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Zenith: gap between TV and web narrowing
The gap between TV and internet consumption will narrow to just seven minutes in 2019,…
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Netflix cuts into Turkey with original
Streaming giant Netflix is getting into the original programming game in Turkey. The Los Gatos-based…
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Filmbox to coproduce Steven Seagal drama
Poland-based pay TV provider SPI International / Filmbox will coproduce a new Steven Seagal television…
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Roadshow buys into Blink to enter unscripted
Australian distributor Roadshow Films has moved into unscripted television production by acquiring a 50% stake…
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ITV Studios hands Beale expanded role
ITV Studios (ITVS) has upped Mike Beale to managing director, Nordics and its global creative…
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Federation takes AIDS drama to market
Paris-based Federation Entertainment is taking a drama about the emergence of the AIDS disease in…
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Sky brings Aussie drama to Germany
Sky Deutschland has acquired Australian primetime medical drama The Heart Guy. The Essential Media-produced series…
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Chinese VOD nets welcome Teletubbies
Chinese streaming services Youku and iQiyi have both acquired both seasons of the rebooted Teletubbies…
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Viacom in business with Altice USA
New York-based media giant Viacom has partnered with the US’s newest cable competitor, Altice USA,…
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Netflix cancels ‘most expensive show’ Get Down
The Get Down, widely believed to be the most expensive show ever produced, is not…
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Amazon secures streaming rights to new Soderbergh movie
Amazon has unveiled a deal to bring Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Logan Lucky, to Prime…
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History to open Blue Book with Robert Zemeckis
US cable channel History has ordered a straight-to-series drama from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis….
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MTG launches VR platform Viareal
MTG has launched a virtual reality app, offering extensions from its linear TV shows and…
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Lionsgate TV UK unveils two book to screen adaptations
Lionsgate Television UK has announced two new scripted development projects with publishers Harper Collins and…
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HBO renews Veep and Silicon Valley
They may not get huge ratings, but HBO’s Veep and Silicon Valley are regarded as…
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ITVSGE licences Graham Norton show in Latin America
ITV Studios Global Entertainment has signed a deal to air new seasons of The Graham…
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Vodafone Portugal taps Red Bull for 4K movies-on-demand
Vodafone Portugal is to make movies available in 4K resolution to its Videoclube on-demand users…
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WGA ratifies studio writers contract
The Writers Guild of America has formally ratified the new three-year deal with the Alliance…
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Netflix & Amazon face 30% Euro content quota
The European Council has agreed there should be a minimum 30% quota on European works…
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BBC Worldwide confirms BBC Store closure
BBC Worldwide is shutting down its transactional VOD service, BBC Store, amid changing viewing habits…
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BBCW strikes deal with SMGP to expand Doctor Who in China
BBC Worldwide today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading Chinese media company Shanghai…
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Strong choice for CEO at Nice prodco
Nice Entertainment Group has named a Mastiff programming chief as the CEO of its Danish…
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Expectation scours World for drama chief
Start-up prodco Expectation Entertainment continues to build up its ranks, this time hiring a World…
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Charles Ferguson explores Watergate for A+E’s History
A+E Network’s History channel has made a concerted drive into scripted series recently. But this…
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Vivendi units team up with Red Bull production outfit
Vivendi’s production arm Studiocanal and sister company Universal Music Group has formed a co-development partnership…
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CMJ teams with journalist Steve Miller on true crime series
Canada-based production company CMJ Productions has signed a development deal with veteran journalist and author…
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Tiger Aspect to produce Aliens Love Underpants for Sky
Endemol Shine-owned Tiger Aspect (Mr Bean, Charlie and Lola) is adapting award-winning children’s book Aliens…
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Blue Ant buys RACAT to form natural history powerhouse
Toronto-based producer-distributor Blue Ant Media has announced the high-profile acquisition of international media organisation RACAT…
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eOne plots film & TV arms merger as revenue grows
Entertainment One has posted revenues of more than £1 billion (US$1.4 billion) as it revealed…
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BBC America pacts with Elisabeth Moss for drama
US cable channel BBC America is working with Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss on a…