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