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Comedy Central UK rejigs post-Offman promotion
Comedy Central has appointed Lucy Robinson to head its London-based programming team and promoted Louise…
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SVT pioneer Annie Wegelius dies at 58
Former SVT programming chief Annie Wegelius has died aged 58 after a protracted battle with…
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Peter Gerwe buys Pinewood out of drama JV
Peter Gerwe’s StoryFirst has bought Pinewood-Shepperton Studios’ 50% stake in the drama joint venture the…
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Boat Rocker buys Proper Television
There’s more consolidation in the Canadian TV sector, this time with Boat Rocker Media buying…
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Ex-Shomi content chief Shulman joins Wow!
Marni Shulman, the former head of content and programming for collapsed Canadian SVOD service Shomi,…
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E4 gives UK home to Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory prequel that follows the life of nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper,…
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CBS names drama chief following Davis exit
Long-serving CBS Entertainment exec Yelena Chak will succeed Christina Davis as the Eye Network’s head…
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BBCWW brings Mitchell & Webb to MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) will bring a line-up of talent to MIPCOM to launch its scripted…
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Barcroft goes D2C with TV app
UK-based factual prodco Barcroft Productions is leaping on the success of its YouTube channel by…
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Freeform orders Pretty Little Liars spin-off
Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered drama pilot Pretty Little Liars:…
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BBC iPlayer unlocks programming vault
The BBC has added a section to its iPlayer catch-up service that will include a…
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Amazon signs Gilmore Girls duo, Casey Affleck
Amazon Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Gilmore Girls creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino…
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David Lyle passes away aged 67
Former Fox, National Geographic and FremantleMedia chief David Lyle has passed away aged 67. The…
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Red Planet expands with Scott Free, BBC hires
UK-based producer Red Planet Pictures has hired execs from Scott Free Productions and the BBC…
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Nippon names int’l business MD
Japan’s Nippon TV has named Kako Kuwahara as managing director of its recently restructured international…
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New Star Trek leads to ‘record’ CBS SVOD sign-ups
Sunday’s premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, CBS’s streaming service, is said…
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Hulu puts on GameFace after UK deal
Hulu has signed a licensing deal with All3Media International for the US video-on-demand rights to…
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SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
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Clinton drama The President is Missing heads for Showtime
Showtime has acquired the television rights to the upcoming Bill Clinton novel The President Is…
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UK creative industries ‘could be worth £128bn’ in 10 years
The UK’s creative industries could be worth £128.4 billion (US$174.2 billion) by 2025 and create…
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Game, set and match for Amazon’s ATP tennis deal
Amazon has been confirmed as the official worldwide streaming partner for the tennis ATP World…
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Deutsche Telekom orders first original
German pay TV provider Deutsche Telekom has commissioned its first original series, a French-coproduced comedy….
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Disney gets new EMEA chief
The Walt Disney Company has a new president for the EMEA region. Rebecca Campbell (pictured)…
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Sky brings in Marvel’s Inhumans for UK & Ireland
Pay TV channel Sky 1 has brought in Marvel’s Inhumans for this autumn, making it…
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TBI Weekly: new faces at Fremantle
FremantleMedia’s unscripted team in London will soon have a very different look, with Liam Humphreys…
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India’s ZEE sets up prodco in Canada
Indian content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has set up a production company in Canada….
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Sagansky launches OTT prodco Golden Karavan
Top entertainment execs from the US and India have launched Golden Karavan, an Indian-focused OTT…
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Silverlining hires ex-History UK exec as acquisitions head
UK factual company Silverlining has appointed Rachel Job, former director of programming for A+E Networks’…
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West Europe SVOD subs could reach 65m
The number of Western European SVOD subscriptions is due to reach 65.07 million by 2022…
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CBS orders F.B.I. drama from Dick Wolf
US broadcaster CBS has commissioned a 13-episode drama from procedural king Dick Wolf. F.B.I. (WT)…