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Metan and Shangdong team for $75m drama series
Metan, the China-focused production outfit started earlier this year by ex-News Corp boss Marty Pompadur…
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DQE launches remake of Lassie
Indian producer DQ Entertainment is set to launch a new animated version of classic kids…
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Virgin Media to launch NBCU’s PictureBox
UK pay TV platform Virgin Media is to launch branded video-on-demand service PictureBox after it…
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Colours to produce Indian version of Talent
Indian broadcaster Colours is set to produce a local version of hit international format Got…
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Seven to produce Oz version of Beauty and the Geek
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network is to produce a local version of US reality series…
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Lionsgate renews output deal with NZ’s Prime
New Zealand commercial broadcaster Prime Television has renewed its long term output deal with US…
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CIMG sells Running in Heels across Europe
The Style Network’s hit docuseries Running in Heels is set to launch terrestrially across Europe…
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MTV launches new slate including Teen Wolf remake
US cable network MTV has commissioned a raft of new projects including a US adaptation…
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Lagardère launches new blue-chip doc producer
Lagardère Entertainment is launching a new production outfit specialising in blue chip documentary projects. Called…
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PACT’s John McVay
We need anti-piracy measures now not later… says Pact chief executive John McVay After many…
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MTV inks raft of program sales
MTV Networks International has sold a raft of its programming across Europe and in Latin…
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ESPN wins EPLfootball rights
The English Premier League has awarded the two packages of live TV football rights for…
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Nine cuts historic A$500m output deal with Warners
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has renewed its output deal with Hollywood Studio Warner Bros in…
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Random House sets up kids prodco
Bertelsmann-backed publisher Random House is setting up a UK-based kids production company that will exploit…
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Sky poaches BBC programming exec to head up comedy
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has poached BBC executive Lucy Lumsden, who will become its…
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Orange France plans online TV site
Orange is understood to be planning to launch an online video-on-demand site where it will…
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Endemol inks Seinfeld deal
International producer and distributor Endemol has struck a deal with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to distribute…
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ITV Global to coproduce Telecinco gameshow
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has struck a coproduction deal with British producer and distributor ITV Global…
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Sony eyes CEE productions
Sony Pictures Television is set to produce original series in Central and Eastern Europe for…
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Warner Bros to distribute CME titles
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the media outfit that operates a number of free-to-air commercial…
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CN Asia inks Marvel output deal
Cartoon Network Asia has inked an output deal with Marvel Comics that will see the…
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Singapore allocates $157m for media
Singapore has outlined a S$230 million (US$157 million) program designed to boost the country’s media…
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Endemol seals pre-Discop CEE deals
Endemol has inked a raft of deals in the Central and Eastern Europe region ahead…
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Disney launching XD in the UK
Disney will replace Jetix with its boy-skewed Disney XD brand in the UK this August….
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FremantleMedia sells series to CEE
FremantleMedia Enterprises has closed a raft of programming deals in Central and Eastern Europe ahead…
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ITV sells 200hrs to Denmark’s DR
ITV Global Entertainment has sold a 200hr package of programming to Danish public broadcaster DR….
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Televisa says it can stream its shows in the US
Executives from Televisa have told a US court that a programming deal with Univision allows…
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Mio launches US series package
Mio TV, the IPTV service operated by Singaporean telco SingTel, has launched an on-demand package…
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CityTV announces fall line up
Canadian broadcaster CityTV has announced its fall slate including a raft of series from the…
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India’s SET to launch local version of Celebrity…
Indian broadcaster Sony Entertainment Television is to launch a local version of I’m A Celebrity……