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New UK indie Fireback delivering Captain Mack to ITV
Ex-Hit Entertainment and TV Loonland exec John Bullivant has set up a new indie and…
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France: terrestrial networksâ share down as theme channels increase share
French DTT and thematic channels continued to win eyeballs and eat into the viewing share…
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Shrek The Halls records giant ratings
Shrek The Halls, the 30 minute animated holiday special featuring the famous green ogre, recorded…
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La Sexta revamps schedule
Spanish free-to-air broadcaster La Sexta has revamped its new year schedule with a number of…
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Kirsty Hunter, head of interactive at Lion TV, on why the UK is leading the way in interactive media
It’s taken a while, but there has really never been a better time for those…
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NBC Universal to launch UK Law & Order
NBC Universal is set to launch a local version of legal drama Law & Order…
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Creatives Speaking: Two and a Half Men’s Chuck Lorre on changing the face of US comedy
Chuck Lorre is a veteran comedy writer having worked on seminal US sitcoms Roseanne and…
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CanWest’s $2.3b Alliance Atlantis deal gets the go-ahead
Broadcast regulator the CRTC has approved CanWest’s takeover of Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis. But…
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Europe 2 TV rebranded Virgin 17
Lagardère Active’s French DTT music channel Europe 2 will be rebranded Virgin 17 from the…
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Target moves into Film releasing
Target Entertainment, which is building itself into one of the biggest television distributors in the…
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Local Australian drama boosted
Australian broadcasters spent nearly 20% more money on local drama programming this year than last….
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Peace Arch moves for ContentFilm and Fireworks acquires CBC International
Canada’s Peace Arch Entertainment is in talks to acquire fellow producer/distributor ContentFilm. The two parties…
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Strike latest: WGA undeterred by returning shows
US writers’ union the WGA is adamant that the trickle of shows returning to network…
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Sandra Carter launching web channels in early 2008
US distributor Sandra Carter Global is teaming with a US advertising agency to launch a…
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Telemundo aims for drama boost
Telemundo Internacional, the production and distribution arm of the US Hispanic broadcaster, plans to increase…
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Ratings watch: The Singing Bee
The Gurin Company format The Singing Bee has now rolled out in several countries, with…
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DIC expects $11.5 million hit after Slumber Party Girls and others fail to perform
Kids producer and distributor DIC Entertainment has told investors that it will fail to hit…
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Start looks online for Bang on the Door
UK licensing and merchandising outfit Start Licensing is looking to bring its successful teen property…
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Strike relations hit a new low
The two sides in the ongoing Hollywood writers strike are further apart than ever as…
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CBBC tunes up for $20m CGI series
Freefonix, a $20m CGI series featuring a virtual pop group, will launch on BBC kids…
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Discovery to become fully listed company
The ownership structure of factual content media company Discovery is being shaken up with a…
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Creatives speaking: Michele Buck on the changing face of drama production
After a lengthy stint at UK broadcaster ITV, Buck and fellow former ITV production chief…
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Xilam readies 2nd season of award winning Shuriken School
Xilam, the French animation outfit, is working on a second season of Japanese ninja series…
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Challenge gets the fear down under
UK pay TV network Challenge is to revamp its schedule in the new year with…
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Seven scoops NBC Universal deal ahead of Ten, Nine
Australian broadcaster Network Seven has won the bidding war for an exclusive output deal with…
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Aardman picks up Peter and the Wolf and makes four sales
Aardman International, the distribution arm of the Bristol-based animation outfit, has picked up distribution rights…
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M6 cans French fifth grader format
French commercial broadcaster M6 has cancelled the local version of Mark Burnett’s format Are You…
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Ratings Watch: The Rich List
Gameshow format The Rich List has been successfully sold around the world and has picked…
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James Murdoch resigns as BSkyB CEO, heads to News Corp
James Murdoch has resigned as chief executive of UK pay TV operator BSkyB to take…
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Disney eyes international web revamp
Disney plans to overhaul its international web presence following a revamp of its UK site…