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Virgin TV signs ‘biggest kids deal to date’ with DHX
DHX Media has acquired a distribution deal with Virgin TV UK for SVOD rights in…
FremantleMedia names Mexico MD
FremantleMedia has a new managing director for its Mexican production business. Coty Cagliolo has been…
Ex-MTV exec joins A+E as Sharenow rises
Former MTV development chief Eli Lehrer has joined A+E Networks, as A&E channel chief Rob…
Vimeo names new CEO
Vimeo, the ad-free open video platform and operating business of IAC, has appointed Anjali Sud…
Amazon has Picnic at Hanging Rock with FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia International has partnered with Amazon US for the premiere of its series Picnic at…
All3Media comedy drama headed to ABC in Oz
All3Media international has concluded a deal in Australia for the BBC Four comedy drama Bucket….
Key CBS drama exec stepping down
The head of drama development at US broadcaster CBS, Christina Davis, has stepped down. The…
Sky bid ‘will be referred’ in absence of new evidence
UK secretary of state for digital culture, media and sport Karen Bradley has pushed back…
Amazon orders Julia Roberts drama Homecoming
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has handed a two-season order to Homecoming, a drama…
Discovery hires Twitter TV chief
Discovery Communications has hired the global head of TV at social media service Twitter, Fred…
Banijay UK scripted prodco launches with Symonds
Banijay Group has launched a second scripted production company in the UK with British producer…
GOT creators re-team with HBO for Confederate
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are set to reteam with HBO…
ABC Kids & BBCWW partner for animated series
ABC Kids and BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) have partnered with Ludo Studio on a new preschool…
BBCWW names de Graaff as commissioning head
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) has handed Tobi de Graaff in a newly created role as director of commissioning…
C4 orders Barcroft’s supersized pets title
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Productions’ Bear about the House: Living with My Super-Sized Pet….
Hulu adds 3,000 episodes of classic TV
Hulu is set to add near 3,000 episodes of classic shows after expanded agreements with…
Viacom launches Daily Show on Amazon Alexa in the UK
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) is launching a spin-off digest of The Daily Show with…
BBCWW upbeat despite returns dipping
The BBC’s commercial arm reported a year-on-year increase in sales and profits, but cash returns…
Discovery, Scripps ‘in merger talks’ – again
Shares in Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive have spiked on a report claiming they…
NBC hires ex-Endemol Shine unscripted exec
US broadcaster NBC has hired former Endemol Shine North America unscripted production chief Linda Giambrone….
MGM buys Real Housewives prodco Evolution
Mark Burnett’s MGM Television and Digital Group has acquired the creator of the Real Housewives…
BBC Earth block lands in South Korea
BBC Worldwide has inked a deal that sees a BBC Earth branded block in South…
Bavaria Media hires Carlos Hertel as sales head
Bavaria Media has appointed Carlos Hertel as director of international sales. Hertel (pictured) will lead…
Amazon brings Agatha Christie series to the US
Amazon is adding a series of adaptations from Agatha Christie Limited to its lineup of…
Scythia Films & Stellar Citizens launch joint TV fund
Canadian companies Scythia Films and Stellar Citizens have launched a development fund targeting film and…
Wuaki becomes Rakuten.tv as FC Barcelona deal kicks off
On-demand TV service Wuaki has changed its name to Rakuten.tv, following a global rebranding exercise…
Eurodata reshuffles research division
Eurodata TV Worldwide – the international division of Médiamétrie – is currently reorganising its research…
Game of Thrones smashes HBO ratings record
Ratings for Game of Thrones’s season seven opener on US premium pay channel HBO proved…
Netflix’s int’l subs now outnumber US
Netflix passed the 100 million-member mark and now has more international than US viewers, in…
Sky 1 brings in three original shows
Sky 1 is set to bring in three new entertainment shows for Sky and Now…