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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…
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Peppa Pig grows as eOne preps more eps
Entertainment One Family is to once again expand its cash cow children’s property Peppa Pig….
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History staffs up for Dutch launch
A+E Networks UK has hired new programming and marketing staff ahead of the launch of…
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eOne exec switches to TCB post
London-based TCB Media Rights has again expanded its team with the fire of Entertainment One…
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GroupM creates new premium content group
Advertising agency group GroupM is pushing further into premium TV production and financing by creating…
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Drive picks up ITV & HBO’s Diana doc
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaches, a new HBO and ITV doc…
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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…
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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…
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eOne backs Brad Weston prodco
Transatlantic producer-distributor Entertainment One and Comcast-owned Universal have put their weight behind a new content…
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Netflix adapts fantasy saga The Witcher
Netflix is working on a series adaptation of the fantasy novel and video game saga…
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Young Sheldon, 9JKL land key CBS slots
US broadcaster CBS has handed new comedies Young Sheldon, 9JKL and Me, Myself & I…
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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…
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Thailand gains sight of Viu
PCCW Media has launched its Viu over-the-top video service in Thailand, marking its 15th market…
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Sky renews European NBCU deal
European paycaster Sky has renewed its wide-ranging TV and film content deal with NBCUniversal. The…
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ABC tasks Inhumans with Friday mission
US broadcaster ABC has slated its buzzy new superhero drama Marvel’s Inhumans on Friday nights…
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Fox tinkers with fall schedule
US broadcaster Fox has made changes across the week as it prepares to launch four…
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Sky, HBO anoint New Pope with Sorrentino
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (pictured) will create a second high-end drama about the Catholic Papacy…
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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…
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Blue Ant UK studio hires Nerd, Lambent execs
Blue Ant Media’s expanding UK studio, Antenna Pictures, has hired development and production chiefs from…
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Favennec exits Superights for Xilam
Superights deputy managing director Morgann Favennec is joining rival French toon house Xilam Animation. She…
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NATPE lines up expanded studios screenings
Hungary will play host to an expanded US studio screenings as part of the 2017…
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STV Productions names Dan Korn replacement
Scotland’s STV Productions has found a replacement for specialist factual exec Dan Korn, who left…
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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…
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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….
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Producers welcome new S4C chief
Welsh indie production body the TAC has welcomed the appointment of senior civil servant Owen…
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Discovery invests in second screen app WinView
Discovery Communications has contributed to a US$12 million funding round raised by second-screen live sports…
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Grand Tour pushes Netflix from global demand top spot
A non-Netflix show – The Grand Tour – was the most popular digital title in…
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Banijay to distribute Diana death doc
Banijay Rights will sell a French-produced docu-film that explores the death of Princess Diana. The…
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Ex-Endemol Shine exec joins Van Toffler firm
Former Endemol Shine Beyond UK digital exec Randel Bryan has joined Van Toffler’s Gunpowder &…
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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…