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Starz buys German-born Viking film
US premium pay channel Starz has acquired all North American rights to a German-produced feature…
Blue Ant makes Choice channels move
Canada-based content company Blue Ant Media has acquired a majority stake in Choice TV, the…
Abbe Raven retiring from A+E
Abbe Raven is to retire after 33 years at US-based cable business A+E Networks. Raven…
RTL buys US$107m stake in YouTube net StyleHaul
RTL Group has agreed to pay US$107 million (€85 million) to buy a controlling stake…
Fox’s Utopia experiment over
US broadcaster Fox has cancelled big-budget social experiment format Utopia. Just two months after the…
Antiques Road Trip travels
Australian and Danish broadcasters have acquired antiques trading format Antiques Road Trip. In Australia, Foxtel’s…
TVN and T-Mobile Polska to launch SVOD
Polish broadcast group TVN has partnered with telecoms provider T-Mobile Polska to jointly launch a…
Moriarty takes over from Shortt at AMC
Mike Moriarty has been appointed managing director of AMC’s international channels business, replacing Dermot Shortt,…
Canal+ kids channel steps into Chloe’s Closet
Canal+’s preschool channel Piwi+ has acquired kids series Chloe’s Closet. The French channel has taken…
NBC comedies axed after poor ratings
NBC has cancelled freshman comedies A to Z and Bad Judge following a run of middling…