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Discovery leaving Maryland HQ after three decades for New York
Discovery Communications is planning to relocate from its home in Maryland to New York City…
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Fox Asia & Tencent team for celebrity foodie original
Fox Networks Group Asia (FNGA) is set to launch its first season of original production…
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Netflix UK subs rate slows as Now TV gains – BARB
Netflix added new subscribers at a slower rate than SVOD rivals Amazon Prime Video and…
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Ampere: sports fans ‘significantly more likely’ to take pay TV
Sports fans typically watch more TV than other consumers and are “significantly more likely” to…
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Turner & Viacom execs to run Sony UK channels
Two well known British executives will run the Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) portfolio of…
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Higher ratings drive ROI, Disney study confirms
US series with a 1.0 or higher rating deliver twice the return on investment (ROI)…
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Potato gains Powers through Love hire
ITV Studios (ITVS)-owned prodco Potato has hired Love Productions executive producer Sharon Powers. She joins…
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Altice to spin off US operation & reorganise European unit
Netherlands-headquartered telco Altice is to spin off its US operation and restructure its European and…
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Doctor Blake Mysteries halts production over McLachlan allegations
Australian drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries has halted production after a series of assault allegations…
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Apple heads for Home with original docuseries
Apple has gone straight-to-series on a ten-part docuseries about boundary-pushing home builds. Home will take…
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NBCU alumnus to succeed Ford at Fox UK
Former NBCUniversal (NBCU) European channels chief Colin McLeod will succeed Jeff Ford as managing director…
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Sky New Zealand stares into Hard Sun & eyes American Gods
Sky New Zealand has acquired new pre-apocalyptic BBC drama Hard Sun, as well as Starz…
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Christmas cheer for record-breaking BBC iPlayer
The BBC’s on-demand service in the UK, BBC iPlayer, enjoyed a record week over Christmas,…
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RTL acquires Nordic online video network for $15m
RTL has fully acquired Nordic multiplatform video network United Screens for a price of SEK…
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African pay TV subscriber numbers to grow 74% by 2023
The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to increase by 74%…
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Game of Thrones won’t return until 2019 – official
Game of Thrones’ final winter is coming – but not until 2019. An announcement from…
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Fox studio chiefs outline strategy after ‘shock’ Disney deal
Fox Television Group bosses have addressed the Walt Disney takeover of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment…
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Netflix boards Syfy original from Game of Thrones creator
Game of Thrones writer and producer George R.R. Martin has landed a series on Netflix….
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Hulu revives Animaniacs with Spielberg & Warner Bros.
US streamer Hulu has ordered a new version of Warner Bros. Animation (WBA)’s cartoon franchise…
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The Mayor loses popularity at ABC
US broadcaster ABC has effectively cancelled The Mayor, its in-house sitcom about an unconventional political…
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VR and AR set for record growth but ‘not ready for primetime’
US research firm The Diffusion Group (TDG) has published TV and video projections for the…
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DR names TV2 exec as drama chief after Bernth exit
Danish pubcaster DR has named a TV2 producer has its new drama chief after the…
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Apple adds second Witherspoon scripted original
Apple’s push into original scripted television has continued by putting a second series from Reese…
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A+E strikes wide-ranging programming deal with Verizon
A+E Networks has scored a programming output deal with US telco and digital business Verizon….
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Canadian cable mogul Jim Shaw dies aged 60
The vice chairman and former CEO of Canadian broadcasting giant Shaw Communications, Jim Shaw, has…
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OTT net WhereverTV teams with Google for new launch
US-based OTT player WhereverTV is launching a Spanish-language Latino service in Latin America in a…
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MTG drafts in ex-DR, Metronome execs for new Danish digital studio
Scandinavian broadcaster and production group MTG is launching a digital studio in Denmark, with former…
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Indian SVOD net lands Awesomeness content deal
Indian SVOD service Hotstar is targeting the Gen-Z audience after striking a content deal with…
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Epix programming chief exits
US premium cable network Epix is saying goodbye to its head of programming, Jocelyn Diaz….
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Discovery carriage deal ends Finnish carriage clash
Finnish telco, cable and digital-terrestrial pay TV operator DNA has struck a deal with Discovery…