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Swiss firm launches €50m TV drama fund
Swiss film financier Silver Reel is reportedly launching a €50 million (US$58.8 million) television drama…
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Mediapro takes eSports strategy to Latin America
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro’s Argentinian arm has produced and is commercialising the rights to one of…
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Mediaset-Telecom deal ‘desirable’ – Italy official
An agreement between Mediaset and Telecom Italia (TIM) to combine the former’s content with the…
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‘SVOD to dominate free’ in Lat Am
Subscription VOD services will continue to dominate free OTT offers in Latin America, according to…
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eOne ups Newman as drama slate expands
Entertainment One (eOne) Television has promoted Carolyn Newman to senior VP level, as it expands…
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Verizon-backed Complex lights Fuse content deal
Verizon-backed digital content business Complex Media will create original content with Latino channels group Fuse…
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BBC One makes Three drama order
UK channel BBC One has commissioned a pair of dramas, one based on a trilogy…
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Turner to launch OTT sports service
Turner is to launch a new standalone premium sports streaming service in the US after…
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US satcasters suffer ‘biggest ever losses in Q2’
US satellite TV providers DirecTV and Dish suffered more combined subscriber losses in the second…
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Sony hires ex-Fox exec as Rozenfeld exits
Sony Pictures Television has hired former 20th Century Fox Television exec Jeffrey Glaser, with current…
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ABC orders The Jetsons live-action reboot
ABC has ordered a live-action reboot of 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series The Jetsons, executive produced…
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TBI Weekly: Digital giants invest in original teams
This week saw veteran programming execs move over to digital giants Apple and YouTube, as…
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Foxtel merging with Fox Sports in Australia
Australia’s leading pay TV platform, Foxtel, is merging with its News Corp cousin Fox Sports…
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FremantleMedia India gets new MD
FremantleMedia India has gone in-house for a new managing director. Aradhana Bhola (pictured) has taken…
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Google exec to lead Discovery Nordics digital unit
Google exec Karin Bonde has left the tech giant to become VP of Discovery Networks…
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Mediacorp names industry veteran CEO
Singaporean TV group Mediacorp has named industry veteran Tham Loke Kheng as its CEO. She…
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Amazon joins BBC’s Moffat drama The Last Post
Amazon has become the US partner for Peter Moffat’s BBC One drama The Last Post….
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Armoza’s Final Four lands Russia deal post-Fox
Russian broadcaster CTC has commissioned a first season of Armoza Formats’ primetime singing competition, The…
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Lost’s Carlton Cuse signs multiyear deal with ABC
The former executive producer and showrunner of Lost, Carlton Cuse, is returning to ABC through…
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Amazon Channels adds Eurosport VOD service
Eurosport Player is joining the Amazon Channels line-up in Germany and Austria, in a move…
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YouTube adds ex-WGN & Fox execs for originals
YouTube is bolstering its original programming team by hiring former WGN America (WGN) and Fox…
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Sky channels to broadcast QPR’s Game 4 Grenfell
Sky in the UK will broadcast #Game4Grenfell, a charity football match Queens Park Rangers (QPR)…
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Usual Suspects writer teams with Gaumont
The Usual Suspects screenwriter Chris McQuarrie has signed a first-look agreement with Narcos producer Gaumont….
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MTG online network eyes China with Tencent pact
MTG-owned online video network Zoomin.tv is setting its sights on China after partnering with domestic…
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Arrests over Game of Thrones leaks
Indian police have arrested four individuals allegedly involved in the leak of episode four of…
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Ex-CBS alternative chief joins Verizon’s Go90
Former CBS alternative programming chief Chris Castallo is headed to digital video platform Go90 to…
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Network veteran Cherniss joins Apple
Ex-studio and US network veteran Matt Cherniss has joined former Sony execs Jamie Erlicht and…
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MGM to produce Patrick Dempsey drama for Epix
MGM Television, Eagle Pictures and Barbary Films have started production in Montreal, Canada on a…
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Amazon Prime finds Lipstick Under My Burkha
Amazon Prime Video has made an exclusive deal with Prakash Jha Productions for the premiere…
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Sony beefs ups drama team with ex-Syfy exec
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s new leaders have hired former Syfy development exec Andrew Plotkin for…