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Wuaki launches new 4K smart TV app, preps France launch

Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv has launched a new smart TV app with 4K ultra high definition support and an updated user interface. The app will be shown for the first time at German consumer electronics trade show, IFA, in the coming days, and will be demoed on smart TVs by Wuaki partners LG […]

Comcast, Charter reveal spin-off cable co’s name

Comcast Communications has unveiled the name of the spin-off cable company it is creating in order to soothe regulatory concerns over its deal to buy Time Warner Cable. Seeking regulatory approval, Comcast agreed to make concessions before it bought TWC. The cable firm subsequently announced it would launch a joint venture with Charter Communications, which […]

FremantleMedia, Sony plan pan-Asian Got Talent

FremantleMedia and Sony Pictures Television Networks have partnered to create a pan-Asian version of singing reality format Got Talent. Asia’s Got Talent will debut early next year on SPT Networks’ English-language entertainment channel AXN across 20 territories in the region. FremantleMedia has also secured deals with local free-to-air channels in Thailand, Indonesia and India to […]

New plan for Kreiz MIP keynote

Maker Studios’ Ynon Kreiz is to deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM, six months after he was due to talk at MIPTV. Kreiz will deliver an address as part of MIPCOM’s Media Mastermind Keynote Series on Monday, October 13 at the Cannes market. The executive has been executive chairman and CEO of multichannel operator Maker […]

Tributes flood in after Shaw’s Robertson passes at 59

Tributes are flooding in for Paul Robertson, the executive VP and president of Canadian broadcaster Shaw Media who has passed away aged 59 after a two-year with pancreatic cancer. Robertson is credited with developing strategy and programming at Shaw’s key channel, Global, plus its specialty networks and news outlets. “Paul’s passionate contribution to the Canadian […]

News brief: Turner’s Wright to lead DreamWorks Studio

Michael Wright, who is exiting his post as president of programming at Turner Broadcasting System’s entertainment channels, will take over at Steven Spielberg’s film studio DreamWorks. News broke this week Wright was exiting his programming job at TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies. He will now take up the CEO job at DreamWorks Studios to […]

News brief: MBC to tell Celebrity Style Story

Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC has acquired Celebrity Style Story, a format from Global Agency-owned World Wide Entertainment. The pan-regional network is getting its own version of the show, which Thuderbird Films first produced for E! Canada. The format tells the story of celebrity’s style history using archive interview clips, red carpet footage and photos, with […]

Fox launches content sales group

Fox International Channels is bringing together its sales divisions to create a new umbrella distribution group, drafting in ex-Sky Vision exec Connie Hodson as part of a new look team. The new division, Fox International Channels Content Sales, will now oversee distribution of all series and specials from FIC’s channel brands under the leadership of executive VP, global […]

Sky buys Znak&Jones stake

BSkyB has acquired its second indie stake, this time investing in a transatlantic indie prodco launched this year by former Zodiak and Talpa Media bosses. Sky has taken an equity stake in Znak&Jones Productions, securing international distribution rights for sales arm Sky Vision in the process. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Former Zodiak […]

Sky buys Znak&Jones stake

BSkyB has acquired its second indie stake, this time investing in a transatlantic indie prodco launched this year by former Zodiak and Talpa Media bosses. Sky has taken an equity stake in Znak&Jones Productions, securing international distribution rights for sales arm Sky Vision in the process. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Former Zodiak […]