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Acorn TV launches in Latin America
Acorn TV, the North American streamer hosting British and international TV, will now become available…
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C4 takes 900 hours of Vice content to All4
Channel 4 (C4) and Vice have partnered to launch more than 900 hours of Vice’s…
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Reel One to adapt Belgium’s Team Chocolate for UK
Indie drama producer and distributor Reel One Entertainment is set to partner with theatre company…
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Fulwell73 taps Warner Bros. TV for US scripted head
Fulwell73, producer of The Late Late Show, is expanding its US team with Warner Bros….
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ABC Studios Int’l & Stan set to launch global original
Australian streamer Stan is to launch a new original series by The Kettering Incident’s (pictured)…
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Facebook no longer most popular online platform among US teens, says Pew
Facebook is no longer the most popular online platform among US teens, with more now…
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Little Dot Studios & All3Media launch German label
Little Dot Studios, the online video distribution and production company that manages YouTube channels, Facebook…
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Chrysalis Vision expands scripted business
Chrysalis Vision has expanded its scripted business with the promotion of development head Clova McCallum…
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ITV2 pairs Love Island’s Chris and Kem
Twenty Six 03 Entertainment, the entertainment and formats joint venture founded by Duncan Gray and…
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BBC One readies drama from Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies
Doctor Who’s Russell T Davies is set to write new BBC One drama Years and…
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Joker hires ex-Relativity exec as MD
Splendid Group’s indie Joker Productions has hired former Relativity exec Julie Link as managing director….
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Hulu reorganises leading teams, eliminates chief content officer role
Hulu has launched a major reorganisation across its top teams in content, technology, marketing and…
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Orange & Altice France/SFR near content merge
Orange and Altice France/SFR are close to a deal to merge their premium series and…
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Black Mirror producer returns to Lime Pictures
Black Mirror producer Louise Sutton is joining Lime Pictures as executive producer of scripted content….
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Acorn Media to develop first Benny Hill biopic
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for Acorn TV, has partnered with Free@Last…
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CBS shareholders launch class action lawsuit against National Amusements
CBS shareholders have officially launched a class action lawsuit against its majority stakeholder National Amusements,…
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Talpa Media ups Meijs to COO
Talpa Media has upped Talpa Global’s managing director Maarten Meijs to COO. In his new…
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CBS links with Japanese streamer U-Next
CBS Studios International (CSI) has signed a multi-series, multi-year content licensing agreement with one of…
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Doctor Foster gets French treatment in TF1 remake
BBC Studios has sold the Doctor Foster format to TF1 for a French remake, turning…
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TBI Weekly: UK broadcasters band together
As major global entertainment companies increasingly pursue M&A activity to fend off the threat of…
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Nat Geo’s Pastore to exit
National Geographic Channel’s Tim Pastore (pictured) is to depart his role as president of original…
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Lionsgate takes majority stake in 3 Arts
Lionsgate has acquired a majority stake in talent management and production company 3 Arts Entertainment….
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Fox sets shareholder vote on Disney
Fox has set a shareholder vote on July 10 to determine the $52 billion sale…
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Insight TV hires Liberty Global exec as legal affairs VP
Insight TV has appointed Liberty Global’s Angela Borrillo as vice president of business and legal…
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Blue Ant JV expands development & production division
Love Nature, a joint venture between Blue Ant Media and Smithsonian Networks, has appointed a…
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Channel 4 reveals shortlist for new HQ and regional hubs
Channel 4 has announced the cities and regions that have been shortlisted to house its…
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TwoFour ups Coller and Phillips in continued restructure
TwoFour Group has promoted Jonny Coller as group director of development and Edward Phillips as…
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ABC cancels Roseanne after controversial tweets from lead star
ABC has cancelled its lead series Roseanne after its star Roseanne Barr sent a controversial…
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TCB hires BBC Studios’ Demidowicz as commissioning editor
TCB Media Rights has appointed BBC Studios’ Hannah Demidowicz to the position of commissioning editor,…
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Sky Entertainment restructures commissioning team
Sky is set to restructure its Entertainment group and remove standalone channel heads, in a…