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Gurneys regain control of Duck Dynasty prodco
The battle for control of Duck Dynasty firm Gurney Productions has now seen a court…
UKTV to coproduce series with US producer
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired and will coproduce a twelve-part paranormal-themed series from New…
Top Gear America returning on US cable
Just under a year after History ended its US version of Top Gear, BBC America…
EARTH, Yahlive launch new pay TV service
Pakistan-based outfit Entertainment Reality TV Hub (EARTH) has teamed up with satellite platform Yahlive to…
Sky orders Tough Mudder competition series
Sky has greenlit Mission Mudder, a sport competition series following athletes training for a series…
Paramount Channel added to OSN
Viacom has agreed an expanded deal with OSN and its Nickelodeon, NickToon and Paramount Channel…
MTV’s Ex on the Beach goes local
Viacom has inked several deals for local versions of its MTV UK reality dating format…
Vivendi CEO: ‘no resolution’ in Mediaset stalemate
Attempts to find a resolution to the battle between Vivendi and Mediaset have so far…
Netflix subs bundling other streaming services
One in five US streaming subscribers now pay for three or more services, with investment…
Discovery lines up Body Cam Cops
Discovery Networks UK has greenlit Body Cam Cops, a six-part series following police units wearing…
Broadcasters find C4’s National Treasure
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired National Treasure, the Robbie Coltrane and Julie Walters…
Mediacorp hires Twitter exec for digital
Singaporean media giant Mediacorp has hired former Twitter and Apple exec Parminder (Parry) Singh as…
John Singleton, eOne making A&E LA Riots doc
A&E has ordered L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, a two-part doc about the…
John Singleton, eOne making A&E LA Riots doc
A&E has ordered L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, a two-part doc about the…
Warner Bros. exec in as Machinima CEO exits
Warner Bros. has parachuted one of its top interactive executives to the top post at…
Wacky Races reboot joins int’l Boomerang grid
The upcoming reboot of classic Hanna-Barbera kids comedy Wacky Races is to play on Boomerang…
Mexico pay TV now bigger than Brazil – report
Mexico overtook Brazil to become Latin America’s largest pay TV market in 2016, according to…
NDF brings in ex-UFA chief
Former UFA Serial Drama chief Rainer Wemcken has joined another German production company, Neue Deutche…
TeenNick debuts in Israel
A new Nickelodeon-branded tweens-and-teens channels has debuted on Israeli pay TV. TeenNick launched last week…
Disney EMEA adopts Sunny Bunnies
The Walt Disney Company EMEA has acquired season two rights to non-verbal animation series Sunny…
NBC’s unscripted supremos to keynote at MIPTV
The head of unscripted at NBC, Paul Telegdy, and boss of the broadcaster’s new unscripted…
Walter Presents hits the US, launches on Amazon
Drama SVOD service Walter Presents has launched in the US over the top and through…
All3Media buys into drama indie
All3Media has bought into Story Films, the UK drama indie run by David Nath and Peter…
MTG makes €115m from Baltic nets sale
Modern Times Group is selling its operations in the Baltic states to Providence Equity Partners…
PBS hits back Trump fund cut plans
US pubcaster PBS has quickly hit back at President Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate all…
Grace and Frankie firm Skydance moves into toons
Skydance Media, the US prodco behind Netflix’s Grace and Frankie, is moving into toon production…
UK government refers Sky takeover to regulators
The UK government has formally referred 21st Century Fox’s planned £11.7 billion (US$14.5 billion) takeover…
History doubles down on docs
US cable network History has commissioned more than 100 hours of documentary series and specials,…
Idris Elba to take over BBC Three
Idris Elba is to oversee a “unique and ground-breaking” season of content for the BBC’s…
Molotov streaming service preps Euro expansion
Molotov, the French streaming service founded by Canal+ founder Pierre Lescure and other Gallic TV veterans,…