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BBCWW launches £150m high-end drama fund
BBC Worldwide has teamed with film and TV financier Anton to create a £150 million…
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Denton exits A+E post
Joel Denton is stepping down from his role running A+E Networks’ international sales unit. The…
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New management team for Studio71
ProSiebenSat.1 Group-backed multichannel network Studio71 has named a new management team to take over from…
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Keshet International staffs up, opens India office
Keshet International has brought in two seasoned Indian TV execs for a new Mumbai office….
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Sony makes free TV move in Italy
Sony is launching its first free-to-air channel in Italy, with kids net Pop launching early…
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BBC’s Go Jetters flies into China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has acquired BBC kids series Go Jetters. The series will also…
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First US Hispanic deal for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has shopped drama series The Musketeers to Univision net Unimas, the commercial arm…
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TF1 threatens to cut signal in retrans row
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will…
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Ukraine’s new public broadcaster names chief
Zurab Alsania has been named as the new director-general of Ukraine’s new unified public broadcaster,…
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ID will Hear No Evil
US cable channel Investigation Discovery has commissioned a sister series to See No Evil. Hear…
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Hulu bags Pure Canadian drama for US SVOD
US streaming service Hulu has acquired exclusive local streaming rights to Canadian drama Pure. The…
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Filmbox channels launch in Russia
Channel operator SPI International has launched seven of its channels in Russia. The digital nets…
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Boomerang OTT service goes live
Turner and Warner Bros’ animation subscription video-on-demand service, Boomerang, has gone live in the US….
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VR revenues ‘to reach $7.2bn this year’
Total virtual reality revenues will reach US$7.2 billion globally by the end of 2017, according…
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Netflix continues US market domination – ComScore
Netflix continues to enjoy significant domination of the US streaming market, new stats from ComScore…
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New Scottish net bags Irish soap, Finnish drama
New Scottish network STV2 has acquired Irish soap Fair City, Finnish drama Black Widow and…
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USA Network orders UK format remake
American cable channel USA Network has commissioned a local version of Big Star’s Little Star,…
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ITV sets live game show format
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local version of a game show from Chalkboard TV…
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Endemol Shine launches German formats JV
Endemol Shine Germany has created a joint venture with local talk show host and newsreader…
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Acorn subs to witness BBC’s Decline and Fall
Subscription on-demand service Acorn TV has acquired US rights to BBC comedy Decline and Fall….
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Kabir Khan behind Amazon’s ‘Indian Band of Brothers’
Bollywood director Kabir Khan is to helm The Forgotten Army (WT), a war epic drama…
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John Cleese to star in BBC One comedy
Sitcom legend John Cleese is to star in a six-part comedy for UK pubcaster the…
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Turner’s Northern Europe boss exiting
Ian McDonough, Turner’s boss in Northern Europe, is leaving the channels business. He joined Turner…
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Proper TV president Guy O’Sullivan passes away
Canada’s Proper Television is in mourning after the unexpected passing of Guy…
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Amazon gives stand-up drama two-season order
Amazon has given a double-season order to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the first time the…
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Roy Ackerman surfaces at Murder Detectives prodco
Seasoned UK executive Roy Ackerman has been appointed managing director of Films of Record, the…
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Mena pay TV hits landmark subs number
The Middle East and North African pay TV market experienced “rapid growth” last year, with…
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Mediapro hails ‘record year’
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has hailed 2016 as “its best year in history” after…
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Comcast ‘preps Netflix-type SVOD’
Comcast plans to launch its own Netflix-type subscription video-on-demand service, offering shows from NBCUniversal, within…
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STV2 launching this month
STV will launch STV2 later this month, after the Scottish broadcaster rebranded its existing local…