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ESG’s Turner Laing to be honoured at International Emmys
Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing is to receive the International Academy’s 2018 Directorate…
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BBC-backed Moonage hires Wilson to head development
UK-based indie producer Moonage Pictures has unveiled Matthew Wilson as the company’s new head of development….
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VIMN Japan services to debut on Amazon Prime Video Channels
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has signed a channel distribution deal with Amazon, which will make…
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Netflix names cast, starts shooting Brazilian Bossa Nova original
Streaming service Netflix has announced the key cast of Brazilian original series, Coisa Mais Linda. The…
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Apple considers TV, music & mag bundle ahead of SVOD launch
Apple is reportedly mulling a single subscription offering for original TV shows, music and magazine…
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Awesome hires Steventon for kids and adult drama role
Awesome Media & Entertainment, the creative content company founded by writer-producer Jeff Norton, has hired…
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BBC Two orders first VR property show
BBC Two has commissioned Remarkable Television to make Watch This Space, a virtual reality property…
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Middlechild hires ex-Boundless exec as development head
Middlechild has appointed former Boundless exec Tony Dillamore (pictured right) as its head of development….
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Fox sets shareholder meeting to asses Disney offer
21st Century Fox has called a special meeting of stockholders on July 27 to vote on…
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YouTube picks up Jordan Peele sci-fi comedy
YouTube has ordered a half-hour sci-fi comedy from Oscar winning director Jordan Peele, as it…
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AMC sets programming leadership team
AMC Networks has set a new programming leadership team that will work to serve its…
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Disney preps SVOD service launch with exec reorg
The Walt Disney Company has reorganised its marketing executives as it steps ups its plans…
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Mark Burnett becomes MGM chairman
MGM has promoted Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett to chairman of its Worldwide Television Group….
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VIMN secures format deals in Russia, Nordics & Canada
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has unveiled format production deals for MTV global reality hit…
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M6 picks up The Bridge from Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group has licensed adventure entertainment format The Bridge to M6 France. Originally created…
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AMC ups Connolly for Sundance programming role
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has named Patrick Connolly as SVP of programming for AMC/SundanceTV Global….
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Spotify appoints ex-CW exec as chief content officer
Spotify has appointed Condé Nast’s president of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, as its chief content officer,…
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HBO Nordic greenlights first Norwegian original
HBO Nordic has greenlit its first original Norwegian series Beforeigners, created by Anne Bjørnstad and…
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Sky Vision & Welsh gov’t extend programming fund
Sky Vision, the international distribution and production arm of Sky, and the Welsh Government have…
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US Justice Department approves Disney’s $71.3bn Fox bid
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Disney’s bid for Fox assets, so long…
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Xilam raises €22.33m for company expansion
Xilam Animation has secured €22.33 million (£19.72 million) after selling some of its shares to…
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Bryncoed to adapt County Guides to Murder for TV
Scripted content company Bryncoed Productions has secured the TV rights to Ian Samson’s series of murder…
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ITV finance director & COO to step down after 10 years
ITV’s chief operating officer and group finance director, Ian Griffiths, has announced he will retire…
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eOne nabs DRG exec for acquisitions
Entertainment One (eOne) has named DRG’s Kate Cundall as vice president of acquisitions. Cundall will…
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ESG brings in Filmlance’s Blomgren to head scripted EMEA
Endemol Shine Group (ESG) is set to charge up its non-English scripted portfolio by appointing…
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Parrot Analytics: 49% of US consumers unwilling to pay for any SVOD services
Nearly half of US consumers are unwilling to pay for even one streaming on-demand service,…
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Will Smith acquires German distributor Telepool
Will Smith and director Mark Forster have teamed up to acquire German distributor Telepool. Smith…
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ITVS America taps Sonar veteran for operations
ITV Studios America has hired Sonar’s CFO and executive VP of strategy Peter Keramidas as…
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In-demand: Spain (June 18-24, 2018)
The series finale of Sense8 had Spanish viewers demanding the title more than local-language originals…
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African SVOD to hit 10 million in 2023
Subscription video-on-demand users in sub-Saharan Africa will number 10 million by 2023, according to Digital…