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Ergen steps down as Dish CEO
Cable mogul Charlie Ergen is stepping down as CEO of US satcaster Dish Network. Erik…
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Star CEO to be new 21st Century Fox Asia boss
21st Century Fox has named the chairman and CEO of pay TV business Star India…
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Discovery ups stake in Oprah Winfrey Network
Discovery Communications has paid US$70 million to gain a majority stake in the Oprah Winfrey…
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Wolter’s Endemol Shine exit triggers North Europe rejig
Top Endemol Shine Group exec Marcus Wolter is to leave the company, sparking a restructure…
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Programming duo rises at TBS
TBS, the Turner US cable channel, has promoted two key executives in Brett Weitz’s programming…
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Sarandos confirms House of Cards restart
After some deliberation on the status of House of Cards (HOC) season six, Netflix content…
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Netflix buys in more from China
Netflix has deepened its ties with China’s streaming service iQiyi by ordering more Chinese originals…
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Fox launches Nat Geo on-demand service in Europe & Africa
Fox Networks Europe & Africa is following up the launch of on-demand service Fox+ with…
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OTT & pay TV revenues to near $300bn – research
Pay TV and OTT revenues, including SVOD and download-to-own, will bring in close to US$300…
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Iflix commissions first Malaysian original
Emerging markets-focused streaming service Iflix is launching its first-ever original drama series in Malaysia, KL…
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ITV Studios back Piv Bernth drama studio
ITV Studios has bought a minority stake in the new drama production house of former…
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Tinopolis names new COO
UK-based production and distribution firm Tinopolis Group has created a COO position for its British…
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Beta joins Sky Germany’s Bridge-inspired Pagan Peak
Sky Germany’s upcoming reimagining of The Bridge has welcomed Munich’s Beta Film as coproducer and…
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HBO Europe adds BBC’s Gunpowder to programming arsenal
HBO Europe has bought BBC thriller miniseries Gunpowder for a number of territories. The deal…
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Netflix reimagines Sabrina the Teenage Witch
An untitled Sabrina the Teenage Witch series is coming to Netflix, which will be based…
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Kapital hires Fox vet for business ops
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has hired Fox veteran Sandra Ortiz to oversee business affairs and…
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IHS: EU cable homes reached 65.1m last year
The number of cable homes in Europe grew year-on-year in 2016 and accounted for 30.5%…
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Disney resumes Fox takeover talks – report
The Walt Disney Company has reportedly reopened talks with Rupert Murdoch and 21st Century Fox…
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Pilgrim signs Lip Sync Battle’s Greenberg
Pilgrim Media has signed a development and production deal with Josh Greenberg, the showrunner and…
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BBC launches VR production studio
The BBC has launched a virtual reality production studio, BBC VR Hub, in a bid…
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Google: YouTube should not be regulated like a broadcaster
Google’s European president Matt Brittin has said it is “appropriate” that YouTube is not subject…
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TBI Weekly: Netflix looks to China – again
This week it has become apparent that Netflix is looking to China once more, but…
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Studio 100 acquires Little Airplane Productions
Studio 100 has taken over kids prodco Little Airplane Productions. With this US acquisition, Belgium’s…
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Sky UK lands CBS dramas SEAL Team & Instinct
CBS Studios International has offered first-window broadcast rights to Sky UK for new drama SEAL…
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NBCU’s Matchbox hires Endemol Shine scripted exec
NBCUniversal International Studios (NBCUIS)-owned Australian producer Matchbox Pictures has hired well-known exec Mimi Butler. She…
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C4 appoints ex-Garden CEO to Indie Growth Fund board
Channel 4 (C4) has appointed The Garden’s former CEO Nick Curwin to its Indie Growth…
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NBC promotes Evans to current role
NBC has promoted 22-year veteran Bruce Evans to executive vice president of current programming. Evans…
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Discovery restructures EMEA team
Discovery Communications is changing the structure of its EMEA business, after naming Susanna Dinnage as…
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WWE Studios plans TV originals assault
WWE Studios is expanding beyond feature films and into original TV and digital content production….
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Viacom int’l COO switch with Tolosa transforming
Viacom International Media Networks has named a new COO, as current incumbent Jose Tolosa moves…