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Endeavor Content hires WDR exec for European sales drive
Finance and sales firm Endeavor Content has hired former WDR and Red Arrow International exec…
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Nat Geo buys TCB’s Borderforce USA
Nat Geo has bought Dave series Borderforce USA: The Bridges from TCB Media Rights. The broadcaster…
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Endemol Shine sends Stripped to Portugal
Endemol has sent prime-time social experiment Stripped to Portugal. Portuguese terrestrial broadcaster TVI has commissioned an eight-part…
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Media Ranch appoints DR exec to head Scandi office
Montreal-based producer-distributor Media Ranch has appointed DR exec Louise Juel Severin to head up its Scandinavian…
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CAA agent Scott Lonker boards Jimmy Kimmel prodco
CAA agent Scott Lonker has been named president of Jimmy Kimmel and Brent Montgomery’s Kimmelot…
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Drama on top as French viewing habits revealed
French audiences are increasingly turning to catch-up and multiscreen viewing, with fiction programming benefiting more…
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CBC’s Coroner becomes highest-rated series launch in four years
Muse, Back Alley and Cineflix co-pro drama Coroner has become the highest-rated drama series launch…
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Sales round-up: Sky Vision, Federation, Orange Smarty
Sky Vision inks volume deal with Russia’s Amedia TV The production and distribution arm of…
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Netflix’s Sex Education to return for a second season
Netflix has renewed Sex Education for a second season after gaining high audience demand for…
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Starz boss Chris Albrecht to step down
Starz boss Chris Albrecht is to step down from the Lionsgate-owned cable business next month…
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MTV launches mobile SVOD MTV Play in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV’s first-ever direct-to-consumer SVOD mobile streaming app MTV…
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Banijay sends Israeli drama Juda to Hulu
Banijay Rights has sold Israeli scripted series Juda into US streaming service Hulu, and secured…
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TBI Weekly: Old vs. new money face off for unscripted
A wealth of shiny digital entrants may well suggest TV is currently a supplier’s market,…
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Amazon to increase video spend in 2019
Amazon’s chief financial officer, Brian Olsavsky, said he expects in Prime Video spend to “increase…
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Ethical cosmetics brand Lush launches production hub
Lush, the ethical cosmetics company, has launched a new entertainment creation hub, Lush Presents. The…
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Kids round-up: eOne preps Peppa Pig specials; 9 Story launches live-action division
Entertainment One is launching Chinese new year ‘Year of the Pig’ celebrations with all new…
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Attenborough to present new BBC landmark series One Planet: Seven Worlds
BBC America has brought Sir David Attenborough on board to present One Planet: Seven Worlds…
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Studiocanal UK appoints Anna Marsh as MD
Studiocanal UK has appointed Anna Marsh as managing director from Studiocanal’s international distribution division. Marsh,…
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High-end TV production spend in the UK hits £1.2bn
High-end TV (HETV) production spend in the UK reached £1.2bn in 2018, up by 4%…
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Canada’s Mercury Filmworks hires Gaumont alum as content chief
Canada’s Mercury Filmworks has hired Gaumont alum Heath Kenny as chief content officer. As CCO,…
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BBC reveals top iPlayer shows of 2018
British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia were the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018, according to official…
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Ian Katz: C4’s ‘mischievous, innovative’ shows will take on SVODs
Channel 4 director of programmes Ian Katz has launched a slate of programming for 2019,…
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Facebook expects Watch to become ‘more mainstream’ in 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he expects the Watch video platform to become “more…
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Paramount axes TV, finance and business & legal affairs staff
Paramount Pictures has axed around 20 staffers from its television, finance and business & legal…
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Four key takeaways from AT&T’s Q4 results
AT&T’s fourth-quarter earnings for 2018 saw it miss Wall Street estimates and CEO Randall Stephenson…
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Special report: Where do hit formats come from?
In the third of four special reports, international consultancy K7 Media considers how changing technology…
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Authentic elevates three programming execs
Endemol Shine’s Authentic Entertainment has elevated three programming execs including Sara Reddy (pictured), who will…
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Endemol Shine’s takes All Together Now to the Netherlands
Endemol Shine Group has taken entertainment format All Together Now to its 12th market, this…
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TV2 Denmark’s CEO Merete Eldrup to step down
TV2 Denmark’s CEO Merete Eldrup is to step down from the business after 11 years…
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Apple will have original content in place as viewing habits shift
Apple CEO Tim Cook has predicted that the “breakdown of the cable bundle” will take…