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Discovery applies for Netherlands channel licences ahead of Brexit
Discovery is applying for new broadcast licences in the Netherlands for its European pay TV…
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Eurodata: Local drama dominated primetime in 2018
Eurodata’s scripted series report for 2018 shows that local drama was the most popular prime…
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Exclusive: Fox’s Masked Singer optioned in the UK
Argonon Group-backed producer Bandicoot Television has optioned Fox’s hit format The Masked Singer for the…
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Limonero Films expands sales team
London and Barcelona-based distributor Limonero Films has expanded its team with the appointment of former…
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C4 sets up for Rick and Morty premiere, teams up with Adult Swim
Adult Swim’s hit toon Rick and Morty is set to make an exclusive UK premiere on…
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France Télévisions makes pact with producers ahead of Salto launch
France Télévisions has struck an agreement with producers that will enable it to exploit content…
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Kids round-up: Xilam Animation hits 10bn YouTube views; Monster’s The Day Henry Met… heads to the US
Indie producer-distributor Xilam Animation surpassed 10bn total views across its YouTube videos by the end…
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AT&T CFO: WarnerMedia’s content “treasure trove” will fight competition
WarnerMedia’s “treasure trove” of quality content will give the company a key point of differentiation…
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Robert Zemeckis’ Project Blue Book smashes A+E viewing records
A+E’s History drama Project Blue Book grossed 3.1m total viewers for its premiere last night,…
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Montgomery’s Wheelhouse partners with digital content studio Portal A
Wheelhouse Entertainment, founded and led by former ITV America CEO Brent Montgomery, has struck an…
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Netflix round-up: Leigh Bardugo novels set for drama adaptation; Shares climb after UBS upgrade
Netflix is set to adapt New York Times bestsellers Shadow and Bone and Six of…
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Amazon launches AVOD channel with IMDb
Amazon has launched Freedive, an ad-supported streaming channel featuring movies and TV shows, with the…
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Behind the Scenes: Netflix’s When Heroes Fly
Produced by Spiro Films and Keshet International for Keshet Broadcasting, Colombia-set thriller When Heroes Fly follows…
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Tim Cook says Apple will launch new services this year
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the company will launch new services this year,…
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Saudi-backed broadcaster hires ex-Hulu exec for streaming push
Saudi-backed broadcaster MBC Group is looking to take on Netflix in the Middle East as…
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Fox’s 24 gets Japanese adaptation with TV Asahi
Fox’s action drama 24 is getting a local remake in Japan for free-TV player TV…
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Brad Pitt’s Plan B & Endemol Shine take Lego Masters to the US
Endemol Shine North America (ESNA), UK prodco Tuesday’s Child and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment…
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Blue Ant adds six originals for Canadian channels
Blue Ant Media has commissioned six originals as well as a raft of digital content…
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DRG & NENT Group launch unscripted co-commissioning drive
DRG and NENT Group Norway have launched a co-commissioning drive for non-scripted content. The duo…
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Hulu ups subscribers by 48% in 2018
Hulu ended 2018 with 25 million subscribers, an increase of 48% year-on-year, marking its best…
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FilmNation & NENT Group launch UK TV joint venture
FilmNation Entertainment and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) have formed a UK-based television joint venture,…
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Rumpus hires Tiger Aspect exec to head up comedy
Rumpus Media has appointed Tiger Aspect’s Avril Spary as head of comedy and upped Chantal…
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Turner to use AT&T subscriber data to sell targeted ads
AT&T’s linear channel Turner, which it inherited from its acquisition of Time Warner in 2018,…
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BBC Three orders surgery debate format from Gobstopper TV
BBC Three has commissioned Surgery on Show (WT) from Gobstopper Television, a debate format that…
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Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light names second apprenticeship winner
Frank Spotnitz’s Big Light Productions has named the second winner of its Serial Eyes postgraduate…
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Fox revives Paradise Hotel
Jersey Shore creator SallyAnn Salsano is rebooting reality competition series Paradise Hotel for Fox. The…
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Discovery expands UK portfiolio with DMax launch
Discovery is expanding its UK portfolio with a male-skewing free-to-air entertainment channel. DMax will launch…
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ZDFE acquires Dutch distributor Off The Fence
ZDF Enterprises has acquired Dutch producer-distributor Off The Fence. The German business has bought the…
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Blue Planet II creator forms new natural history outfit
James Honeyborne, the creator of Blue Planet II, has formed a new production company specialising…
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All3Media Int’l sells Guy Martin into LatAm
All3Media International has struck a package deal with Discovery’s Turbo channel in LatAm. The automotive-focused…