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CBS ‘among nine eyeing Network Ten’
US broadcaster CBS may be in hunt for Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten. CBS is…
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MIPCOM to debut Sky/Amazon drama Britannia
Big-ticket Sky and Amazon drama Britannia will have its world premiere at MIPCOM in October….
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Netflix orders Matt Groening toon Disenchantment
Netflix has ordered twenty episodes of new Matt Groening animated comedy Disenchantment. The new adult-skewed…
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Kanal D ups pair in int’l rejig
Turkey’s Kanal D is rejigging its international business, with Kerim Emrah Turna and Ezgi Ural…
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Greece’s Antenna makes key appointments
Greece’s Antenna Group has restructured two roles in its management team, which it said would…
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Netflix localises in Israel
Netflix has localised its service in Israel, introducing local language versioning and billing in local…
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Viacom eyes all-cash Scripps takeover
Viacom is reportedly eyeing one of the biggest all-cash takeovers in recent US media history…
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Bill Clinton heads to Hollywood with President pitch
Former US President Bill Clinton is in Hollywood this week pitching a book he’s co-authored…
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Discovery backing Will Packer prodco
Discovery Communications and Universal Pictures are backing the production entity of prolific exec producer Will…
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Nat Geo preps Leonardo DiCaprio drama
US cable channel National Geographic is adapting a best-selling Tom Wolfe novel with Leonardo DiCaprio’s…
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Studios investment brings 3% revenue drop to ITV
UK broadcaster ITV’s mid-year results show a 3% drop in revenue, which it partly attributes…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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Channel 5’s Milkshake! brings in new shows
Channel 5 (C5) is bringing in toon duo Puffin Rock and Gigglebug to its preschool…
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Nat Geo hires HBO exec amid changes
Mars network National Geographic Partners (NGP) has named HBO’s Chris Spencer as executive vice president…
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ITVS Oz appoints Fremantle’s Hart as content head
ITV Studios Australia (ITVSA) has appointed FremantleMedia Australia (FMA)’s Beth Hart as head of content….
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Diana, Our Mother gains raft of int’l sales
Drive, the distributor for Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, has announced a range…
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‘More than half of US millennials tune into SVOD daily’
More than half of US millennials now tune into an SVOD service like Netflix, Amazon…
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Vivendi ‘set to launch’ Italian version of Canal+
Locked in an epic legal battle with its original preferred partner in the Italian market,…
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Amedia becomes ‘home of HBO’ in new deal
Russian free and pay TV broadcaster Amedia has signed a new deal with HBO giving…
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Amazon reveals originals trends in UK
Amazon Prime Video has revealed that Bryan Cranston-created drama Sneaky Pete is its most popular…
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Sony names trio of TV chiefs
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has set a new management team following the departures of Jamie…
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Korean networks launch US on-demand service
South Korean three largest networks – KBS, MBC and SBS – have jointly launched a…
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Amazon acquires Sky’s Tin Star
Amazon has acquired Tin Star for the US from UK-based distributors Endemol Shine International and…
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MTG completes deal for games firm Kongregate
Modern Times Group (MTG) has closed its US$55 million acquisition of US games publisher and…
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Reduced costs boost TF1
Reduced costs thanks to be absence of the Euro 2016 football championship helped boost TF1’s…
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Scripps expands HGTV to South Korea
Scripps Networks Interactive is further expanding its global home and lifestyle channel HGTV with a…
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Fremantle works up TV adaptation of Find the Good
FremantleMedia has teamed up with author Heather Lende to develop a drama series based on…
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The Generation Game returning to BBC
UK pubcaster the BBC is bringing back The Generation Game, a family game show that’s…
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Wiggles arrive at Universal Kids & Treehouse
The US’s Universal Kids and Treehouse in Canada have bought rights to the latest series…
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Amazon touts local originals as Inside Edge scores
Amazon’s first original Indian drama, Inside Edge, has quickly become the most watched title on…