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New World Order
Following confirmation of the game-changing Shine Group-Endemol merger and the emergence of an increasingly more…
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Double UK hire for Keshet International
The international arm of Israeli broadcaster Keshet has hired two content execs for its growing…
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Crispin Odey makes Sky Deutschland U-turn
The finance company owned by Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law, Crispin Odey, has agreed to sell…
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News brief: Storyville ups Christopher
US indie producer Storyville Entertainment has upped Caroline Christopher to senior VP, development and production….
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Discovery takes Nik Wallenda stunt to digital
Discovery is launching a dedicated interactive site to accompany the upcoming Nik Wallenda tightrope walk….
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Sky takes UK rights to CBS series Madam Secretary
UK pay TV platform BSkyB has picked up new US drama Madam Secretary. The series…
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Bunim/Murray opens up in New York
US unscripted producer Bunim/Murray has recruited Rob Bagshaw to run a new New York office….
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Promotions and exits in Discovery Asia shake-up
The Asian arm of channel operator Discovery has appointed its first region-wide general manager, is…
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Netflix orders F is for Family from Gaumont
Netflix has ordered F is for Family, an animated series based on the comedy of…
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Kiwi pubcaster opens up to indies
New Zealand’s public broadcaster TVNZ will open up production of local Maori and Pacific programming…
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FremantleMedia hires branded content boss
FremantleMedia has hired Samantha Glynne as vice president, branded entertainment, to spearhead a push into…
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News brief: Broadcasters buy Weather Channel content
Passion Distribution has sold several shows from The Weather Channel. Passion reps the cable net’s…
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UK-Australian prodco hires factual boss
Fledgling UK-based prodco 7 Wonder has hired Steve Condie as head of factual. The London-based…
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Dish dumps Turner channels in carriage dispute
US pay TV operator Dish has shelved a swathe of Turner Broadcasting channels in a…
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Show of the week: The Secret Life of Teens/Students
The Secret Life of Students is an observational doc series that, in its first season,…
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Broadcasters commit to crime with TwoFour’s Born to Kill
UK-based distributor Twofour has shopped crime series Born to Kill and Killing Spree to a…
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CBS launching US retro net
CBS and station group Weigel Broadcasting are launching a US digital net, Decades, which will…
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Zodiak poaches another Endemol exec for formats
Zodiak Media has poached Endemol Australia exec Nathan Gibbs and he will take the newly-created…
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Canal+ plots 20-country launch for African A+
Canal+’s new sub-Saharan African channel, A+, will launch in 20 countries in western and central…
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Karen Young’s Orange Smarty snags A Place in the Sun
Orange Smarty, the distributor launched by ex-Electric Sky exec Karen Young, has taken international rights…
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Pay TV and VOD tipped to grow strongly in Germany
The latest forecasts for German TV market revenues suggest that the country’s pay TV market…
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Viewpoint: Katie O’Connell Marsh, CEO, Gaumont TV
The television landscape is changing. That we know for sure. With the rise of new…
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Wrenn leaves CNN for Facebook
CNN veteran Nick Wrenn has left the Turner-owned news channel to join social network Facebook….
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DirecTV orders more MMA drama Kingdom
US pay TV platform operator DirecTV has ordered 20 more episodes of MMA drama Kingdom,…
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Sony’s AXN snaps up Red Arrow’s Falco
Sony’s male-skewed AXN channel has picked up eastern Europe rights to cop drama Falco. AXN…
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News brief: Italy’s Rai sells drugs drama to the US
The international division of Italian state broadcaster Rai has notched several sales in the wake…
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FremantleMedia options Korean gameshow
FremantleMedia has optioned Korean format The Genius Game for France. In the show, players from…
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News brief: Discovery orders Too Ugly for Love?
Discovery has ordered a new dating series Too Ugly for Love? for its international nets….
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Sky defies sceptics with Q1 growth
BSkyB has managed to defy continued downward economic pressure on consumer spending to beat analysts’…
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ORF does roaring MIPCOM trade
Franco-German cultural channel Arte prebuying wildlife documentary Lionsrock top lined a number of deals the…