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Beta’s Welbers to join German indie

Eric Welbers’s next post will be at German independent film and TV producer Neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft. He joins the firm as managing director, international productions and new business development after it emerged he was leaving his MD position at Jan Mojto’s production group Beta Film. ndF is oneof Germany’s oldest independent production companies, having launched […]

Discovery’s Korn resurfaces at UK producer

Dan Korn has become creative director of Scotland’s STV Productions after recently leaving Discovery Networks International. Korn (pictured) will focus on specialist factual and returnable programming at STV Productions, which is the programming production arm of Scottish broadcaster STV. He recently left his post as head of special projects at DNI, having previously been head […]

News brief: Ex-ITV ents chief joins K7 board

Former head of entertainment development at UK broadcaster ITV Clare Thompson has joined media consultancy K7 Media as non-executive director. This comes as programming intelligence service K7 creates its first management board, which will also include managing director Keri Lewis Brown and Phil Birchenall. Thompson developed formats such as Saturday Night Takeaway while at ITV, […]

Danish cable service adds HBO Nordic

Danish telco TDC has signed a deal to bring HBO Nordic, the premium content provider’s Scandinavian OTT service, to its TV subscribers. TDC will  make HBO Nordic available to TDC TV and YouSee TV Plus cable customers, bringing content including Game of Thrones and True Detective to its customers. HBO Nordic will be made available […]

VOD vendor grabs DreamWorks Classics catalogue

Digital distributor MoMedia has acquired rights to more than 20 series from the DreamWorks Classics catalogue. The agreement comprises more than 800 episodes and is for video-on-demand sales rights worldwide outside North America. Titles include Postman Pat, Noddy, Tinga Tinga Tales and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and will be made available to […]

Hulu to offer discounted Showtime

US streaming service Hulu will offer a discounted version of cable channel Showtime’s online service. The deal marks the first premium service that broadcaster-backed Hulu will offer its subscribers. As of July 12, Hulu subs will be able to add the service to their package for US$8.99 a month, compared to non-subs, who have to […]

De Mol buys remaining Talpa Germany shares

Talpa Media has acquired the 50.1% of Talpa Germany it didn’t already own from publisher Axel Springer. In December, Talpa founder John de Mol (pictured) acquired a 49.9% stake in Schwartzkopff TV and rebranded it as Talpa Germany. Talpa was given the chance to buy the remaining shares as part of that agreement, and as […]

News brief: Bomanbridge to rep Sinking Ship

Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media has acquired Asian sales rights to Canadian producer Sinking Ship Entertainment’s catalogue. The deal is for shows including Odd Squad, and new CBC/SRC series Chirp and back catalogue titles. It comprises 80 hours in total. “Bomanbridge is the preeminent distributor in Asia and we are very pleased to have them represent our […]

Fox veteran Hill exiting to create prodco

21st Century Fox is saying goodbye to senior programming executive David Hill after more than three decades. Hill, currently senior executive VP at the US-based media giant, is leaving to launch a production venture titled Hilly, which will focus on live production, reality series, production consultancy to organisations and digital investment. Hill is an institution […]

News brief: E! set to Taiwan launch

NBCUniversal-owned channel E! Entertainment Television is to launch in Taiwan. The NBCU International Television Networks-owned Western pop culture channel debuts in the territory on July 1 on linear and OTT platforms. It will debut on cable provider CNS, OTT channel aggregator FTV and mobile platform Asia Pacific Telecom. The channel will be available with Chinese […]