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Dataxis: Lat Am SVOD subs to double
Latin American subscription VOD customers are set to double in the next five years, new…
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Rai orders Endemol Shine crime drama
Italian pubcaster Rai has tapped Endemol Shine for a crime drama. Set in an idyllic…
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Fremantle ups scripted buyer
FremantleMedia International (FMI) has promoted Rebecca Dundon to director of scripted acquisitions, and hired an…
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Reel One hires Mary Kills People execs for int’l push
Montreal-based Reel One Entertainment has hired Mary Kills People producer Adam Fratto as senior VP…
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Fox’s Sky takeover moves closer with Irish approval
21st Century Fox has secured approval for its takeover of Sky from the Irish regulatory…
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Turner names McDonough replacement in Europe
Turner EMEA has promoted Pierre Branco to succeed Ian McDonough as head of its Northern…
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Netflix drama will prove Everything Sucks!
Netflix is going back to the 1990s with a coming-of-age drama original titled Everything Sucks!….
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Hulu to stream ZDF ballet time-travel drama
US streaming service Hulu had acquired exclusive VOD rights to Find Me in Paris, the…
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Viaplay calls on Peppy Pals for new kids original
Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay is getting its second kids TV original – a 16-part series…
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Keshet hires Gaumont exec for kids TV push
Keshet International (KI) is pushing further into kids TV by hiring a well-known Gaumont Television…
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Betty hires Channel 4 exec after rejig
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive prodco Betty has hired Alex Menzies from UK broadcaster Channel 4…
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Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
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James Corden prodco lines up Bros doc
Fulwell 73, the prodco James Corden part owns, is producing a documentary about 1980s pop…
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Acorn is Keeping Faith with BBC, S4C drama
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) has become a coproducer on BBC Wales and S4C thriller drama…
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BBC commerce chief: focus is on online, talent & finance
The BBC needs to respond to the fragmentation of audiences and theemergence of global competition…
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Canal+ drama Belfer tops Polish demand list
A local Canal+ drama is the most in-demand series in Poland, according to exclusive new…
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Superights hires sales chief after Favennec exit
French kids TV distributor Superights has hired Nathalie Pinguet to become deputy general manager following…
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Seven renews ITV Studios first-look deal
Australia’s Network Seven has renewed its long-standing first-look programming deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment…
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Turner rejigs US distribution as Breland rises
Richard Warren has been upped to president of Turner Content Distribution after Coleman Breland moved…
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Vimeo kills SVOD plan
Vimeo has killed the long-gestating plan to launch a subscription VOD service, and axed its…
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Downward Dog needs new home after ABC end
The makers of Downward Dog are searching for new owners of the US network comedy…
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New CEO at DRG as Fox focuses on Atrium
Richard Halliwell has been named CEO of UK-based distributor DRG, with Jeremy Fox vacating the…
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Netflix makes it Rain as Danish drama nears
Production has begun on streaming service Netflix’s first Scandinavian original, a dystopian drama. The Rain…
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Canada plans to construct The Wall
Canadian broadcaster TVA is getting its own French-language version of NBC game show The Wall….
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Sniderman joins Blue Ant from Vice’s Pulse
Blue Ant Media has added to its senior management team by bringing in Sam Sniderman…
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Study: new Euro channels target ents audiences
Entertainment and sports programming were the core of more than a quarter of new TV…
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Altice in talks over TVI owner Media Capital
Cable and telecom group Altice is in ‘exploratory discussions’ with Iberian media group Prisa to…
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ProSieben’s Studio71 set for France launch
Multichannel network (MCN) Studio71 is to launch in France in September. The move follows the…
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Mobile key for African OTT growth – study
Mobile distribution will be the overriding factor in the take up of OTT television services…
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C4’s Franses steps down from Indie Growth Fund
Laura Franses, head of Channels 4 (C4)’s Indie Growth Fund, has resigned her post and…