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Armoza’s People’s Choice licensed in India
Armoza Formats’ entertainment show The People’s Choice has been commissioned for a first season by…
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Superprod brings in French sales veteran
French production firm Superprod has hired a former Télé Images and Cyber Group Studios sales…
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Brave Bison COO exits after Hungate hire
The financial and operations chief of UK-based digital content company Brave Bison is leaving when…
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Dave adds Spanish street game show format
UK entertainment network Dave has ordered a local version of a Spanish game show set…
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HBO Asia names new China chief
HBO Asia has upped Beibei Fan to executive VP for new business and managing director…
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NBCU finds replacement for ex-UK chief McLeod
NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN) has found its successor for long-serving, former managing director of the…
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Foxtel exec to launch Sixteen South sales arm
Belfast-based animation company Sixteen South is launching a distribution division, with an exec from Australian…
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Canal+ defends rights payment freeze
Canal+ has defended its refusal to pay rights fees demanded by French collecting societies following…
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Mediaset to strengthen on-demand offering
Mediaset is to strengthen its on-demand offering, Mediaset Play, with new content and will launch…
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Netflix orders Central Park Five drama
Subscription VOD service Netflix has ordered a five-part drama based on the true story of…
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Hulu adds HBO & Cinemax
HBO and its sister channel, Cinemax, are now available on US video-on-demand service Hulu. Beginning…
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Endemol Shine Turkey files for insolvency
Endemol Shine Turkey (EST) is to close after its parent, Endemol Shine Group (ESG), filed…
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Netflix accounts for 22% of Telenor traffic
Norway-based teleco Telenor has revealed that Netflix now accounts for 22% of all traffic on…
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EasyJet chief ‘favourite’ for ITV CEO job
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall is likely to become CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, according to…
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Ampere: Netflix budget focused on drama and comedy
More than a third of Netflix’s original content spend to-date has been for drama titles,…
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Spanish prodcos merging to form major player
Spanish producers Zebra Producciones and Veralia Contenidos are merging their TV activities to form a…
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UFA Fiction exec transfers to Beta
Beta Film has tapped a producer from German compatriot UFA Fiction to become its international…
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Series Mania to challenge Cannes from Lille
French drama forum Series Mania is relocating to Lille after being named as the winning…
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World’s Worst docs land pre-buys
Network Nine, Channel 5, Sky and RMC Decouverte are among pre-buyers of new documentaries from…
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Come Dine with Me returns to Spain
Spanish network Cuatro has ordered a local version of ITV Studios’ evergreen format Come Dine…
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Sky greenlights Kickstarter toon
Children’s Media Conference: European pay TV platform Sky has commissioned a short-form series that began…
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Virgin moves into original kids commissioning
Children’s Media Conference: UK pay TV platform Virgin Media is planning to commission kids television…
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BBC wants ‘demonstrably broader’ channel
UK pubcaster the BBC wants its flagship network, BBC One, to have a “demonstrably broader…
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Authority investigating Network Ten takeover plan
The Australian Compeition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), is investigating whether a Lachlan Murdoch-led plan to…
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Wall to Wall staffer to lead new office
UK-based producer Wall to Wall is launching an office in the West of England, with…
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US actors deal staves off Hollywood strike threat
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)…
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BBC’s Webb: ‘fewer but bigger kids commissions’
The head of UK pubcaster the BBC’s kids department has said her division’s commissioning focus…
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Film1 to replace Sundance channel with on-demand offering
Dutch channel group Film1 has announced plans to replace its Film1 Sundance channel with an…
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NPO revamps and rebrands on-demand service
Dutch public broadcasting organsiation NPO has revamped its on-demand service and rebranded it from Uitzending…
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Warner Bros. plans live-action Jetsons revival
Warner Bros. Television is reportedly shopping a live-action revival of classic animated family comedy The…