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Lemony Snicket series for Netflix
On-demand service Netflix has ordered an original series based on the Jim Carrey movie Lemony…
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Daisy Goodwin exits Silver River
Daisy Goodwin is leaving Silver River Productions, the Sony Pictures Television-owned UK prodco she founded…
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Foxtel and Discovery linked to joint bid for Ten
Pay TV operator Foxtel and channel operator Discovery are being widely linked to a move…
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Wowow coproducing Nineteen Eighty-Four doc
Japanese premium channel operator Wowow has come on board a new doc about the seminal…
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NBCU strikes Polish free-to-air deal
Polish broadcaster Telewizja Puls has struck a programming deal with NBCUniversal that gives it a…
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Broadcasters buy Love for Sale
Several international broadcasters have acquired two-part UK prostitution documentary Love for Sale with Rupert Everett….
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Mentalist reaches endgame
Warner Bros.-distributed drama The Mentalist will come to an end after its seventh season on…
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Fox poaches Bekker to run FIC Africa
Fox International Channels (FIC) has named former Wananchi Programming managing director Hannelie Bekker as managing…
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Netflix hires LA-based Tanz for European acquisitions
Netflix has poached Larry Tanz from Michael Eisner’s prodco Vuguru to head up its acquisitions…
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BSkyB Amplifies arts and culture TV spend
BSkyB is investing £3 million in new arts and culture TV projects over three years…
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Canada’s CMJ revs up acquisitions
Montreal-based CMJ Distribution has acquired international rights to motoring themed factual shows from Chet Burks…
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The British are coming – and not before time.
The way we sell British content abroad is changing – for the better, says Hugh…
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Viacom hires digital boss for Northern Europe
Viacom International Media Networks has named Mathias Blum as head of digital media at its…
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Syfy preps Space Odyssey sequel mini
US cable net Syfy is working on a miniseries, 3001: The Final Odyssey, which is…
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Transgender series is Discovery net’s debut original
A documentary series on the lives of transgender friends living in the US state of…
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African net continues Life with La Toya
Channels across Africa have bought programming from Passion Distribution, including new deals for Britain’s Worst…
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News brief: BBC orders 60 more eps of Two Tribes quiz
UK public broadcaster has ordered a second 60-episode series of daytime quiz series Two Tribes….
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Show of the week: The Gift
The Gift marks another BBC One format coming from the Warner Bros. Television Production UK…
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Antiques Road Trip travels
Australian and Danish broadcasters have acquired antiques trading format Antiques Road Trip. In Australia, Foxtel’s…
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Canal+ kids channel steps into Chloe’s Closet
Canal+’s preschool channel Piwi+ has acquired kids series Chloe’s Closet. The French channel has taken…
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Vice and Rogers team for C$100m Canadian studio
Youth content brand Vice Media and communications giant Rogers are joining forces to create a…
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CME reports loss, but bullish on 2015
Central European Media Enterprises (CME) reported an upturn in revenues and operating income in Q3,…
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Sky Deutschland counters Netflix with OTT
Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched an OTT TV service, Sky Online, that will…
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DeGeneres expands online TV offering
US comedian and host Ellen DeGeneres has created a new venture to launch Ellentube, a…
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Hulu takes Reitman comedy straight to series
US on-demand site Hulu has taken a half-hour single-camera comedy from director Jason Reitman straight…
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BBCWW bags Boorman’s Queen and Country
BBC Worldwide North America has acquired all US rights to Queen and Country, the final…
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Tellem and Levin exit as Xbox studio winds down
Nancy Tellem and Jordan Levin have left Xbox Entertainment Studios, the content division launched, and…
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News brief: Hulu adding Nickelodeon titles
Hulu is adding several kids titles from Viacom-owned kids channel Nickelodeon to its service. The…
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Chinese Hulu-style service ups content investment
Chinese web giant Baidu has revealed a surge in its content investment, with higher costs…
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News brief: Endemol sells My Kitchen Rules
Endemol’s distribution arm has sold cooking series My Kitchen Rules into Belgium. VMMA/VTM have acquired…