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Stealthy new distributor starts up
Several names from feature film production have joined forces to create a new UK-based film…
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FremantleMedia seals Magnum deal
FremantleMedia has inked a first look deal with entertainment producer Magnum Media, which was set…
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Digital producer 60Frames to shut
Digital production company 60Frames Entertainment, which is run by Hollywood talent agency UTA, is set…
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Corus, Shaw launching 3D TV
Canadian cabler Shaw and content company Corus are launching a 3D TV service. Shaw Video…
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Canada and UK pick up most Roses
Producers from Canada and the UK won the most awards at last night’s Rose D’Or…
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AETN makes LA Screenings debut
The program sales arm of AETN is heading to the LA Screenings for the first…
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US$22 million Ben Hur saddles up
Filming has started on a Ben Hur miniseries that has been pre-bought by ABC in…
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NBC announces fall line up
US network NBC has announced its fall season line up with a raft of big…
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Discovery ups revenues but international contribution down
US-based factual channel operator Discovery Communications increased overall revenues in the three months to end-March,…
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Fox Channels Italy launches crime thriller
Fox Channel Italy has commissioned local indie producer Wilder to produce a six part miniseries…
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Discovery launches kids channel with toy firm Hasbro
International channel operator Discovery Communications is to launch a joint venture kids network in the…
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Hit launches development slate
Kids producer and rights holder Hit Entertainment has launched a new development slate with projects…
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Disney strikes Hulu deal
Disney has inked a deal with online video site Hulu that will see its hit…
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Cookie Jar sets up primetime arm
Canadian producer and distributor Cookie Jar Entertainment is moving into primetime television for the first…
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Murdoch Junior buys into Australian bâcaster
Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert, has invested A$15.6 million (US$11.4 million) in Australian regional broadcaster…
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IFC anounces new slate, acquisitions
IFC, the Rainbow Media-owned US cable network, has launched its latest programming slate with a…
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RDF USA beefs up with new hires
RDF USA has hired two west coast-based programming executives. Jennifer Danska has joined from E!…
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Ex-Endemol exec Lachkar to put Shine into France
The Shine Group is close to recruiting Thierry Lachkar as the boss of a new…
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Dreamworks boss renews, company expands TV slate
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, has extended his contract for four more years as…
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Bloody Television
The horror genre has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, buoyed by the success of…
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Shine buys Metronome in US$88m deal
Shine Group has acquired Metronome, the largest producer in the Nordic region, in a SEK719…
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UK digital producers get contracts template
Pact, the UK trade body for TV producers, has produced a range of contracts and…
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Tern TV expanding Slabovia empire
Scottish independent production company Tern TV is expanding its hit multiplatform series Slabovia into a…
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MTV sells South Park to TV2 and cuts CEE deals
MTV has shopped its South Park animated series to TV2 in Norway and has concluded…
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Media decline could run deeper than downturn
Irrespective of the current economic downturn, the underlying trend is for households to spend less…
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ABC Oz gets green light for new kids channel
Australian public broadcaster the ABC will get funding to launch a digital kids channel, ABC3,…
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Starz ramping up digital efforts
Starz Media, the Liberty Global-owned producer and distributor, is set to expand its digital production…
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Disney’s new kids on the block
Industry blogger Nikki Finke recently wrote that Miley Cyrus now has the power to do…
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MySpace and FremantleMedia launching Freak web series
MySpace UK and FremantleMedia are launching an online web series, Freak. The News Corp-owned social…
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Management shake-up at ZDF
There has been a shake-up at German public broadcaster ZDF. Reinold Elshot is moving from…