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Facebook signs up for Zig Zag magic show
Facebook Watch has acquired a short-form series from Zig Zag Productions featuring British street magician…
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BBC’s Tony Hall: FAANG needs regulation
BBC director general Tony Hall is calling for the taxation and regulation of “global giants”…
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TBI Weekly: Sky and Channel 4 deal is clear sign of the times
Sky and Channel 4’s content-sharing deal earlier this week signalled the beginnings of closer collaboration…
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Nat Geo picks up Plimsoll’s Wild Great Britain
Nat Geo has picked up Plimsoll Productions’ Hugh Bonneville-narrated Wild Great Britain for its international…
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Turkish indies launch distribution business
Turkish production companies Medyapim and Ay Yapim have teamed to launch a new distribution business….
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Iflix ramps up originals drive
Malaysian SVoD iflix is ramping up its originals drive, with plans to quadruple its slate…
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Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual scores presales with Canal+, Stan
Ahead of its debut on Hulu and the UK’s Channel 4, Hootenanny comedy The Bisexual…
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Cartoon Forum: YLE, 9 Story, Folimage win Tributes
Cartoon Tributes for 2018 have been awarded to Finland’s YLE, French prodco Folimage and Ireland’s…
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YouGov: 48% of UK consumers worry about US media dominance
Half of UK media consumers are worried that US companies moving to the nation will…
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire set for 2019 return
ITV is set to bring back the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? reprisal fronted…
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AT&T boss: Netflix is the Walmart of media
AT&T boss and chairman Randall Stephenson has compared Netflix to US retail brand Walmart and…
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Mediaset to sell pay-TV service to Sky
Mediaset is moving towards a sale of its pay-TV unit Mediaset Premium to Sky before…
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European Parliament approves copyright reform
The European Parliament has approved controversial copyright reform proposals that will see web companies forced…
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Acorn ramps up originals drive with BBC1
AMC-owned Acorn TV is partnering with the BBC on family drama Pitching In. Starring EastEnders…
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YouTube Premium unveils German originals
YouTube Premium has commissioned its first German originals The trio of formats form part of…
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HBO boards BBC1’s His Dark Materials
HBO has boarded Bad Wolf’s His Dark Materials adaptation for BBC1, picking up distribution rights…
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Amazon hires ex-Eurodata exec for EMEA
Amazon Prime Video has hired former Eurodata exec Sahar Baghery as senior business development executive…
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Fox departs DRG as NENT’s Mogensen steps up
DRG is to replace its founder and chairman Jeremy Fox with Morten Mogensen from NENT…
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BBC Studios teams with indies for short-form scripted
BBC Studios, Clerkenwell Films and Anton are partnering on premium, short-form scripted content. BBC Studios…
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Red boss Nicola Shindler to lead Studiocanal UK
Nicola Shindler, head of Happy Valley producer Red, is to head up Studiocanal UK. Replacing…
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Zodiak Kids hires Moonscoop chief as CEO
Banijay Group, the umbrella group behind Zodiak Kids, has appointed Moonscoop’s Benoit di Sabatino as…
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Facebook ties with BBC News for weekly show
BBC News is launching a weekly news programme on Facebook Watch. Set to launch later…
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Sky, Channel 4 join forces for Formula 1
Sky and Channel 4 have struck a content partnership that will see the broadcasters sharing…
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Cartoon Forum: Netflix up for Cartoon Tribute for the first time
Netflix is up for its inaugural Cartoon Tribute award at Cartoon Forum, the annual animation…
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Frontrunners emerge for top job at CBS
Frontrunners are emerging in the search for a leader at CBS, following the departure of…
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BT Sport signs up for football quiz show
BT Sport has commissioned Zig Zag Productions and Velocity Content for a football quiz show….
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Sony takes minority stake in Safe House producer
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Safe House producer Eleventh Hour…
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Telefónica: Netflix integration, a new kids app and 4K box rollout
Telefónica is to integrate Netflix in its TV service by the end of the year…
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Channel 5 Blind Date commissioner departs for Channel 4
Blind Date commissioner Sean Doyle is leaving Channel 5 to board Channel 4. The exec…
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BBC plans website cuts to fight FAANG
The BBC is planning to cut sections of its website to facilitate the user experience…