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Amazon close to AVOD launch with IMDb
Amazon is close to launching an ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV users via subsidiary…
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UKTV to recreate lost Dad’s Army episodes
UKTV is to recreate three lost episodes of classic BBC sitcom Dad’s Army. Mercury Productions…
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HBO Espana snaps up Charmed reboot
The CW’s Charmed reboot is heading to Spain. CBS Studios International has sold SVOD rights…
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Federation takes majority stake in unscripted venture WeMake
Federation Entertainment is to take a majority stake in WeMake, the Paris-based unscripted outfit it…
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ITV rules out Endemol Shine purchase
ITV has said that it will not make a bid for Endemol Shine, joining the…
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed sells worldwide
Beano Studios’ Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed has sold to nine territories, including Rai in Italy,…
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‘New Fox’ reveals key leadership team
Lachlan Murdoch, the future chairman and CEO of Fox after Disney purchases key assets from…
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AMC Networks International’s Moriarty to depart
Mike Moriarty, AMC Networks International (AMCNI) president Central & Northern Europe, is leaving the company….
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Amazon greenlights Burnett’s Eco-Challenge, partners with Neil Gaiman
Amazon Studios has greenlit a revival of competition series Eco-Challenge from Survivor creator Mark Burnett and…
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Discovery’s Eurosport heads to Singapore
Discovery and Singaporean broadcaster Mediacorp are to launch Eurosport and Setanta Sports via on-demand platform…
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Corus snaps up Thomas & Friends for Canada
Corus Entertainment-owned producer-distributor Nelvana has struck an exclusive licensing and broadcast deal with Mattel around…
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Channel 5 commissions obs doc series Code Zero
Channel 5 has commissioned Zinc Media’s Reef Television to produce Code Zero: Police Under Attack (working…
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Netflix content set to be “meaningfully stronger” in 2019
When compared to its 2018 slate, Netflix’s 2019 wares are to be “meaningfully stronger”, according…
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MTG increases eSports investment, writes down Zoomin.TV assets
MTG has increased its stake in eSports business Turtle Entertainment and has announced that it…
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Australian gov’t appoints ABC acting chair
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appointed Dr Kirstin Ferguson as acting chair of ABC…
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Endemol Shine India to adapt The Farm
Endemol Shine India has signed a deal with DRG to remake international format The Farm locally….
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Viasat World’s Epic Drama heads to Bulgaria
Viasat World’s Epic Drama channel is to launch in Bulgaria via telco Vivacom. The channel…
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Keshet forms scripted arm with Tresor
Keshet International-backed German producer Tresor has launched a scripted arm. Keshet Tresor Fiction will leverage…
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Lionsgate stock jumps amid Amazon takeover speculation
Lionsgate stock has jumped by 7.6% following speculation around a potential takeover by Amazon. The…
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EasyJet fires legal shot at Netflix over Easy
The founder of European budget airline EasyJet has launched legal action against Netflix over the…
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TBI Weekly: What’s next for Comcast, Sky and the Murdochs?
As 21st Century Fox walks away from Sky after selling its 39% stake in the…
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RTL and ITV strengthen advertising partnership
German and international broadcaster RTL and UK commercial broadcaster ITV are to strengthen and extend…
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Endemol Shine’s Asia MD lands at The Story Lab
Endemol Shine’s former Asia MD Fotini Paraskakis has joined The Story Lab as executive VP…
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Singtel TV adds Discovery channels after StarHub spat
Singapore’s Singtel TV has picked up a number of Discovery channels months after telco StarHub…
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Filming in North Korea
Ahead of the Nat Geo premiere of North Korea From The Inside With Michael Palin on…
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Drama round-up: Killing Eve, Night Manager producers eye new projects
Ink Factory teams with La La Land producer on Cold War thriller Night Manager producer…
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Netflix opens Paris office, agrees 2% tax on revenues
Netflix has opened a fully staffed Paris office, while agreeing to a 2% tax on…
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Foz Allan’s Bryncoed hires first YA development head
Bryncoed Productions has hired its first development head for young adult titles, Jonathan Wolfman. Wolfman…
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Zodiak Kids takes Amazon titles to MIPCOM
Zodiak Kids has picked up 17 children’s series and specials from Amazon Studios, which will…
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Nat Geo goes to North Korea with Michael Palin
National Geographic has acquired ITN Productions’ one-off documentary North Korea From The Inside With Michael…