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Red Arrow shuts Norway prodco to focus on Denmark

Red Arrow Entertainment Group is shutting down its Norwegian production arm as part of a…

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2C names Clark head of development

Florida-based 2C Media has appointed Mark S. Clark as head of development for its original…

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CBC picks up TVF’s Hardline Buddhists

TVF International has licensed Channel NewsAsia’s Myanmar’s Hardline Buddhists to Canadian pubcaster CBC at MIPCOM (pictured)….

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Nick fires Chris Savino after harassment allegations

It has been reported that Viacom-owned Nickelodeon has fired The Loud House (pictured) creator Chris Savino after…

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SVOD service BritBox taps Fremantle for QI

BBC Worldwide-backed subscription VOD service BritBox has bought a range of new British shows from…

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Ex-CableReady exec joins Chicken Soup

Former CableReady and CMJ Productions sales chief Lou Occhicone has joined Chicken Soup for the…

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Netflix: 8m viewers have binged entire series in a day

Some 8.4 million Netflix subscribers have ‘binge raced’ through an entire season of a show,…

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MIPCOM news round up, day 3

Here are the top news nuggets from day three at this year’s MIPCOM TV festival….

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Xilam shakes up production department

Xilam has promoted three execs in the production department as it looks to expand its…

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France gets Naked and Afraid

Lagardère Studios’s 909 Productions has grabbed the rights of US format Naked and Afraid, which Renegade…

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MIPCOM news round up, day 2

The top deals, shows and announcements from yesterday (day two) on the Croisette. AMC Networks…

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Corus sells Historia & Séries+ to Bell Media

Corus Entertainment is set to sell French-language channels Historia and Series+ to Bell Media for…

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eOne brings TV & films together in rejig

Entertainment One has placed John Morayniss and Steve Bertram at the top of a newly…

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Roy Price resigns from Amazon Studios

Roy Price has resigned from Amazon Studios after an allegation of sexual harassment. Price had…

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HBO adds int’l originals to US service

HBO will add original series from its European, Asian and Latin American services to its…

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Critical buys into Renowned Films

LA-based Critical Content has made its firsat acquisitions move by taking a stake in UK…

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Corus forms kids venture with Discovery

Canada’s Corus Entertainment has formed a production joint venture with Discovery Communications. The JV, which…

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Lagardere Studios buys Aito

Lagardere Studios has acquired a majority stake in Finnish formats producer Aito Media Group. The…

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Snap and NBCUniversal launch digital content studio

Snap and NBCUniversal are partnering on a new digital content studio that will make made-for-mobile…

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Netflix plans $8bn content spend in 2018

Netflix added a record number of third quarter subscribers in its most recent quarter and announced…

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MIPCOM news round up, part 2

Here’s the second part of our Monday news round up from Cannes. Showmax in Africa…

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MIPCOM news round-up, part 1

Here is a round-up of deals closed on day one of MIPCOM this year. Polish…

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Autentic buys WDR out of distribution JV

Munich-basesd Autentic is taking full control of the international distribution company it runs with WDR…

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Gåsmamman trio go Bigster with new indie

The creative teamn behind Scandi drama Gåsmamman have launched their own prodco, Bigster. Actor Alexandra…

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WME & IMG sales team merge for new Endeavor

The sales teams at WME and IMG are coming together to form Endeavor Content. Days…

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Talpa launches global reality experiment

Talpa has launched Lost in Translation at MIPCOM, a new global reality format that brings…

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Viaplay movesStraight Forward with TVNZ copro

Banijay Group is set to create a multi-national drama coproduction named Straight Forward for Scandi…

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Content Innovation Awards 2017: Cathy Payne & Christina Jennings honoured

Endemol Shine International chief Cathy Payne and Shaftesbury Films founder Christina Jennings were last night…

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Content Innovation Awards 2017: the winners revealed

The third annual Content Innovative Awards saw leading companies such as National Geographic, Vice Media,…

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Victory founder Ashbourne launches new indie

Victoria Ashbourne has resurfaced at the helm of a new indie producer in the UK….