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Pay TV ‘to account for 90% of global video market’

Pay TV services will account for 89.7% of the global US$314.3 billion video media market…

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Twitter channel launches on Roku

A channel featuring the best of Twitter’s live streaming video has gone live on Roku….

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Kevin Hart, Katy Perry making YouTube originals

YouTube has unveiled a slate of original programmes including shows from Ellen DeGeneres, Katy Perry,…

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Endemol Shine, Sports Illustrated scale VR Everest

The digital arm of Endemol Shine and Sports Illustrated have launched Capturing Everest, an immersive…

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UK remake for Nordic drama Valkyrien

High concept NRK drama Valkyrien looks set for a UK remake. Liza Marshall’s Hera Pictures…

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Dave is All Torque with Ross Noble

UK free TV channel Dave has commissioned a 3x60mins entertainment series featuring comedian Ross Noble….

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HBO confirms ‘multiple’ Game of Thrones spin-offs

HBO has confirmed it will return to Westeros after Game of Thrones ends. The US…

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NBC selects drama pair & shuts Emerald City

US broadcaster NBC has given the greenlight to a pair of dramas, and also cancelled…

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All3Media strikes German drama JV

The German arm of All3Media has agreed a joint venture with Hamburg-based Bon Voyage Films,…

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Mediaset’s Stewart joins Sony in Italy expansion

Long-serving Mediaset buyer Zelda Stewart is to lead Sony Pictures Television’s Italian sales efforts. Stewart…

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Gorfolova joins Sonar after Tricon deal

Andrea Gorfolova is joining LA’s Sonar Entertainment after the prodco completed its acquisition of Tricon…

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France Télévisions names Recayte successor

France Télévisions has appointed pay TV veteran Julien Verley as its new director of commercial…

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Transparent scribe sets up Super Sensitives project

Transparent co-writer Faith Soloway is penning Super Sensitives, a comedy drama about a group of…

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Endemol Shine prodco Princess closing

Endemol Shine UK is closing Princess Productions, after the London-based prodco lost its studio space…

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Hulu launches live TV streaming service

Hulu has launched its new live TV streaming service in beta in the US, offering…

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Ampere: Facebook closing gap on TV advertising

Facebook is “closing the gap on TV advertising”, with the average site user to soon…

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Fox sells thousands of hours of Turkish drama

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has sold over two and half thousand hours of Turkish…

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Shapiro exits NBCU’s Seeso as strategy shifts

Evan Shapiro, the head of NBCUniversal-owned comedy SVOD service Seeso, is to leave his post….

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Armoza opens up in Miami

Israel-based formats firm Armoza has opened a new Miami office to cover the Latin America…

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Netflix & Syfy enter Ghost Wars

Netflix has taken exclusive worldwide rights to a new hour-long psychological drama that’s set for…

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Disney Junior exhibits Gigantosaurus, Simon

Disney Junior Worldwide has pre-bought new Cyber Group Studios preschool toon Gigantosaurus, and acquired another…

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Betty and Raw join All3Media stable

All3Media has acquired Betty and Raw in a double deal with one of its parent…

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Canal+ becomes French Showtime home

Pay TV giant Canal+ is to bring the Showtime channel brand to France for the…

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Ex-NBCU, HBO execs launch advisory firm

Former NBCUniversal and HBO execs have joined forces to create a Miami-based entertainment business consultancy….

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Cineflix, Duncan Gray pact for entertainment

Cineflix Media and veteran producer Duncan Gray have joined forces to create Twenty Six 03…

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Princess Diana doc set for HBO & ITV

HBO Documentary Films and UK broadcaster ITV will both broadcast a feature doc about the…

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Disney creates Digital Network in Maker rejig

Disney has unveiled the Disney Digital Network, a new home for digital stories that brings…

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Lionsgate preps Sebag Montefiore’s Jerusalem series

Lionsgate is working on a drama adaptation of Jerusalem, the non-fiction bestseller from historian and…

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AOL: 20% of UK consumers watch weekly VR video

One in five UK consumers watch virtual reality (VR) video once a week or more,…

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Amazon Studios scores first-look drama deals

Amazon Studios has signed first-look deals with three production companies. The deals are with Bona…