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Hulu gains US rights to Israel’s False Flag
Hulu has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to Israeli espionage thriller False Flag, which is…
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Fox’s Freer replaces Hulu’s Sony-bound Hopkins
US streamer Hulu has appointed Fox Networks Group (FNG) chief Randy Freer has its new…
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Optomen’s Patricia Llewellyn passes away aged 55
Patricia Llewellyn, the British TV executive behind now-famous chefs Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, passed…
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Media Ranch buys Salvail assets amid scandal
Canada’s Media Ranch has stepped in to buy the assets of Salvail & Co. as the…
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VR studio Here Be Dragons makes three hires
Virtual and augmented reality studio Here Be Dragons has added two executive producers and a…
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comScore: 37m Brits turn to YouTube
In the UK some 37.1 million adults watched an average of 311 videos each on…
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Zinc buys Tern for £5.45m
UK-based Zinc Media is buying Tern Television Productions for a total value of up to…
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Riggs exits as Schuster rises in Amazon shake-up
Another one bites the dust at Amazon Studios after Conrad Riggs, the company’s head of…
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Red Arrow’s Dorsey brings in Indigo Films vet
Red Arrow-owned Dorsey Pictures has hired Indigo Films’ unscripted veteran Katie Hash as its new…
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CJ E&M promotes Kim to HK MD amid expansion
Content company CJ E&M has promoted Sebastian Kim (pictured) to managing director of its Hong…
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Ex-Warner UK boss starts ITV-backed prodco
Former Warner Bros. Television Production UK (WBTVUKP) co-chief Nick Emmerson has launched a production house…
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Netflix raises further $1.6bn for content spend
Netflix has announced plans to raise US$1.6 billion from investors, a week after the SVOD…
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Crisis measures planned as #MeToo wave catches TV4
The CEO of Swedish free and pay TV broadcaster TV4, Casten Almqvist (pictured), has announced…
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Tinopolis regains full control of business
Wales-based production group Tinopolis has bought private equity backer Vitruvian out of the business. Vitruvian…
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Lionsgate launches Indian office with Jain
North American studio Lionsgate has launched an Indian office and hired Rohit Jain, deputy CEO…
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Joe Lewis departs in ongoing Amazon sweep
Joe Lewis, head of half hour and drama series development at Amazon, is the latest…
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K7 Media heads to China via Houghton Street
Research consultancy K7 Media has expanded its services into the Chinese market as it looks…
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DHX hires Turner vet for programming post
DHX Television has hired Turner veteran Gary Finnegan as vice president of programming strategy. Finnegan,…
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Apple nabs Wandell from Amazon
Amazon’s head of international productions, Morgan Wandell, is leaving to join Apple as head of…
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France Télévisions budget woes deepen
French parliamentarians have withdrawn support for a move to ameliorate an additional €50 million (US$58.8…
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Discovery recognised Scripps’ IP strength – Zaslav
Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav has said the ability to mine Scripps Networks Interactive’s fully…
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Former ABC & Verizon exec to lead Imagine
Ex-ABC comedy chief and Verizon mobile content boss Samie Kim Falvey has joined Ron Howard’s…
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Canal+ formalises Telecom Italia JV
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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CBS’s Ten deal nears completion
US broadcaster CBS has just one obstacle to overcome in order to take over Australian…
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Doctor Foster drives BBC iPlayer
The BBC logged 239 million requests for TV programmes on the iPlayer in September, up…
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Netflix orders stop motion series Rilakkuma and Kaoru
Netflix has ordered Rilakkuma and Kaoru, a Japanese stop motion series, which is in production…
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Audio Network France appoints Lamond as GM
Audio Network, the global music company specialising in television, music and film, has appointed Anthony…
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LinkedIn considers original programming
Business-focused social network LinkedIn is considering a move into original programming, according to a report…
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Harassment scandal deepens as MIPCOM ends
It’s difficult to write about the health of an industry in the context of an…
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MTG reports growth despite eSports losses
MTG reported 83% profit growth for continuing operations in Q3, despite wider losses for its…