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Netflix orders WWII animated drama from A+E, Unique Features
Netflix has ordered World War II animated drama series The Liberator, produced by A+E Studios…
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NATPE unveils Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award recipients
Comedian Betty White and former NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt (pictured) are among the recipients…
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Kids round-up: Nat Geo Kids takes trio from 9 Story; Cyber Group’s Gigantosaurus sells globally
Nat Geo Kids in Latin America has licensed a trio of series from 9 Story…
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Brent Montgomery taps A+E’s Sean Cohan for Wheelhouse
Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment has hired 15-year veteran of A+E Networks Sean Cohan as its…
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Saudi’s entertainment investment arm hires ex-Disney exec as CEO
The Saudi Entertainment Ventures Company (SEVEN), the key investment arm for entertainment in Saudi Arabia,…
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Report: Netflix experimenting with lower-priced options in Asia
Netflix is reportedly testing a cut-price mobile-only subscription offering in Malaysia in an apparent bid…
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‘New Fox’ will maintain its original name
In what is likely to be the final shareholders meeting before selling off assets to…
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Amazon round up: Prime takes rights for Viacom series, Studio ties up with Blumhouse, Widows returns to UK
Amazon has agreed a deal with Viacom International Studios (VIS) that establishes Prime Video as…
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Fremantle launches scripted podcast label
Fremantle has launched Storyglass, a new scripted podcast label that will be headed by former…
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Gusto takes five originals to Russia
Gusto Worldwide Media has sold five cooking and food series to Red Media, a Russian…
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Sky Germany adds Netflix to Sky Q offering
Sky Deutschland will add Netflix to its Sky Q offering tomorrow as part of a…
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Canada’s Global preps UK co-pro event series with Shaftesbury
Canadian channel Global has commissioned an original six-part event series, Departure, co-produced by Canada’s Shaftesbury…
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Screen Yorkshire opens Film & TV office post-C4 move
Following Channel 4’s decision to locate its national headquarters in Leeds, Screen Yorkshire is to…
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AMCNI reshuffles key regional roles
AMC Networks International has created new leadership roles in its senior management team for key…
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India’s Zee links with Nigerian, Ghanaian channels for drama co-pro
India’s Zee has struck a co-production with Nigerian agency MACE and two Ghanaian channels for…
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Disney in talks to sell A+E stake to Hearst
Disney is in talks to sell off part of its stake in A+E Networks to…
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CBS sends James Corden to China
CBS Studios International is sending The Late Late Show With James Corden to China. The…
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Netflix now available on LG U+ set-top boxes in South Korea
Netflix is set to launch on IPTV set-top boxes in South Korea for the first…
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Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel launches in Turkey
Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel and SVOD service have launched in Turkey for the first…
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Jimmy Kimmel & Brent Montgomery form content venture
Comedian, writer and producer Jimmy Kimmel has forged a partnership with Wheelhouse Entertainment CEO Brent…
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Game of Thrones final season set for April premiere
The eighth and final season of HBO hit Game of Thrones (GOT) is set for an…
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Discovery’s Susanna Dinnage to lead Premier League
Susanna Dinnage, the global president at Discovery’s Animal Planet, has been named as the Premier…
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Netflix’s Sky drama hire points to a major UK strategy shift
Sky drama boss Anne Mensah’s appointment at Netflix has been hailed by the British production…
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BBC launches first VR comedy experience for People Just Do Nothing
The BBC has unveiled its first ever virtual reality comedy film – a VR spin-off…
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CBS All Access orders play-along true crime drama
CBS streamer CBS All Access has made a straight-to-series order for Interrogation, a true-crime drama…
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Spotify builds content team with Condé Nast hire
Spotify has hired Condé Nast Entertainment’s (CNE) acting president Sahar Elhabashi as VP of content…
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Netflix strikes overall deal with Sharp Objects creator
Netflix has entered a multi-year overall deal with Marti Noxon, the Emmy-winning creator of critically…
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Renegade’s Levi boards Antenna as creative director
Antenna Pictures has appointed former Renegade exec Jonathan Levi as creative director. Operating out of…
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Sony hires All3Media’s Lederman for global scripted role
Sony Pictures Television has appointed All3Media exec Nina Lederman as executive VP of global scripted…
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Snap’s Nick Bell steps down as content head
Snap’s VP of content Nick Bell is to step down after five years with the…