution team….
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News brief: Turner’s Toonami launches in India
Turner Broadcasting has launched its kids channel Toonami in India. The action-adventure toon channel has…
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AMC lands in Latin America
AMC Networks International is taking its flagship channel brand to Latin American pay TV. A…
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BBC decommissions detective drama
UK pubcaster the BBC is ending its detective drama New Tricks after its twelfth run….
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Netflix bags Apatow’s Pee-wee Herman flick
Streaming service Netflix has bagged exclusive international rights to Pee-wee Herman’s Big Holiday, an upcoming…
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CBC reversioning French drama
Canadian pubcaster CBC has greenlit an English-language version of Quebec series Nouvelle Adresse. The English…
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Channel 4’s Dates attracts The CW
US broadcast network The CW has bought British comedy Dates. The show, in which each…
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Canada’s Crave creates Showtime block
Low-cost Canadian SVOD service Crave has created a Showtime block within its line-up that will…
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Aardman takes on Baby Cow’s Wussywat
UK-based producer and distributor Aardman has picked up international rights to Wuusywat, the first preschool…
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News brief: Amazon renews raft of kids originals
Amazon has given second-season orders to several of its original kids series. Creative Galaxy, Annedroids,…