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Mediamétrie’s Baghery exits for new role
French copyright collecting society SACD has named Mediamétrie’s Sahar Baghery as director of audiovisual, cinema…
Peppa Pig grows as eOne preps more eps
Entertainment One Family is to once again expand its cash cow children’s property Peppa Pig….
History staffs up for Dutch launch
A+E Networks UK has hired new programming and marketing staff ahead of the launch of…
eOne exec switches to TCB post
London-based TCB Media Rights has again expanded its team with the fire of Entertainment One…
GroupM creates new premium content group
Advertising agency group GroupM is pushing further into premium TV production and financing by creating…
Drive picks up ITV & HBO’s Diana doc
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaches, a new HBO and ITV doc…
Set-tops ‘unimportant’ for SVOD, says Viaplay chief
Modern Times Group (MTG)-owned OTT subscription video-on-demand service Viaplay does not need to be available…
Now TV having ‘no impact’ on core pay TV base
Sky’s Now TV “strategy is working” without any impact on the pay TV operator core…
eOne backs Brad Weston prodco
Transatlantic producer-distributor Entertainment One and Comcast-owned Universal have put their weight behind a new content…
Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher
Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game saga…
Young Sheldon, 9JKL land key CBS slots
US broadcaster CBS has handed new comedies Young Sheldon, 9JKL and Me, Myself & I…
US pay TV subs ‘fall by 800,000 in Q1’
US pay TV subscriber numbers declined by 802,000 in Q1, a traditionally strong three-month period…
Thailand gains sight of Viu
PCCW Media has launched its Viu over-the-top video service in Thailand, marking its 15th market…
Sky renews European NBCU deal
European paycaster Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with NBCUniversal. The…
ABC tasks Inhumans with Friday mission
US broadcaster ABC has slated its buzzy new superhero drama Marvel’s Inhumans on Friday nights…
Fox tinkers with fall schedule
US broadcaster Fox has made changes across the week as it prepares to launch four…
Sky, HBO anoint New Pope with Sorrentino
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (pictured) will create a second high-end drama about the Catholic Papacy…
Warner Bros. int’l exec exits after 42 years
Warner Bros. is saying goodbye to one of its longest-serving international executives. Richard Fox has…
Blue Ant UK studio hires Nerd, Lambent execs
Blue Ant Media’s expanding UK studio, Antenna Pictures, has hired development and production chiefs from…
Favennec exits Superights for Xilam
Superights deputy managing director Morgann Favennec is joining rival French toon house Xilam Animation. She…
NATPE lines up expanded studios screenings
Hungary will play host to an expanded US studio screenings as part of the 2017…
STV Productions names Dan Korn replacement
Scotland’s STV Productions has found a replacement for specialist factual exec Dan Korn, who left…
Netflix takes on Stan with first Aussie original
Netflix has commissioned its first original series out of Australia, placing it head-to-head with SVOD…
Channel 4 to tell Handmaid’s Tale in UK
UK terrestrial Channel 4 has acquired buzzy US drama The Handmaid’s Tale from MGM Television….
Producers welcome new S4C chief
Welsh indie production body the TAC has welcomed the appointment of senior civil servant Owen…
Discovery invests in second screen app WinView
Discovery Communications has contributed to a US$12 million funding round raised by second-screen live sports…
Grand Tour pushes Netflix from global demand top spot
A non-Netflix show – The Grand Tour – was the most popular digital title in…
Banijay to distribute Diana death doc
Banijay Rights will sell a French-produced docu-film that explores the death of Princess Diana. The…
Ex-Endemol Shine exec joins Van Toffler firm
Former Endemol Shine Beyond UK digital exec Randel Bryan has joined Van Toffler’s Gunpowder &…
Newen debuts €50m UK drama fund
France’s Newen Group has created a €50 million (US$54.8 million) drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned…