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YouView chief Halton to leave at end of year
YouView chief executive Richard Halton is to stand down at the end of this year…
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Denmark’s DR1 picks up BBC Studios’ Meet The Humans
BBC Studios has licensed the format for Meet The Humans to Danish public service channel DR1. The…
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Warner Bros. Int’l TV reshuffles Netherlands management team
Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands (WBITVP NL) has unveiled a new management line up…
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Media I.M.’s Sunny Bunnies lands in Canada, Brazil
Media I.M. has licensed hit Belarus pre-school animation series Sunny Bunnies to broadcasters in Canada…
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Australia’s ABC takes indigenous drama to France TV
ABC Commercial, the commercial arm of Australian public broadcaster ABC, has sold indigenous Australian drama Redfern…
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Gray TV to buy Raycom Media for $3.65bn
Atlanta-based TV station Gray Television has said that it will buy rival broadcaster Raycom Media…
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YouTube steps up originals game with Kirsten Dunst series
YouTube Premium has ordered Kirsten Dunst-starring dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida,…
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C4 drama head partners with The Forge
Indie drama company The Forge has secured Channel 4 (C4) drama boss Beth Willis to…
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Discovery & ProSiebenSat.1 integrate OTT offering to take on Netflix
Discovery and German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 have teamed up to launch a new integrated streaming platform…
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Banijay launches Italian studio headed by Endemol Shine exec
Banijay Group has launched Banijay Studios Italy, which will be led by former Endemol Shine…
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Netflix launches ad celebrating black creators as controversial comms chief departs
Netflix unveiled an ad during Sunday’s BET Awards that celebrates black creators on its platform,…
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UKTV’s Dave teams with Vice for its first game show
UKTV channel Dave is making its first programme with Vice Studios named Beat The Internet…
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Spun Gold adds three to leadership team, nabs BBCS exec
Spun Gold Television has added three new execs to its leadership team including former BBC…
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Disney’s Mark Endemano departs amid restructure
Disney’s head of international TV and digital sales, Mark Endemano, has left the company as…
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Amazon, Atresmedia team on Spanish comedy series
Amazon and Atresmedia Studios, Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia’s arm aimed to produce content for third-party operators,…
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Germany picks up Banijay’s All Against 1
Germany’s ProSieben has picked up Banijay Group’s interactive, studio-based entertainment format, All Against 1. Brainpool,…
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BBC must ‘change faster’ to compete with global players, says Purnell
The BBC needs to “change faster” in order to reach more young people and compete…
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Over 85% of US millennials subscribe to OTT, says Parks
More than 85% of millennials in US broadband houses subscribe to at least one over-the-top…
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Blue Ant expands UK office with DRG exec
Blue Ant International is expanding its UK operations with the appointment of DRG’s Fleur Wheatley…
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Cheddar & Genius Brands to debut Warren Buffet kids’ series
Cable company Cheddar and Genius Brands International are set to launch Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires…
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Little Gem gains production and development heads
Little Gem has appointed former Lime Pictures exec Harriet Dormer as its new head of…
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MTV launches MTV Studios, revives Daria
MTV is launching MTV Studios, a new unit focused on developing new series and re-imaginations…
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Apple orders first international series from Canal +
Apple has ordered an English language adaptation of Canal + French series Calls, which will…
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ABC greenlights Roseanne spin-off
After ABC cancelled its popular revival Roseanne earlier this year, the broadcaster has made a…
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TBI Weekly: Disney may win the Fox race
This week, the bidding war between Disney and Comcast for Fox assets got all the…
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Spain’s Portocabo joins for European remake of Japan’s Miracle Tunes
Alfonso Blanco’s (pictured) Portocabo, the Galicia-based company behind Movistar+/Arte/Atlantique TV series Hierro, has taken a co-production…
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Instagram launches video service IGTV
Instagram has formally launched its rumoured, long-form, vertical video service, IGTV. The Facebook-owned photo sharing…
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Disney’s odds look promising as it ups Fox bid to $71.3bn
Disney has upped its bid for Twenty First Century Fox’s film and television assets to…
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Twofour to produce ITV4 action show
ITV4 has commissioned Twofour to produce Take The Tower, which draws inspiration from classic Hollywood…
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Thunderbird ups Twiner McCarron to CEO
Thunderbird Entertainment has appointed Jennifer Twiner McCarron, the chief of its subsidiary Atomic Cartoons, to…