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Former AOL boss Miller confirmed as News Corp’s digital boss
Jon Miller, former CEO of AOL, is to become CEO, Digital Media at News Corp…
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RDF sells raft of family series
RDF has sold a number of its kids and family series to a raft of…
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MTV promotes Grieder in program sales shake up
MTV Networks International has appointed Nickelodeon exec Steve Grieder as head of international program sales…
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Entertainment Rights calls in administrators
Entertainment Rights, the kids producer and distributor behind series including Postman Pat, has gone into…
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Juicy Orange deal for Lionsgate, Fox
Independent Hollywood TV and film producer and distributor Lionsgate has shopped a trio of its…
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twofour54 to create distribution arm
Abu Dhabi-based media hub twofour54 will create a dedicated content sales arm later this year….
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HBO and Oprah making US civil rights miniseries
A TV miniseries based on author Taylor Branch’s America in the King Years trilogy will…
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John de Mol’s Talpa set to expand internationally
Talpa Media, the Dutch producer and distributor set up by Endemol founder John de Mol,…
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Sky Italia to remake FX’s No Signal
Italian pay TV broadcaster Sky Italia is set to make a local version of FX…
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FremantleMedia inks raft of first look deals
FremantleMedia Enterprises has inked a raft of first look distribution deals with top producers including…
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Bazalgette becomes non-exec chairman at Sony in the UK
Peter Bazalgette has become non-executive chairman of Sony Pictures Television’s UK production business. Bazalgette, ex-chief…
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Fremantle buys into another indie
FremantleMedia Enterprises has bought a minority stake in Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the UK indie producer set…
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Shine cuts raft of pre-MIP deals
ShineReveille International, the worldwide sales arm of the recently merged UK/US indie, has sold a…
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Passion sells WoW series
Passion Distribution has inked a number of deals for its slate of World of Wonder-produced…
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Hanway strikes movie deals ahead of MIP
Hanway Films, the sales company set up by The Last Emperor producer Jeremy Thomas, has…
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Digital Rights Group inks Hulu deal
Digital Rights Group has inked a deal with US online video platform Hulu, becoming the…
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Chelsea scores Comcast deal, setting up prodco
Comcast Entertainment Group, the content arm of the US cabler, has signed Chelsea Handler to…
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BBC shops kids series to CCTV
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public broadcaster the BBC, has sold its hit…
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NZ$15m content fund up for grabs after TVNZ Charter scrapped
The charter that governs the operation of Kiwi public broadcaster TVNZ will be scrapped this…
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RDF USA sets up AFP arm with Omnicom
RDF USA is setting up an ad-funded content division with US brand management firm Omnicom….
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Generation Kill director Susanna White talks to TBI about the HBO Iraq war miniseries…
How did you get involved with Generation Kill? Company Pictures actually approached my agent to…
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Sony launching Strictly Vocal
Sony Pictures Television International is launching a new talent show format at MIP TV, Strictly…
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RTL cuts Warners output deal
Germany’s RTL has inked a multiyear output deal with Hollywood studio Warner Bros. The deal…
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Cartoon Network and RTP buy Matt’s Monsters
Turner’s Cartoon Network Asia has picked up Alphanim’s animated 52x13mins series Matt’s Monsters. The Alphanim-Rai-Lanterna…
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MJTV branches out into L&M
French indie producer Moi j’aime la television (MJTV) is launching an in-house licensing and merchandizing…
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Warners shops Eleventh Hour to Living
UK pay TV channel Living has picked up Warners’ drama series Eleventh Hour. It has…
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Kidsco launches first commission
Kidsco, the international children’s channel, has launched its first original commission, arts and craft series…
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BBC picks up CPIT’s Harper’s Island
British public broadcaster the BBC has picked up 13x1hour US slasher drama Harper’s Island after…
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NBC orders Road Trip from the BBC
NBC has ordered new BBC Worldwide format Great American Road Trip. The US network’s version,…
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Murdoch shakes up Fox ahead of Chernin departure
News Corp has restructured its Fox film and TV businesses ahead of the departure of…