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Sean Connolly joins Canadian producer
Canadian executive Sean Connolly is joining Marblemedia as VP, primetime unscripted development. Reporting to co-CEO…
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UK sport agency picks up Marathon rights
A new UK sports agency has signed a long-term broadcast rights deal for distribution of…
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News brief: Imira launches Xilam toons
Spain’s Imira Entertainment has acquired rights to a combined 250 hours of animated programming from…
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Discovery Lat Am buys Cineflix, Nelvana shows
Discovery Networks Latin America has bought Cineflix Rights shows such as Brother Vs. Brother and…
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Fledgling net buys 51 CJ E&M shows
A new channel in Myanmar has acquired 51 programmes from South Korea-based distributor CJ E&M….
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Asian nets build with Bomanbrigde shows
Toggle in Singapore in among buyers of shows from local Asian distributor Bomanbridge Media. Toggle…
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MBC, France Télévisions buy GRB shows
MBC in the Middle East and France Télévisions are among buyers of factual programming from…
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Ridley Scott Civil War drama for PBS
A six-part American Civil War drama with Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker attached is…
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Netflix goes straight-to-series with Will Arnett
Streaming service Netflix has greenlit an eight-episode, straight-to-series comedy from The Millers and Arrested Development…
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Fox, mm2 in Chinese TV-movie copro pact
Fox International Channels has partnered with Singapore-based movie producer mm2 Entertainment to coproduce feature films….
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Hansson takes TV4 post as Mowbray leaves
Jakob Hansson will become acting programme manager at Sweden’s TV4 Group when incumbent Maria Mowbray…
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Miss Universe Pageant entices FIC, Turner
Fox International Channels in Southeast Asia and Japan and Turner International in Latin America are…
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Discovery sets global launch for Holocaust doc
Discovery Communications is to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration…
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Show of the week: Precious Pearl
Precious Pearl, winner of the 2014 International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, launches at NATPE…
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Supply and demand in Latin America
TBI and Eurodata TV look at the latest trends in TV viewing in Latin America…
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Keshet UK brings in ITV Studios’ Shalgosky
Keshet Productions UK has hired Simon Shalgosky from ITV Studios-owned producer Shiver. Shalgosky will be…
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Viacom CEO Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
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Cineflix flips Blackstone drama
Cineflix Rights has scored a distribution deal for Canadian drama Blackstone. The deal with rights…
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FremantleMedia takes German Cold War drama
FremantleMedia International has taken global distribution rights to Deutschland 83, a major new German drama…
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Beta prodco hires production vet for new office
A production subsidiary of Jan Mojto’s Beta Film has hired a German production veteran to…
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European deals for TCB
TCB Media Rights has shopped a raft of programming to broadcasters in France, Germany and…
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News brief: Armoza poaches TVF exec for sales
Israel’s Armoza Formats has brought on a sales executive from UK-based distributor TVF International. Yael…
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Canada’s low-cost Netflix rival buys Amazon drama
Crave, the low-cost streaming service recently launched by Canadian telco and media company Bell, has…
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Lat Am nets power up with movie packages
Broadcasters in Latin America have bought movie packages and miniseries from UK-based distributor Power. Latin…
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News brief: eOne bags VH1 time-travel dramedy
Entertainment One has picked up rights to music network VH1’s drama-comedy, Hindsight. The 10x60mins series…
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Cartoon Network takes Transformers
Turner’s kids channel Cartoon Network has acquired global rights to Hasbro’s new Transformers series. The…
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Sparks Network winds down
The global formats group Sparks Network is ceasing to operate in its current form, with…
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ITV Studios strikes Efman production deal
The US division of ITV Studios has inked an overall deal with veteran producer Mark…
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Warner Bros. merges UK prodcos
Warner Bros. has merged its UK prodco Watershed TV with its larger counterpart Twenty Twenty….
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eOne expands AMC distribution deal
Entertainment One has picked up international rights to The Making of the Mob: New York,…