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Endemol Shine creates Successville comedy label
Endemol Shine Group has created a production company with the team behind BBC Three comedy…
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Discovery grows international revenues, profit
Discovery has reported an uptick in revenues and profit at its international business but noted…
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Hulu snags eOne’s Cardinal and Gap Year
Hulu has inked a multi-series deal with Entertainment One and will take almost 250 hours…
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European broadcasters slam ‘backwards’ EU directive
Europe’s commercial broadcasters have warned that proposed changes to the regulations governing content and broadcasting…
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TVNZ names new content bosses
Cate Slater has been upped to director of content and Andrew Shaw to deputy director….
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Mediaset returns to profit
Mediaset has bounced back into the black in the first quarter following its €294.5 million…
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eSports viewing on the rise
Viewing of eSports rose by 19% to account for six billion hours of viewing across…
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Viacom’s Flamman takes on new MTV and Nick role
Peter Flamman has landed a new role at Viacom and will oversee MTV and Nickelodeon…
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Chinese giant buys Stan Lee’s POW!
A Chinese media, brands and merchandising giant has bought legendary comic book writer Stan Lee’s…
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Liberty says ITV ‘not interesting’
ITV’s market valuation and the premium that would be required to buy it means that…
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DRG secures first-look deal with Brown Bob
The prodco of ex-Leopard Films execs Jacqueline Hewer and Nicki Gottlieb has signed a first-look…
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New editor for TBI and TBIvision
Jesse Whittock has been promoted to editor of Television Business International (TBI) and TBIvision.com. Whittock…
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The CW axes Frequency, No Tomorrow
High-concept dramas Frequency and No Tomorrow will not return to US broadcast network The CW….
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Syfy UK heads to Midnight, Texas
Pay TV channel Syfy UK has bought network drama Midnight, Texas from Comcast cousin NBCUniversal…
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Drive adds ex-Channel 5, Tigress exec to ranks
Former Channel 5 and Tigress Productions exec Lulu Prutton has joined UK-based production funding and…
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Paramount TV strikes deal with 13 Reasons’ Yorkey
Paramount’s TV division has agreed an overall deal with Brian Yorkey, the showrunner of buzzy…
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MTN launches Cyprus TV service
MTN has launched a TV service in Cyprus with channels from the BBC, NBCUniversal and…
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Tubi TV raises US$20 million in funding
Ad-supported video-on-demand service, Tubi TV, has raised US$20 million in Series B funding. ‘Expansion stage’…
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Viceland preps Boyband series, comedy move
Cable net Viceland has announced four new series, including a reality show about a boyband,…
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Global pay TV revenues ‘to peak in 2017’
Global pay TV revenues will peak in 2017, but will notdecline rapidly in the five…
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BT TV boss departs after three years
The managing director of BT Sport and BT TV, Delia Bushell, has announced plans to…
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Commercial TV licence fees abolished in Oz
Australia’s commercial broadcasters have welcomed a government plan to abolish the television licence fees they…
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Rebus back on duty with Eleventh Hour
Grizzly Scottish detective inspector John Rebus is set for a TV comeback. UK producer Eleventh…
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Welling exits Discovery for Scripps
Discovery Communications veteran Paul Welling has joined Scripps Networks Interactive to lead content efforts in…
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Bennett exiting History to create prodco
History chief Jana Bennett is to leave A+E Networks to create a London- and New…
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HBO Europe snags UK drama trio
HBO Europe has bought Clique, Liar and Rellik from All3Media International, which distributes the high-end…
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The Barcelona Connection sets up UK-Spanish copro
London-based independent producer Nevision and Barcelona-based Diagonal TV are developing The Barcelona Connection, a new…
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Viacom18 rejigs management
Viacom18 has upped a key exec and shuffled various others in an organisational rejig. The…
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Alfred Haber wins Madonna’s Rebel Heart
Alfred Haber Distribution has snagged rights to a special about the Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour….
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Netflix copro among raft of BBC drama commissions
The BBC has announced a raft of new drama series including Duty/Shame, a copro with…