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News brief: Amazon renews raft of kids originals
Amazon has given second-season orders to several of its original kids series. Creative Galaxy, Annedroids,…
Fox gives David Smyth intn’l copro role
Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has promoted David Smyth to senior VP, sales and development,…
Fox denies Discovery takeover report
Twenty First Century Fox has moved swiftly to deny reports that its executives have held…
AMC ‘should launch OTT’
US-based channel operator AMC Networks would benefit from launching its own OTT streaming service on the…
4K set sales soar
Shipments of 4K TVs jumped by 699% year-on-year in 2014 to 11.6 million units, according…
Technicolor buys French prodco OuiDo
US technology and content company Technicolor has acquired OuiDo Productions, the French kids prodco that…
Eye Present & CBeebies to co-produce ChuckaBops
Kids prodco Eye Present is coproducing ChuckaBops a new preschool series with UK channel CBeebies….
BBC Worldwide notches sales as Showcase opens
BBC Worldwide has announced a raft of sales as its Showcase event gets underway in…
Hopster strikes DreamWorks deal, preps launches
Hopster has struck a programming deal with DreamWorks and is about to launch on Android….
New Asian launch for Scripps’ HGTV
Scripps Networks Interactive’s home improvement-themed cable net HGTV has secured two new carriage deals in…