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Best of British SVOD re-ups with Scandi operators
ITV-backed best of British SVOD service Cirkus has inked new deals with two leading pay…
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Teletubbies returning to Germany
KiKa has acquired the new Teletubbies, marking the return of the iconic preschool series in…
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Report: Liberty Global, Vodafone ‘resume talks’
Liberty Global and Vodafone have resumed talks about a possible corporate tie-up, according to a…
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Luke Cage is top US streaming show
Demand for Marvel’s Luke Cage outstripped that for any other digital original in the US…
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eOne brings in CMT exec for alternative
Entertainment One Television has hired Julia Silverton from US cable channel CMT as senior VP,…
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BBCWW, Foxtel go on James Martin’s French Adventure
BBC Worldwide and Foxtel are among the buyers of celebrity chef James Martin’s latest TV…
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Vimeo staffs up for content and originals push
Vimeo has made a trio of hires as it pushes into original programming, coproductions and…
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Viacom’s Armstrong to oversee int’l sales
Viacom International Media Networks has handed oversight on international programme and affiliate sales to BET…
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IMG hires BBC exec for scripted push
IMG has hired Laura Andrews for a push into premium scripted. Andrews comes to IMG…
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BBC Worldwide names indies chief
BBC Worldwide has upped Matt Garside to director of independent production, and he will now…
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Netflix hires ex-Universal exec to run movies
Netflix has hired former Universal exec Scott Stuber to head up its ongoing drive into…
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UK gameshow Pointless set for US remake
US gameshow network GSN is aiming to remake Endemol Shine Group’s British quiz format Pointless….
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StudioCanal recruits ITV, BBC sales veteran
StudioCanal has hired Louisa Bayles as its head of sales for Australasia. The new recruit…
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Fox racks up Atlanta sales
Fox Networks Group Content Distribution (FNGCD) has shopped US cable drama to several international buyers….
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Netflix to finance & finish lost Orson Welles film
SVOD service Netflix will finance the completion and restoration of Orson Welles’ unfinished, final film,…
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Netflix to finance & finish lost Orson Welles film
SVOD service Netflix will finance the completion and restoration of Orson Welles’ unfinished, final film,…
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US SVOD launch for Serbian drama
US not for profit broadcaster MHZ Networks has released The Scent of Rain in the…
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Sky-backed OTT service debuts on Apple in Europe
OnPrime TV, the Sky-backed OTT TV service targeting migrant groups in the pay TV operator’s…
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US ‘cord nils’ figure almost triples in five years
The number of US broadband households that do not subscribe to traditional pay TV services…
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Channel 4 chief leaving to start new business
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham is leaving the UK broadcaster later this year to…
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Warner Bros. int’l production director exiting
Warner Bros. International Television Production’s director of production, Lesley Davies, is exiting the business, TBI…
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Netflix VP Sean Carey joins Iflix
Asian Netflix rival Iflix has poached the US streaming giant’s vice-president of global television, Sean…
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Fox readies high-end miniseries for China
Fox Networks Group’s Asian pay TV business is producing a high-end drama miniseries for Chinese…
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CBS greenlights Big Bang Theory offshoot
The Big Bang Theory, one the US’s most-successful sitcoms, is getting its first spin off….
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Versailles scoops French export award
Versailles has won the drama award at the TV France International 2017 Export Awards. Industry…
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ZoneTV buys 1,500-hour Studio71 package
US-based channel operator ZoneTV has acquired a 1,500-hour package of programming from ProSiebenSat.1-backed MCN Studio71….
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Netflix captures original Godzilla toon film
Streaming giant Netflix has grabbed rights to an original Japanese-animated toon movie based on the…
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RLJE Int’l rebrands to Acorn Media Int’l
RLJE International has been renamed Acorn Media International. The division is the international unit of…
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Azteca moves for Ukrainian paranormal format
Mexican US Hispanic broadcaster Azteca America has greenlit a local version of Mystical Tales, the…
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BBC brings Player on-demand to Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched its authenticated SVOD service, BBC Player, in Malaysia, in partnership with…