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New financier taps Van Den Bussche for TV push
Transatlantic media investment group MCap has appointed former Zodiak Media and Endemol Peter Van Den…
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Disney SVOD service launches in Ireland
The Walt Disney Company has launched its family-focused SVOD service DisneyLife in Ireland. A multi-account…
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Hulu makes first eSports play with ESL deal
Hulu is set to move into eSports for the first time after agreeing a deal…
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Report: Disney preps ‘digital locker’ service with studios
The Walt Disney Company has reportedly partnered with major Hollywood movie studios on a new…
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Kew acquires Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights
Kew Media Group has struck a deal to buy Paul Heaney’s TCB Media Rights for…
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ITV Studios buys majority stake in Gomorrah prodco
ITV Studios (ITVS) has acquired a majority stake in Italian indie producer Cattleya, the company…
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BBC among French sci-fi drama buyers
The UK’s BBC Four, Germany’s RTL and DR in Denmark have boarded a French sci-fi…
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Red Arrow teams with new Ringbakk prodco
Red Arrow Entertainment Group has signed a commercial and creative partnership with a new LA-based…
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UKTV restructures acquisitions & channels teams
British channels group UKTV has created five channel director posts in a restructure that looks…
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Watchdog details scope of Fox-Sky investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an issues statement outlining the scope of…
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Scripps to develop shows for Facebook Watch
Scripps Networks Interactive’s digital production division is set to develop lifestyle shows for Facebook’s recently…
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Discovery Latin America president to retire
The president and managing director of Discovery Latin America / US Hispanic, Enrique Martínez, is…
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Netflix secures first Middle East original
Netflix has ordered an Adel Karam stand-up comedy special, its first original production in the…
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ITV Studios & Barcroft know The Customiser is Always Right
ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) and Barcroft Media have partnered up for a new…
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Harvey Weinstein fired over allegations
Harvey Weinstein has been fired from the company he co-founded with his brother after multiple…
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TRX signs BBCWW catalogue for official launch
TRX, the online platform for buying and selling TV rights, has signed BBC Worldwide to…
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Chinese & N. Ireland toon firms team for kids project
China’s UYoung and Belfast-based studio Sixteen South have teamed up to create a range of…
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Acamar hires DreamWorks & Fox sales execs
Acamar Films has expanded its team with Fox exec Sandra Vauthier-Cellier (pictured) and DreamWorks recruits…
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ABC Commercial exec in as Flame hires two
Australia-based Flame Distribution has hired ABC Commercial exec Robyn Campbell (pictured) and Global Telemedia’s Anne…
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Ampere: media giants’ debts are manageable
Debt levels at media giants such as Netflix and Sky are less significant than those…
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Nordic pubcasters combine to fight SVOD threat
Public broadcasters in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Iceland are forming an alliance to combat…
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Asia Pacific SVOD set to overtake North America
Asia Pacific is due to overtake North America this year to become the biggest SVOD…
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Jay Hunt linked with Apple post
Former Channel 4 content chief Jay Hunt is being linked with a role at Apple….
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Disney poaches Paramount TV for originals
Disney Channels Worldwide has poached a Paramount Television for original programming. Dina Hillier has been…
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TBI Weekly: Uncertainty ahead for DHX
After weak quarterly financials, Canada’s DHX Media is eyeing a sale or merger of the…
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Vivendi keeps its cool as police raid Paris offices
Vivendi has maintained that it will find a way out of its current impasse with…
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Ex-Motion & C4 exec joins Reel One’s drama push
Dominic Schreiber, formerly of Channel 4 and Motion Content Group, has joined drama producer and…
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Global Agency goes format hunting with French firm
Turkish distributor Global Agency and formats development company La Fabrique des Formats have partnered to…
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MGM rewards CEO Barber with new contract
MGM has extended the contract of chairman and CEO Gary Barber through to 2022, with…
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Originals investment pushes up Netflix price
Netflix has hiked its prices once again, with the SVOD giant claiming this is due…