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Iger to remain CEO as Disney search goes on
Bob Iger has signed a year-extension to remain chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney…
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Orange eyes free TV, preps content unit
Orange is considering launching a free TV channel in France that would sit alongside its…
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Sony UK lands Netflix’s Orange is the New Black
Sony has acquired Netflix original Orange is the New Black for its UK pay TV…
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All3Media International staffs up
The international arm of All3Media has hired several staff and promoted others. All3Media International has…
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Canal+’s Pujol promoted to C8 programme chief
France’s Canal+ has put Vincent Pujol in charge of free-to-air channel C8. Pujol is promoted…
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ZDF joins Depardieu’s culinary journey
ZDF Enterprises has taken German-speaking rights to Bon Appetit, the French food and travel series…
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Bento Box prodco hires kids veteran for UK launch
Fledgling kids prodco Sutikki is opening a UK office and has hired former 4Kids, Zodiak…
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TVN Media names new board president
Scripps Networks Interactive-owned Polish broadcaster TVN has appointed Piotr Tyborowicz as president of the board of…
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Fincham/Hincks prodco staffs up
Expectation Entertainment, the fledgling UK prodco set up by Peter Finchan and Tim Hincks, has…
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ComScore: Netflix leads by US use and engagement
Netflix has the highest household penetration and viewing time per month among the major OTT…
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Two-thirds ‘keep pay TV due to bundles’
Two thirds of US pay TV customers say that they keep their TV subscriptions because…
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Lifestyle trumps other genres, says Scripps
Lifestyle channel operator Scripps Networks Interactive says the types of shows on its channels drive…
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Vice lines up short-form scripted
Vice Media has ordered a slate of short-form scripted content from New York-based digital studio…
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Ex-HBO Lat Am execs joins Canal+ Hispanic net
Former HBO Latin America Luis Fonseca has joined Canal+’s US Hispanic channel operator Thema America….
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Euro nets bring in Ollie & Moon
Two European channels have acquired Cottonwood Media’s kids TV toon The Ollie & Moon Show….
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Paramount ties with Telefe for multi-lingual drama
Viacom’s recent acquisition of Argentinian broadcaster Telefe is already reaping rewards. Viacom-owned Paramount Television is…
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Toca Boca to end SVOD app after six months
Kids games studio Toca Boca has shuttered its subscription VOD app just six months after…
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One Born Every Minute spin-off set for All 4
Six of the 250-plus children born on Channel 4 factual series One Born Every Minute…
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Barcroft to produce US shows with Complex Networks
Youth-focused media group Complex Networks and UK-based Barcroft Media will coproduce original programmes in the…
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Fresh blow to Canal+ as Orange secures HBO deal
Orange’s OCS service is to become the exclusive home of HBO shows in France, dealing…
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German broadcaster buys Irish gameshow
German broadcaster Das Erste has greenlit a local version of Play it by Ear, the…
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Sky introduces programme voice search
Sky has introduced a new function on its top-end set-top boxes allowing viewers to search…
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Federation hires former Zodiak, Lagardère exec
Paris-based Federation Entertainment has recruited Benoît Lacombe as COO. The former Lagardère and Zodiak France…
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Kids on-demand service scoops BBC content
Kids SVOD service Azoomee has snagged a raft of BBC kids shows. The on-demand service…
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New A+E net Blazes into Italy
A+E’s new fact-ent channel Blaze will launch on Sky Italia today. The channel launched on…
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‘Age of the big TV bundle drawing to an end’
The age of paying for a large bundle of channels but only watching a handful…
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Warner Bros. ups sales vet after Blair promotion
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has upped veteran commercial exec Phil Goodhew following Robert Blair’s…
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Boat Rocker, Fisher-Price co-developing original
Canada’s Boat Rocker Media and toyco Fisher-Price are co-developing an original series based on a…
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Cake cooks up Gingerbread toon house
UK-based kids company Cake and Australia’s Studio Moshi have joined forces to create an animation…
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History lines up annual presidents anthology
US cable channel History is preparing an annual anthology drama event focused on American presidents….