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Seacrest, Endemol Shine pact for YouTube talent show
Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine are making Best.Cover.Ever, a singing competition series that will…
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Ex-ITV Studios exec joins DRG drama club
Former ITV Studios, Shine Group and Cineflix exec Dave Clarke has joined UK-based DRG to…
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Turner, Astro ink Warner TV partnership
The Asian division of Turner and Malaysian pay TV giant Astro have agreed a joint…
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Raft of OTT channel deals for Celestial Tiger
Celestial Tiger Entertainment has struck a raft of OTT deals for its movies, action and…
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Netflix takes local route in Thailand
US-based streaming giant Netflix has updated its Thai service to better cater for local subscribers….
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HBO Nordic, Zee take on The Good Fight
CBS has shopped The Good Fight to HBO in Europe and Zee in India. The…
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Alibaba’s Youku taking Saturday Night Live into China
A Chinese Saturday Night Live (SNL) is in the works, with Alibaba-owned online platform Youku making…
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MTG investor buys into Com Hem
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik has bought an 18.5% stake in Scandinavian TV and telecoms provider…
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NBC ‘social media crucial to future of network TV’
Extending flagship show brands to have a strong presence on social media is central to…
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Warner lines up DC digital service
Warner Bros. Television is working on a pair of original series for a soon-to-launch DC-branded…
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Edwards leaving Warner Bros. for Expectation
Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks’ new prodco Expectation has hired Alexia Edwards as COO who…
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BBC drama launch in India
BBC Worldwide is launching its BBC First brand in India for the first time, and…
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Asian Netflix rival hits 6 million
Viu, the Asian rival to Netflix from telco giant PCCW, has hit six million subscribers…
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YouTube launches Kids app on smart TVs
YouTube is launching its YouTube Kids app on select smart TVs around the world. As…
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Twitter gears up for 24-hour video streaming
Twitter is gearing up to stream live video around the clock through its apps and…
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Discovery, Chinese MCN target millennials
Discovery Communications and Chinese MCN VS Media have launched Tan Ba, a new digital service…
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AT&T CEO: Time Warner deal ‘moving as expected’
Time Warner’s proposed merger with AT&T is “moving along as expected”. The chairman and CEO…
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Proper closes 250 hours of deals
Canada’s Proper Rights has sold more than 250 hours of programming, including presales to Foxtel…
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Reich to lead new Viacom product unit
Viacom has created a new division that will create multiplatform products that focus on video…
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MTV takes SVOD route with Hulu Japan
Hulu Japan will play host to the first Asian subscription OTT linear version of Viacom’s…
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Globomedia co-founder creates drama unit
A cofounder of Globomedia, Daniel Écija, is creating a ‘fiction factory’ within the Spanish-language production…
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Fremantle buys a portion of Duck Soup
FremantleMedia has taken a 25% stake in Duck Soup Films, the UK film and TV…
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Eliza Dushku sets up Black Company fantasy series
Eliza Dushku’s Boston Diva Productions and David Goyer’s Phantom Four are teaming with IM Global…
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VOD boosts UK TV revenues
TV advertising spend in the UK reached a new high of £5.3 billion (US$6.8 billion)…
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Writers Guild vote authorises strike
The Writers Guild of America members have overwhelmingly voted to authorise a strike that would…
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MTG sells Czech TV assets
MTG has completed the sale of its Czech TV assets as it continues its transformation…
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‘TV viewing more popular on non-TV devices’
More people now prefer to watch TV shows on internet connected devices than on traditional…
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Red Arrow re-ups Bastin at Fabrik
Henrik Bastin, the CEO of LA-based Fabrik Entertainment, has renewed his contract at the Bosch…
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Virgin Media adds France 2, TVN & Russian nets
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has bolstered its offer by securing distribution of channels…
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Apple delays Carpool Karaoke
Apple has pushed back the launch of its first original series, Carpool Karaoke. The tech…