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The QYou completes US$7.3m financing deal
Youth broadcaster The QYou has completed a US$7.3 million financing deal that will see it…
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Ovation buys The Halcyon, X Company
US cable net Ovation has bought two Sony-distributed period dramas: The Halcyon and X Company….
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Star forced to back down in FRAPA format row
International formats body FRAPA has moved to distance itself from claims from Star China over ownership…
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Seven orders Warner Bros’ Little Big Shots
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven has ordered a local version of Little Big Shots, the…
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Movistar+ appoints distribution partners
Movistar+ has announced About Premium Content, BetaFilm and Sky Vision the distributors of a trio…
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Kudos nabs BBC drama exec for development
Endemol Shine Group-owned drama house Kudos has hired a new head of development from UK…
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Haddad exits as Endemol Shine rejigs Mid-East
Endemol Shine Middle East (ESME) managing director Lara Haddad is leaving after the production unit…
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BBC Four enters Sweden’s Black Lake
UK network BBC Four has acquired Swedish thriller series Black Lake. The 8x45mins mystery drama…
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Sky buys All Time 10s channels group
UK-based paycaster Sky has acquired Diagonal View, the digital channels company behind the All Time…
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ITV position set to worsen, say analysts
UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s performance looks set to worsen as a result of a Brexit-related…
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Real World prodco pacts with Korea’s Signal
Bunim/Murray Productions has signed a joint development deal with South Korea’s Signal Entertainment Group. This…
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Lip Sync Battle on first Paramount Network slate
Paramount Network’s first slate includes programming from the network it replaces, Spike, and TV Land….
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AwesomenessTV hires Red Bull, NBCU execs for UK
Multichannel network AwesomenessTV has opened a UK office and hired NBCUniversal and Red Bull Media…
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Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service
US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV…
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Turkey, Russia edge out US in drama exports league
Turkey has the largest number of top ten drama exports around the world, research from…
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Ex-Canal+, HBO exec joins Discovery Sweden as GM
Discovery Networks Sweden has hired a former Canal+ and HBO Nordic exec as its general…
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Fremantle and Banijay settle format row
FremantleMedia prodco Abot Hameiri and Banijay Group have settled their legal dispute over alleged similarities…
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Endemol Shine, BBCWW, Sony execs join Fox
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution has hired six executives, who are joining from the likes…
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Hulu’s Mindy Project coming to an end
Hulu comedy The Mindy Project is to end after a final, sixth season. The series…
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Amazon greenlights McLaren racing series
Amazon Prime Video’s focus on motoring programming has picked up pace with the commission of…
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BBC starts streaming news on Hulu Japan
The BBC has started streaming its international news channel on the Hulu on-demand service in…
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CBS ents chief takes leave after heart attack
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is to take medical leave after suffering a heart attack,…
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BET programming chiefs exiting
Stephen Hill and Zola Mashariki are stepping down as programming chiefs at Viacom’s BET Networks….
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Banijay buys Survivor prodco Castaway
Banijay has acquired Survivor prodco Castaway Television, TBI can reveal. Castaway owners Charlie Parsons, Lord…
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NBC reunites Poehler & Offerman for unscripted show
Parks and Recreation stars Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are reuniting on an unscripted series…
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Ofcom to set UK originals quotas for BBC
The BBC’s new regulator, Ofcom, will demand the UK’s pubcaster produces a minimum number of…
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The ABC’s Chris Rose joins Beano
Chris Rose has joined the Beano animation team in the UK, and will be director…
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Channel 4 privatisation off, relocation possible
The UK government is expected to announce that it will not privatise UK broadcaster Channel…
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Animal Planet adapts Plimsoll’s rescue dog format
Discovery Communications-owned Animal Planet counts an adaptation of British-created format Rescue Dogs to Super Dogs…
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The New Statesman plotting return to power
Iconic British satire The New Statesman is set to return to screens under a new…